.: December 2009

Thursday, December 31, 2009

New Year's Dance

Here is Kelly getting ready to go to her first stake dance as a Mia Maid. How lucky for her it is the New Year's Dance!

We had been toying with the idea of taking a trip up north to San Francisco for a while, but made the decision last Saturday night to go. We headed up Sunday morning and what a great time we had. We stopped by to visit our friends the Voges

and since they gave Wes a lift ticket for Christmas we couldn't refuse the boys a trip to Sugar Bowl on Monday.

I think they really enjoyed themselves. We also got to see Old Sacramento

where Wes met up with some friends from a past EFY. We then headed onto San Francisco where I cringed

as we had to cross a big bridge in Vallejo and the Bay Bridge,

I'm not a fan! We made it though and we saw lots of cool things.

We ate clam chowder in sourdough bowls at Boudin's

on Fisherman's Wharf,

enjoyed shopping

on Pier 39, watched street performers and tasted yummy chocolate at Ghiradelli Square.

We saw the Golden Gate bridge

(from afar--two bridges were enough for me). Wes met 2 time Super Bowl champion Jeff Barnes and wore his winning ring at the NFL shop.

Chelsie pressed pennies everywhere we went,

and here is Kelly beside a cable car. We saw the Oakland temple--so beautiful. We drove thru many areas surrounding San Francisco and saw lots of techie companies around. It's amazing how quickly it changes from big city to suburb and even rural areas. It was a quick trip but so glad Scott talked me into going. We've had alot weighing on our minds lately and I have a hard time putting that aside so we were able to incorporate some fun into the mix.

Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 24, 2009

A little Christmas fun...

This year we are fortunate enough to have ding dong ditchers/nativity bringers. Each night they leave a piece of a nativity. It has been so fun! They are sooooo fast! We've tried to catch them a couple of times but to no avail. We decided to get a bit creative with them ourselves. We've left a few treats but last night we set a few "traps" to catch them! Behold, the walkway of terror!

We hope they are enjoying our sense of humor! Merry Christmas!!!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Feliz Navidad

We had a Mexican dinner with friends last night to celebrate Christmas! Carne asada, carnitas, pollo asada, chimichangas, chips, salsa, guacamole, flan, and pastries completed our fiesta! Good friends, good food, good night!

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Saturday clean up

Birthday Party Take Two

Kelly celebrated her 14th birthday on Thursday night with a small slumber party. The girls had fun crafting, heart attacking, talking, laughing and watching movies. What great friends she has!

My how she's grown!

Happy Birthday Kelly!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Sweet bday girl

We went to CPK for dinner last night with friends to celebrate Kelly's 14th birthday! Here are Kelly and Hannah wearing whip cream from her dessert. How sweet they are!

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Chelsie's baptism

Chelsie was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints today!

Quotable Quips and Laughable Life

I decided that I wanted to add a small section with little things that my kids have said or done over the years that I never want to forget and I think are worth sharing. Unfortunately I was much better at writing these things down a bit late in the game....Chelsie steals the show here a bit. If only I could remember all those things I thought I'd never forget. I hope you take my challenge to write down all those things you hope to pass on one day.

When Chelsie was about 2 she had been jumping on my brand new couch, so I promptly told her to stop jumping on the nice furniture. Her response was very logical. "Then where's the mean furniture?"

While camping in the Sequoias, the entrance sign read, "1 bear incident this week...." Kelly mispronounced it as 1 bear accident....later in the bathroom, Chelsie noticed wet spots on the floor, and announced, "This must be where the bear had the accident."

We had a family home evening on choosing the right, and we thought Chelsie understood but when we asked her she said, "Yes, don't choose the left!"

When Kelly was in the 5th grade, she needed to use the classroom phone to call me. She dialed 9 to get an outside line, then she had to dial 1 because I have a long distance cell phone number, but she accidently hit the 1 twice. When the 911 dispatcher answered she was scared and just hung up. 5 minutes later the front office called the classroom stating that 3 sheriffs had arrived ready to take action and were wanting to know who called and why. Now it was by sheer coincidence that this was a morning that there was a prison breakout, so officers were on high alert. Kelly was embarrassed then, but can laugh about it now!

When Wes was about 4, he used to tell everyone that he was going to marry his friend Elizabeth, and that they were going to have 16 kids, and maybe a car.

When Chelsie was 3 1/2 we told her she needed to learn to spell her name. She responded, "I already know....A L I Z A."
(That was her best friend who taught her)

I was talking with my girls about the weather, and Kelly said, that stupid beaver was wrong, spring is not around the corner. Chelsie then chimed in, it's not a beaver, it's a warthog. Clearly I have failed them.