ABC's of ME

A: Attached or Single? Very much attached

B: Best Friend? My debit card

C: Cake or Pie? Pumpkin Pie

D: Day of Choice? Thursday. Charlie is off work and Grey's Anatomy is on. Yummy!

E: Essential item? Eyelash Curler

F: Favorite Color? Pink

G: Gummi Bears or Worms? Bears all the way! They are also excellant dipped in chocolate.

H: Hometown? Clearfield, UT

I: Favorite Indulgence? Pedicures

J: January or July? July. Fireworks baby!

K: Kids? One girl, Sadie

L: Life is incomplete without? My family

M: Marriage Date? August 14, 2004

N: Number of Siblings? Four total, two girls, two boys

O: Oranges or Apples? Oranges

P: Phobias or fears? Failure

Q: Quote? "Know thyself" -Socrates

R: Reason to Smile? It is Christmas time!

S: Season of choice? Spring, I love the rain

T: Typical bed time? Nothing is typical in my life, I bed down when my body wants to

U: Unknown Fact: I have a secret desire to have my own judge show like Judge Judy one day

V: Favorite Veggie: I think that is an oxymoron

W: Worst Habit: Swearing...I have a mouth like a trucker

X: X-Ray or Ultrasound: I have had a couple of both over my lifetime

Y: Favorite Food? Hashbrowns and Bacon

Z: Zodiac Sign?Aries

Bursting with Christmas Spirit

For FHE this week, Sadie and I decided to put up our Christmas tree. Charlie had to work, so we decided to suprise him. Sadie was a big help and liked hanging the ornaments on the tree, although she did try to eat the candy canes. I got out the Nativity set and Sadie had fun saying all the sounds of the different animals. I told her that the little baby in the manager was Jesus and she seemed puzzled at first, probably because all of the pictures she has seen of Him are from when He is older. I told her that Jesus was once a baby like her and he went "night-night" in the manager. She looked at me for a minute and then ran to her room and came out with a blanket. She handed it to me saying "kie, kie" which is her way of saying blanket. She was pointing to the Nativity and I realized that she was bringing a blankie for Jesus to go night-night with. I thought it was the sweetest thing ever. I think that Heavenly Father gives us these moments to remind us how special our children are and how we as adults should be more like a child. Anyways, below is our Christmas tree.

Usborne Book Party

I have just started being an Usborne Book consultant. Usborne books are great, affordable and educational books for children of all ages. I am hosting an Usborne Book Show on December 6th at 7:00 pm and everyone is welcome to come. The party will be at my house and I am hoping to make it fun and enjoyable. This is a great opportunity to get some Christmas gifts and ideas. Feel free to come and bring a friend. You can look at the cataloge of all the books Usborne offers at http://www.usborne.com/.

Thanksgiving

We had a nice Thanksgiving even though Sadie and I were not feeling the best.

Sadie was excited because she got to sit in a big girl chair and be at the table with cousin Leah and Grandma Joy.

We are very thankful we were able to spend the day with our families.

Sunday Afternoon Madness

Sadie has a couple pf pairs of these things called Baby Legs. They are used to keep legs warm and come in cute, funky designs. They are also way more convient for diaper changes because they just go up to the upper thigh. She had them on today for church, but when I went to take them off, she flipped! She apparently really enjoys them. We stripped her down for lunch, we were having pizza and we knew it would get messy. So Sadie ate lunch in her diaper and leggings. Afterwards while we cleaned up she was running all over and it looked hilarious. She looks like she has casts on both legs. I snapped a few pictures to show off Sadie's chubby legs.

Happy Little Camper

We got Sadie this tent while we were at IKEA this week. We have had it up in our living room and Sadie thinks it is the best thing ever. She dives head first into the thing and just rolls around. We came home from church and it was the first thing she went for (along with her ever present bottle). This has been one of our best investments yet, it keeps her occupied all day long.

Sounds and Colors

Sadie and I were relaxing today after a long trip to IKEA. She was busy playing with her new CandyLand game and was just jabbering away. She is hilarious to listen to. I decided to get my camera out and see if she would do something funny and she did not let me down! Sorry the clip is sideways, but it is still super funny. Her facial expressions are the best!

What a great Halloween!

This Halloween turned out to be so much fun! Sadie had two costumes, one was a kitty and the other a lamb. She enjoyed going to all her Halloween parties and being able to knock on all the neighbors doors. She also liked to help mom pass out candy to all the trick or treaters. Sadie loves pumpkins and seems to think they are balls, she tries to kick or throw them. She wasnt too thrilled with carving the pumpkins, she did not like the messy pumpkin seeds.

Sassy Sadie

This is one of Sadie's newest pictures. She loves her UGG boots, so we had to make sure they were in the pictures.

New Beginnings

Okay, okay! The blog bug has finally got me. I have loved looking at our friends blog pages and decided we needed to join the crowd. Plus, it seems that our life is continually changing and we have lots to share with everyone.

We have some very exciting news....drum roll please.....we finally found our dream house and have spent the last week moving in. It has been quite the process but well worth it. We finally feel like we are "home." The house is in Layton and Charlie loves being back in his home town. I will post some pictures after things are settled.

November 1st was another big day for us as well, a day that Charlie and I have been anticipating for a long time. Charlie applied to the University of Utah's Masters of Social Work program. We are putting our faith in our Heavenly Father that Charlie will be accepted and that new and wonderful opportunities will come his way.