Christmas in San Fran!

We took the boys downtown the other night to see the magic of Downtown during the Holidays. They had a blast. We saw the big Union Square Christmas tree, the Macy's window displays and ate Thai. Yum! Macy's did a great job dressing up their windows with real animals as well as toy animals. The darling window displays were to help the SPCA adopt out cats and dogs who need a home. I almost wanted to take one home they were so adorable! I'm sure Parker would not have minded. He asking when he is going to get a dog. I pray for a house real soon!

Merry Christmas!


We had fun taking our Holiday Pics with the Jergensen's. They do great camera work. If only we could get our boys to look at the camera!

Starting Off the Christmas Season with the Annual Ward Party!

We had a ton of fun at the annual Ward party. It was a new spin with dinner being breakfast and Madrigal style music! We even had a great Santa with the exception of some wardrobe malfunctions( His belly stuffing was coming out!). Actually Todd Fairbanks stepped in at the last minute due to the original Santa not showing up! So thanks to Todd the kids were not disappointed. I had a fun time singing with some of the women in the Ward and helping out with the piano. With the exception of Parker coming over to help me play and test out the microphones on the stage I think it went pretty smoothly. I even had a piano student and her family come to the party. I belive they had fun although I think they thought we were weird having breakfast for a Christmas dinner!

Yes Virginia their is a Santa Claus, and guess who he is!

Christmas Concert 2007!
On Dec 1st, My high stress level finally ended. I was finished with my piano recital. Yeah!!!
The girls and boy did fabulous and I was able to pull off a song of my own as well. We didn't get too many pics this year because Paul was busy chasing the boys around Cole Hall. What a wonderful Husband he is to allow me to pursue teaching!

Tis The Season To Be Sick!

Wow talk about a taboo in our family. Disease always hits us around the Holidays but it has never hit us on Thanksgiving until now! Everything was set to go. We had plans with our friends to share the festivities together and then Parker got sick. A bad cold with a fever. We then ended up sharing food only with our friends and having Thanksgiving alone. Well the food was good anyway and Parker started to perk up and then I didn't and then Emmet also dropped off the Health vine. So our whole Thanksgiving Holiday was ruined with one nasty cold. We are still sick and Emmet, who I have been worried about the most, is now on the upswing. Besides that we did get to see Enchanted a super cute Disney movie. I highly recommend it. It's also been nice to sleep in. Because the boys have been sick they haven't been waking up until 9 or so. To bad that will be over soon.

Happy Belated Halloween Post

What A Spooky Bunch!
Trick 0 Treating on Belvedere St. One crazy street for Trick 0 Treating. Lots of candy, decorations and dancing Penguins

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We had a ton of fun this Halloween. Paul and I dressed up with the kids and did themed costume attire! First time for us and we had a blast being a Honey pot, a bumble bee, Tigger and Pooh Bear! As you can see Paul needs to cut down on the Pumpkin Pie!

I Got Tagged! Thanks A Lot

Okay, so I guess I've been tagged! I had to ask Jen what that meant because I am blog illiterate!
So for those of you who don't have a clue about tagging either it means you have to tell 6 things about yourself when someone tells you you are tagged! So I don't know what to tell. My life is not very exciting but will give it a whirl!

1. When I was a little girl I was a big Tom boy. I used to play kick ball with the boys, dig in the dirt to find bugs and make them drown, play pirates with my neighbor friends and I hated to wash my hair. I had lice when I was like 8. I can't remember how old but anyway. Most people don't picture that in me as a Tom boy because I'm not a sports addict!

2. That leads me to number 2. I am not a sports addict. I don't really play any sports. Mostly I do the solo things like running and skiing. The thing I hated the most growing up was having people ask me all the time if I played basketball or volleyball. I always felt dumb telling them that I really didn't play because they would always look at me in surprise and say "really, but your so tall!"

3. I love art and music. I was part of the not so in crowd of musicians in High School. I accompanied the choirs and sang in them as well. Talk about a nerd! I graduated from BYU with a major in Humanities and French minor. Studied in Paris to absorb all the great art of the centuries. What can I say I'm Artsy-Fartsy!

4. I have a feddish for Disco Skating. I was a big disco skater when I went to Ricks College and had a bunch of friends who did the same and we would skate every Monday night at the MC. If I could find a skating rink here I would totally go in a heart-beat. If any of you know of one let me know.

5. When I was 2 I used to sing the Mcdonald's theme song to the Mcdonald's employees everytime we went there. Very loudly I might add! Sometimes I still sing to them...

6. I have been proposed to 4 times. That may not sound too bad but when I add that it was from the same guy you may think I'm a little crazy. I guess I am and the boy who proposed to me was obviously as well because he waited around until I finally married him!

Well there you have it! Me in a nut-shell. Some stuff you already may know and some maybe I shouldn't have mentioned!

Whoops forgot to put who I'm tagging now! Carly, Brook and Taylor Olsen, Jen, Michelle and Jenny. You've been tagged!

RECENT TRAVELS

Three thousand miles gave us the chance to see Yosemite, the painted desert, the petrified forest, New Mexico and Disneyland. What a trip!

The boys were lucky enough to have both sets of Grandparents at Disneyland with them. Woohoo!!

I think the kids spent more time in their swimming suits than anything else.... except maybe in trouble.

We had a great time in the Arizona sun with Stevo, Haya, Rich and Carly and little Evan

There's only one way to be out in the sun in AZ

Albuquerque. It took me a long time to learn how to spell that.

DISNEYLAND
Emmet fell in love with Mickey. In the end we had to buy him a Mickey doll which he has carried around with him every waking moment ever since we got home.

As you can tell, Grandma and April loved the ladybugs. What an exciting ride!



The boys loved their time with the grandparents, both sets. Things got a little crazy in the hotel room. We had one rule on this trip.... PARTY!

I think Mary Poppins was Parker's favorite. He was so shy around her and even blushed. I think he has a crush on her. He had watched the show right before our trip and loved it.



Arrrrr Matey