My Dress!

Don't you just LOVE the dress that Aspen has on? I do. It was mine when I was a little girl. I actually wore that dress in 3rd Grade! Yes, I was so tiny! The dress is still a little big on the girls, but they love to wear it. And they look adorable in it! Next time I get up to my mom's, I'll find a picture of me in it to post. I wore that dress everywhere! My favorite part about it was that it had little bells sewn into the underskirt. I jingled everywhere I went too. One bell is still there but it doesn't jingle.

Thanks so much mom for thinking to save this dress for me all these years. I'm so happy I still have it and that my daughters are wearing it.

Valentine's Party

Oh the kids love Valentines parties. It's so fun to give your friends cards and candy. And it's also fun to get them in return. The kids had a great time at both the preschool parties. All of them did! Thanks Tammy for helping both days!

Yuck!

I awoke to more snow this morning! Not a lot, but enough to cover all the grass that I have recently been able to see again! I don't like it. Sick of it. On a good note though.....
Shopko is putting out all their spring things! Like patio furniture, gardening tools, fountains, wind chimes, soil, all the good stuff. Spring is just around the corner. I hope my sanity can hold on until then.

Too many toys!

I know the kids have too many toys when it takes them 5 hours to clean their room. Or does that mean they're just lazy. Probably both. Anyway, I am tired of going into the girls room and walking all over dress up clothes, princess clothes and accessories, princess dolls, jewelry, baby stuff, preschool stuff, purses, pom-poms, etc. The list goes on. Connor's room never gets that bad. Just cars and train stuff. Well, I've finally decided to take away many of the girls' toys. They can earn them back by cleaning up the toys that they do have. We have made charts to put stickers on and I've established rules on how they can earn those stickers.

Does this sound like a good method for teaching my kids to clean their rooms?

My feelings exactly!

I stole this from a friends blog, but I feel the same way. Here it is:

It's winter in Utah
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At twenty-five below.
Oh, how I love Utah
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave Utah
'Cause I'm frozen to the ground!


I told you I was ready for spring!

Cade and Bryson

I have gotten two new nephews in the last month. They are both darling and both look like their dads.

First we have Cade. He is my sister Kim's baby. He was born on Dec. 30 and he weighed in at 4lbs. 11 oz. (He was 4 weeks early.) He's a doll obviously.

Second nephew is my brother Scott's baby, Bryson. He was born on Jan. 20 and weighed 6lbs. 7oz. I believe. He has a ton of hair which just makes him that much cuter.

Check out his chin! It looks just like his Aunt Karen's! ( His dad has it too!)

Welcome to our family!

Cold, January Days

Other than preschool, this is what we've been up to this month to keep ourselves busy INSIDE! (Anybody else ready for Spring?)

Playing card games. Snap, Go Fish, and Old Maid
Building and playing in fabulous big forts to accomodate 3 kids and a mom!
Eating take-out on my bed and watching Star Wars when Daddy works late.
Working on the cross-stitch I started 6 years ago! Maybe I'll finally finish it.
And I reread Breaking Dawn. I liked it better the second time through and I also picked up alot of things I missed the first time. I was too excited to find out what happened the first read through that I missed stuff.

What a boring month huh?