Wednesday, December 29, 2010

e-i-e-i-o

Lily: Where are we going?
Me: We are going to meet some friends at McDonald's for lunch.
Lily: Okay.

{ a little later }

Lily: e-i-e-i-o. I want to see the pigs first. AND, I want to see the horses, and the cows.
Me: Really?
Lily: Yep. e-i-e-i-o.

{ after we pulled into the parking lot of McDonald's }

Lily: Can we see the pigs first?
Me: Huh?
Lily: I want to see the pigs first. Is this the farm?

Christmas Holiday

Tyler picked up this buffet table for me from the classified section on KSL.com. I finished re-doing it just in time for the Christmas Eve party we hosted.

Somehow we were able to fit 27 people in our kitchen for dinner.

Ella finally got a pogo stick for Christmas. She's been asking for one every Christmas and birthday since she was three. I always try talking her out of it, but this one was on sale for a very decent price. Lily had fun playing with it too.

We spent the evening with Tyler's family. Everyone had a nice Christmas.

Friday, December 24, 2010

Dance Recital 2010


Deleting text so Ella doesn't read it one day.

Friday, December 17, 2010

The Nutcracker



Somehow I forgot to blog about the childrens Nutcracker we went to last month. Our whole family loves going every year. Although Lily loved the performance, she was very upset after-wards that she didn't get to eat any nuts or crackers during the show.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Getting ready for her 1st dance recital tomorrow


Lily lives for her dance classes. She'd take a dance class every day of the week if I could afford it. I swore I'd never put a hair accessory on my kids head that was bigger than their head. Oh well.

Highlights



It's been a while. Some of the highlights from the past month include, Thanksgiving, Decorating the Retirement home for Christmas, & Lily's Birthday.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Lots of Events

This week has been eventful. Wednesday night I cleaned the Temple. Thursday night I went to Harry Potter with a bunch of friends. I even wore a Harry Potter shirt to the event. Thanks Katie.
Friday I was invited to a Copic event witch was very neat. After the event I hurried home to get ready for a Chocolate Spa birthday Party my friend Wendy put together for our friend Rebecca. (I offered to host it my house.)


Lots of friend showed up. We ate chocolate, soaked our feet in a blend of milk, lavender, lemon, & peppermint, and enjoyed everyone's company. Happy Birthday Rebecca!

Now I should probably make up for lots of lost work. It was worth it.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Lily gets Ella water


Lily wanted to get Ella some water, but she needed some help reaching the water. Then, as usual, she broke into song and dance about the event.

Repeat several times.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Halloween Parade



This afternoon we went to the Halloween Parade at Ella's school. I loved seeing all the costumes. I feel bad though. I think the parade was more than overwhelming for Ella. She had a tough time after it was over.

I got sick of Lily's witch costume she wears every day, and talked her into dressing as a cave-lady. The shoes are not part of the costume.


I was a cupcake this year. I had to crop my head out of the picture. Bad hair day.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Halloween Playgroup


It's fun to have cousins who live so close & who have kids the same age as mine. You wouldn't believe how well these group of kids get along. Lily loves playgroup.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Spicy Snow

Lily: Can I touch the snow?
Me: Yes.
Lily: Oh mom, it feels really spicy.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Saturday

We decided not to work on Saturday. It was a good decision.While Tyler finished our kitchen cabinets, the girls and I visited the new Library. They made dinosaurs & other crafts. Later we went over to a nearby shopping center for pumpkin painting & other Halloween Games & activities.

That night we met over at the Jones’ house for their traditional neighborhood night of Trick-or-Treating. They had some fun games and prizes at the clubhouse after-wards.

I'm pretty excited for Nov. 1st, when I can hide Lily's daily outfit (a.k.a. her witch costume).

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Conversations with Lily

Tyler: Lily, are you going to sleep tonight?
Lily: No
Tyler: Why not?
Lily: Umm, I'm so shy.
Me: You are not shy.
Lily: I am shy mom! I'm shy.
Tyler: Why does being shy make you not sleep?
Lily: Cause I worry about it.

.........................

Lily's first dinner prayer:
“Bless that my mom will get cute, and my dad will stay up with me at night. Bless that Ella will get a brownie.”

Then she proceeded to count to three in Chinese.
“Amen.”

The office

Originally we were going to put all our vinyl equipment in this office until we finish the basement office, but it didn't fit. It didn't even come close to fitting. So, we put all our stamps & vinyl, along with Tyler's computers, in our unfinished basement. This has since turned into my office where I answer emails, design stamps & vinyl, and make cards & other crafts.

This cute display furniture is actually borrowed from my mom. I know she's going to want it back as soon as her house is finished being built, so I'll have to find something to replace it before then. I'm growing kind of attached to it.


My desk. I love this office. It over-looks our back yard so I can watch the kids playing outside while I work. I even have my own door to the deck.


Our bright ceiling & colorful chandelier.



I made these flowers from paper. Just an inexpensive way to decorate. The vases are from my fireplace. I moved them into the office so I could adorn our fireplace with holiday decor. The picture is from Tyler's parents gallery. They were about to throw it in the trash. Luckily I rescued it before that happened.

Another piece of my mom's cute furniture. We may look for a bookshelf & small reading sofa for this area... maybe in a year or so.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

不善


Once a month, the parents of the Chinese students at Ella's school have a meeting to learn how to help their kids with their Chinese home-work. Ella thinks I'm learning Chinese at the meeting, but I'm really just learning how to help her learn.

Ella: Mom, what words did you learn in your Chinese class last night?
Me: Hmmm... I learned to say “bú shán”.
Ella: Did my teacher say that to you?
Me: Yes. Does it mean stop?
Ella: No, It means you're doing something bad. What did you do mom?

Monday, October 18, 2010

Slimy guts


Halloween song playing in the car:
“There are tiny worms... ewww. Rotton eggs... ewww. Slimy guts... yuck. Smelly things... yuck.”

Lily: I like this pretty song. You think it’s pretty mom?

Halloween Cruise



We didn't do much for my birthday, because we had lots of work, then Tyler had an appointment for church that night... but it was okay, because Friday night I went on a spooky cruise with a few of my friends from High School. It really wasn't very spooky... It was actually very cute, and we had a great time.

Saturday night we got invited to a Tombstone pizza party at Ella's friends house. The kids had a fantastic time eating pizza & decorating pumpkins.

Friday, October 15, 2010

the farm







The weather was perfect today. Perfect for a trip to the farm.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Halloween Playgroup


Since none of the older kids had school today, we decided to go to Gardner Village for our weekly playgroup.


Lily didn't look too out of place in her witch costume, since others were also wearing witch costumes. She was the only one however, wearing snow boots
.

Becky made cute cupcakes for all the kids to enjoy.

Hallie, Chase, & Kimball.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

The Weekend

We went to a fun surprise party for my friend Danielle. Lily thinks Jacob is my brother Ryan. Ella and I don't see the resemblance, but Lily is convinced.


The kids had a great time playing with their cute Halloween dolls my mom made them.


We went through the free corn maze at the pumpkin patch (3 times.)


Picked out a few pumpkins, tried to roast pumpkin seeds, but burnt them all :(


Enjoyed fantastic weather at the pumpkin patch.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Best Idea Ever!


Ella: Mom, I have the best idea ever!
Me: What?
Ella: Instead of Raspberry Lemonade... what if there was Lemon Lemonade?