You say it's your birthday?!! It's her b-day too!!

Happy Birthday Mom!! We love you so much and hope you have a wonderful day! We wish so much that we could be there and help you celebrate! You are the best mom, and we hope you know we love you ! Have a great time celebrating, and make sure that the family takes you out for dinner and everyone treats you nice, or I'll beat um up!

More sledding adventures with Logan

A few weekends ago me and Logan got to go and do some more sledding. We had fun together. I went down every other time with her.

She said she really wanted to go off the jump, cause she had gone on it a few days before with her friend and loved it. We tried 3-4 times to steer her in the direction, but she kept missing it. You may be able to see the jump in the middle right side of this picture.

It was all happy and smiles til she finally made it on the jump. Then it was bam, smash and screaming and crying. :( Poor Logan.


Here is her little battle wound. She had a pretty fat lip on top and bottom but wouldn't really let us take a picture. She is much better by now though! She says she never wants to go on the jump again though. I don't blame her.

A funny kind of sweet

Today when me and Autumn were having a cheeseball and some crackers for a snack, she would come up to the cheeseball and pat it and stroke it softly and say ahh, like she was giving it loves. She was even trying to kiss it. She's a nut!

Here's some pictures of her recent goings on:
Getting ready for a nap. She loves to show me the inside of her mouth lately.


After church a couple of weeks ago.

Ready for bedtime!

She got all ready to go sledding, and then scream and went stiff as a board when I tried to sit down in the sled with her, even though she had been a few days earlier and loved it. Go figure? She looks like the state puff marsh mellow!

One of my favorite scenes.... I love to watch her lay on her little tummy and color. She's going to be a little artist, like her big sister, and grandma!

My talented Mama

For those who didn't already know, my mom is really talented! I was redoing our bathroom in raiders stuff for James for Christmas and my mom offered to paint the logo on a shower curtain for me. I did a bit of painting in the bathroom, such as a few base boards, and door trim.
I also bought a raiders garbage can, black floor mat, and a black toothbrush holder, and bought some new black and silver towels.

So I put in a fare amount of time trying to get this ready for him, but my mom got him the best part! She made this for him!

She is so sweet, thoughtful, and talented. He loved it! We want her to know that we love it (though I am not a sports fan really--I can appreciate how well she replicated their logo)!!
Now we have a lovely SIGNED work of art from our favorite COY! I'm sure it's going to be worth a lot some day!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Now all can give her the praise she deserves please! She'll check my blog eventually! :) Love you mom!!!

Sledding

Today I had an activity with my activity day girls, and Logan
and Autumn got to tag along even though they aren't 8 yet.
Logan was so daring, and she kept going down the hill even when
I told her it was time to go. Stinker! Autumn went down twice
with me, and loved it, but I let James take her the next rides cause it
was too hard for me to get back up the hill with Autumn. I forgot to
wear shoes with good traction, so I kept slipping! Ooops. James was
nice to come and help me with the girls since I didn't want to have
to worry about a baby plus a group of twelve girl by myself for
part of the time. The other leader was getting hot chocolate ready
at her house. It was the perfect ending and tasted yummy! Fun times!!
We'll definitely take our girl back out again for more sledding soon.

James got to go snowmobiling with his brother and brother
in law last weekend. They went up payson canyon. They said
it was great weather, and they had a really fun time. I may have
to crash the party and go along with them next time!!

Got Milk?

I was thinking Autumn should apply to be on a got milk? ad.
What do you think?
It's actually vanilla yogurt, but she calls in milk cause it's white.
Does that count?! Her and her big sis love that stuff! Autumn
ate one big bowl and then said to me "more peez (please) mama"!

Brookes Christmas 08

Our Christmas was a blast this year! We all had a great time, and everyone was happy!
Logan was busy setting out m&m's and milk for Santa the night before. She also left her lists for Santa. We got a kick out of that!

Here are our before shots that we took after getting everything ready on Christmas Eve.


Here are the girls coming downstairs and discovering what Santa has left for them!



Everyone is all smiles, and proceeds to trash the house and open every package in sight!!



James is so helpful at assembling littlest pet shop houses and bikes, and all the other goodies that the girls got! Here they are amongst the mess!! Yes, it did take us forever to clean it up!



All in all, it was a great Christmas and we were happy to be able to celebrate along with lots of our friends and family all season long! Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!