Thank You

We had a super cool thing happen this year, so I wanted to share my tale. Andy & I had just put the kids to bed, the night before Christmas Eve, when our doorbell rang. I was expecting some friends to stop by to drop something off. So I happily went to answer the door. Upon opening the door I was surprised to see no one there. I got there pretty quick too, I was in the hallway, right by the door when the bell rang. I looked down and sitting on our mat was an envelope with our family name on it. Andy & I opened the envelope and were surprised to find a gift card and cash within. We smiled at each other. Thankful for whoever left this for us and for our blessings. About an hour later the doorbell rang again. I thought, ah, there they are. So I opened the door again and again found no one there. I looked down and this time there was a wrapped package on our mat. I yelled for Andy, completely in shock. There was a tag on the gift, that again had our family name. We brought the present inside. I asked Andy if we should wait or open it now. He told me to open it now. That was all I needed. I tore into the gift. As the first piece ripped off the box we were shocked to see the writing "Wii Sports" We looked at each other again mouths hanging open. Let me ask you this...Who gets doorbell ditched a gift card, cash and a Wii system? We went to bed that night, later then usual, feeling very thankful and very loved.

I have no clue if either of these people read my blog, but I had to do what I could to thank them so...Thank You.

Christmas Presents

I was telling Andy that I can't wait for next Christmas because I'll finally be able to have Christmas presents under the tree. It's been a few years since we've been able to do that. The other day we received a package from Andy's parents with Christmas presents in it. I put the presents out as a trial. Besides a ripped off bow, he did pretty good. So a couple of days later, after the kids had gone to bed, I wrapped a few to put under the tree. I thought if I didn't call attention to it he wouldn't notice. I was totally wrong. Willson came downstairs, looked at the bottom of the tree and his eyes lit up. He whispered with awe and excitement "presents"

His little hands immediately began working. He was trying so hard not to touch them. He just kept getting more and more excited. His eyes glowing and locked on the gifts, his smile huge, and his hands moving faster and faster. Finally the excitement was too much and he looked at me and said "I smell it!" I burst out laughing and before I could do anything else he was on the floor smelling the presents and giggling. A little sniffing didn't hurt them a bit!

Thanks Aunt Becks!

My sister, Becky, wanted to come out and buy some Christmas clothes for the kids. Because of work, she wasn't able to make it, so she sent some money, the weekend my parents were here, and my mom and I had a blast picking out stuff!

I cannot tell you how many pictures I had to take to get a halfway decent one. The funny thing is, it was Mason who messed up most of them.

I made some hair bows to go with their outfits.

We tried to get individual shots, and this is what we got from Willson. I still think it's adorable.

Yummy Dinner

Last night we had an interesting dinner. Andy made some burgers and we had some fingerling potatoes, left over from the Relief Society Christmas dinner (it pays being on the committee). Willson upon investigating Savannah's dinner asked "Vanannah you have barbecute sauce?". This made me giggle. Then we, of course, had to talk Savannah into eating her potatoes. After she tried them she exclaimed "Fingertip potatoes are so yummy!"

Hum, barbecute sauce and fingertip potatoes...Yum!

A little bit wrong, but oh sooo right!

The other day, some friends were telling me about this new donut shop in town. It sounded pretty hoity toity, but intriguing at the same time. I told Andy about it and he was intrigued too. Imagine my surprise when Andy showed up with donuts this afternoon. He presented me with my absolute favorite, pink frosting, which I haven't had since we left CA. Then he leaned over to show me what he was sampling. It looked like a maple bar, but there was something on it. I thought maybe some kind of nuts, so I asked him what it was. It was bacon. Yep, bacon on a maple bar. I gasped and ewwed. Then he reasoned with me. When I have bacon with breakfast, what do I do? Um, smother it in syrup. When we buy sausage, what kind do we buy? Um, maple and brown sugar. I still was not swayed. Finally out of sheer curiosity I relented to just trying a bite. Holy Crap. It was so good and so right. Seriously.

Try it. You'll love it!

Christmas Decorations

My mom requested pictures of our Christmas Decorations...

What??

Last night we were watching the movie "Evan Almighty" with the kids. Love that movie. At the end of the movie it shows a white dove so Andy asked the kids why that was there. Savannah immediately replied with the correct answer and Delaney agreed saying...

"Yeah, God is a Pigeon."

My goodness. I needed that laugh.

I got Tagged

Look what happens when you play on the computer...

Five North American Cities I Would Seriously Consider Living:
1. Seattle WA
2. Folsom CA
3. Nauvoo IL
4. Cameron Park CA
5. Carmichael CA

Five Songs To Which I Know All The Words:
1. Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
2. With or Without You- U2
3. The Last of the Famous International Playboys - Morrisey
4. Better That We Break - Maroon 5
5. Somebody - Depeche Mode

Five Foods I'd Wish To Have In Unlimited Quantities On A Deserted Island:
1. Pizza
2. Pizza
3. Pizza
4. Pizza
5. Salt & Vinegar Chips

Five Chores I Should Be Doing Right Now Instead of Blogging:
1. Dishes
2. Laundry
3. Changing a diaper
4. Cleaning my room
5. Playing with my kids

Five Childhood Friends I Would Love To See Again:
1. Elisabeth Emerson
2. Anne LeBras
3. Laurie Simpson
4. ?
5. ?

Five Friends To Tag:
1. Sarah
2. Melissa
3. Jenn
4. Kristin
5. Debbie