The Wheels on the Bus...

Lucy has learned some new songs. One of them is the Wheels on the Bus. Here is a demonstration. Notice that the "wheels" go backwards. That is from when I would do it for her and I would do it "forward" for myself, but it was "backwards" for her. I'm a bad Mom, teaching her things wrong. Oh well, the damage is done.

No Flashing Required...

On Monday, Brad returned from a business trip to New Orleans, with him he brought beads...Lucy loves the beads and wants ALL of them

We had the Missionaries over for dinner and everyone wore beads.

Wall Art

It's official, I'm not only a graphic designer and a budding photographer, but now I specialize in "wall art". My tool of choice would be my head. How I came across this talent of mine you might ask? The answer: I discovered it yesterday while babysitting two young girls. Their father came to pick them up at the back door, and while I was walking to get the door I stepped on one of Lucy's toys (with wheels) and my feet came out from under me and I landed on my butt (cell phone in the pocket—OUCH!) and crashed my head into the wall and my shoulder into the cold air return. Oh yeah, did I mention that I was holding the youngest girl that I was watching and there is a window in my back door, so her dad saw it all. If anyone is interested in a one of a kind piece of art, I am available—but it will cost you.

P.S. If I'm not falling down the stairs I've got to figure out another way to bruise my body. I'm not sure if it is the house, Wisconsin, or the aftermath of having Lucy, but I am a huge klutz!

A Budding Photographer

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was playing around with my dad's camera. Here is what I took.

The Last of the 20's

On the 29th of December, Brad turned 29. He's so old ;) To celebrate, we went to a Super Diamond concert. Everyone had a lot of fun. After the show, there was a stop to The Cheesecake Factory for some yummy treats.

Christmas 2007

I'm finally posting, and I'm sure Brad will be pleased that his tonsils will no longer take center stage. We had "A Wonderful Christmas Time" this year. We spent a few days in Butte MT, where Lucy became proficient on the organ. Lucy LOVED chasing Sox around the kitchen table, and would probably do it for hours. We visited Brad's Grandma Bess a few times too. She is 101 years old and Lucy had fun playing with everything in her room—the curtain, snow globe, and probably her favorite, Grandma's walker. We had a great time in Butte, but on Christmas Eve morning, we began the journey (because it took longer than normal) back down to Sandy. We were driving on snowy roads the WHOLE day. We stopped for a short break in Idaho Falls to visit with Aunt Sheryn and Uncle Boyd. It was nice to see them. We made it home just in time for dinner. After dinner we acted out the Nativity with the kids + Chris, watched the Luke II video, and the kids opened their present from Grammy and Papa—Christmas jammies. It was a struggle to get a good picture, then, off to bed for the kids. I got to stay up and make cinnamon rolls (I'm even getting better at it). Hayden was kind enough to wake me the next morning and let me know that Santa had come. Merry Christmas!

During our vacation Lucy became afraid of the tub, so we had to revert back to giving them in the sink. Once back at home in her tub and with her new tug boat the fear is gone.

We played in the snow and tried to make a snowman, but the snow wasn't wet enough. Lucy didn't like the snow too much either. She had been sick, so maybe that was why. I did find that the snow on the concrete was wet and I made my own snowman about 6 inches tall. I even took some artistic photos.

New Years Eve. We started off the day having our family pictures taken by Jocelin Blohm (you can check out her website if you like: photographybyjocelin.com. It was CHILLY outside! but we had fun and I didn't hear any complaints. After that it was a mad rush to purchase the Nintendo Wii, which provided the entertainment for the evening. We had a clam bake for dinner, it was fun to see my dad eat right off the table—much to his dismay. Later my friend Kimmy and her husband Chris came up for a visit.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Happy New Year!

There were other fun activities over the break, including: sewing, shopping, being with family, gelato, Cafe Rio, Kneaders, visits with friends, movies, Brad's birthday (more about that later), snow, Wii, sore muscles, X Box, The Wonder Pets, motorcycles, sledding, fun with cousins... "A Wonderful Christmas Time."