What we've been up to lately...

So we have had a nice January... Hard to believe it is already February tomorrow! WOW! Time is really flying! Here's the latest:

1. Dave-Working hard as usual AND peeling all the WALLPAPER off our walls... Yes for the 6 years we have lived in this house we have not mustered up the gumption to take the UGLY wallpaper off our kitchen and two of our bathroom walls... UNTIL now! The past 3 Saturdays that I have been at work Dave and the girls have peeled all the wallpaper off these walls. Our master bathroom is textured, painted and is looking great!! We have the kids bathroom left to texture and paint and then the kitchen. I came home from work last night and all the wallpaper in the kitchen is GONE! YEA!! Thanks for working so hard guys! I can't wait for the finished product!! (New texture,paint and countertops soon to come!)

2. Me - hangin with the kiddos, work, YW, etc...

3. Matt - Cruising along at school... enjoying his classes and going to the BYU games and FILLING OUT HIS MISSION PAPERS!! YAHOO!!!!!!!

4. Lindsey- played the piano at the YM/YW talent show... did a GREAT job!! Went to the temple to do baptisms for the dead with our YW/YM.

5. Katie - Finished the Harry Potter series (7 BIG books!) She loved it. Started and is halfway through the Percy Jackson series... Looking SO FORWARD to her birthday in 2 weeks and joining us in YW!! :) yea!! Oh, and did I mention her hair is turning STRAWBERRY blonde? Sooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6.Ellie - Lost 2 teeth! woot! woot! and looking forward to her baptism in March! Also is becoming awesome on the piano!!!!!

So there ya have it! We are looking forward to some fun times in Feb/March. We have a colorado trip/baptisms in Utah, my Dad's 80th birthday bash, Katie's birthday, valentines, Ellie's birthday, baptism and Dave's b-day all in one weekend! YEA! Stay tuned...

FUNNY.... what goes around...

So for those of you who knew me WAAYYY back when... like when I was about 13 or 14 (and there aren't many of you at all) you will remember that I was hopelessly addicted to this book and this movie. It was my FAVORITE. I don't know how many times I read this book, at least a dozen and probably saw the movie twice as many times. I LOVED it!! That is why I found it SO amazing/hilarious when my girls came home from school talking about reading "The Outsiders". Lindsey had read it in her reading class at school and Katie read it in one day last Friday. They LOVED it. YES--it's official-- they are my daughters! Ha ha ha! I had never even told them about this book. Tonight we watched the movie. It brought back so many memories of me and my best friend Elicia in our Jr. High years sitting in front of our tv's watching this movie over and over and over. I still had some of the lines memorized and knew all the songs.. I had to laugh... And yeah, it made me feel old once again! :) So funny that they like the same thing I did at their ages! :) LOVE IT...

Here's a poem by Robert Frost that was in the book, I had it memorized... I loved it.

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Ahhhh.... yesteryear :)

Our Holiday Recap

We have had a great Christmas Break! It, of course, went by WAY too fast! Here are some highlights:

Started the week before the break with Lindsey and Katie's orchestra concerts-they did an awesome job!! :)

Matt came home the 18th- YEA! It was so awesome to have him here for 2 whole weeks! Sad to have him leave today!!

We went to 2 movies - Avatar and The Blind side. The Blind side was BY FAR my fave!

We decorated christmas cookies.

We hiked Lone Mtn.

We had Christmas Dinner with Lisa, Chase and Grandpa at our house.

We had Nathan, LeeAnn and Maddie visit for 4 days.

A rip roarin' NYE party at our house with Dave and I, the kids, LeeAnn, Maddie, Nate and Julie.

Went to see the fountains, the flower room at Bellagio and the new Aria hotel on the strip.

Went gun shooting.

Had a great Christmas Eve appetizer feastivus- after a long day at work I came home to the kids having cleaned the house- and I mean SPOTLESS- and then they had all made a GREAT Christmas eve dinner! It was soooo nice to come home to!! :) They are THE BEST!

A wonderful Christmas!

A family talent show- complete with piano, guitar, singing and even a rap! :)

We had a LOVELY time being home and just enjoying the season... hope you all had a great Holiday as well! This time of year is just the BEST!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :) We are looking forward to 2010!!