CHRISTMAS MORNING! Ok our Christmas morning was so overdone we actually decided to put an ax on it from here on out. We are going to three presents for each kid and leaving on a trip the day after Christmas instead. I have had to prep the girls all year long. I remind them constantly, […]
Christmas Eve is always spent with my family. I sure do love how it is ALWAYS a Mexican Fiesta. Well Arizona style, where my mom grew up. Not really true Mexican style. Maybe one of my brothers will marry a Latin girl that can really show us how to have a Fiesta? And make the […]
The girls and I have been floating around this idea of doing a holiday cookie contest for a few years. I don’t know what made us finally do it this year but it sure was fun! I learned a few new things I’d like to do next year, ways to changed it. I guess you […]
Salt Lake City has a lot of fun things going on during the holiday season. The museums, symphonies, theaters, etc. have fun holiday events to go to. I tried to be better this year about picking and choosing. Normally I just want to make it to everything! So this doesn’t look like I scaled […]
Abby & Cameron had their holiday piano concert. They were rushing from a dance performance and Cameron chose to play her piano piece in her dance costume. Abby did not want to so had a dress packed. It was a busy day so I am proud of them for being able to pull it off! […]
I have always wanted to make homemade vanilla and had a friend make a batch that she was raving about. She gave me good directions and I decided to do it for teacher & neighbor gifts. It didn’t make as much as I thought or maybe I should have bought smaller bottles. So only about […]
Last holiday season I overdid it and wasn’t feeling very well from it. During the winter months I have been over looking and coordinating the remodel of a building for our business in Salt Lake. It was very intense so I wanted to do one thing to help me during the holiday season. I have […]
Abby & Cameron are on a dance team called PEEPs at Utah Dance Artists. They have the most wonderful teachers (we love you Ms Heidi & Ms Leslie!) and such a fun group of kids to dance with. The holidays are fun because they get to perform their holiday dances at four places in the […]
We haven’t been to California in a few years and got invited for Thanksgiving. So we hopped on a plane and went! It was nice to be on a plane without a crying child. I still have two kids that I have to watch their feet. And that somehow need to pee 10 times on […]
We did a few other things for Halloween this year. Going to the Leonardo for their “Spooky Science” exhibit is always a must. When I was editing this photo below, I told Abby, “I am editing a photo of you in the Ghostbuster outfit touching a real human brain. And that is about the weirdest […]
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