Fun and Not So Fun Things

Let's get the not so fun out of the way first. After making cookies tonight with the girls (something we have not done in way too long!) I was wiping of the counter when I tipped the kitchen aid over on top of the glass stove top! Oops! Let's just say too many cookies were eaten as a result of this incidence. Looks like I know what might be under my tree (or in my kitchen) on Christmas! I was a little upset about the whole situation and so Sophia wrote me this sweet note. It even came enclosed in this awesome envelope bag thing. Here's the cute note that came inside "Dier Mom, I hop yoo will git filing beter". Nothing quite says I love you like "I lav yoo Mom".

She has been so into spelling lately. I love it! Today she wanted to create a list of words for each letter of the alphabet. Here's what she came up with before she got distracted by something else.

to translate:

A - Apple

B- Blue Bird

C- Cat

D -Dad

E - Elephant

F - Farmer

I think she was copying the words from the Rusty and Rosy (Waterford Institute) ABC DVD's.
We'll see if she continues the list tomorrow.

One more final fun thing. I added a few fun snowflakes and sled to our Christmas display. I love this time of year!

Birthday Girl, Good Samaritan and a few randoms

Happy Birthday to Lilly! She had a great day that started with waffles and birthday hats.
Later on we had some friends and family over for a fun pony party! It was great.

Close up of her cake. The cake pan actually came from IKEA. It's technically the shape of a Dalahast but it can double as a pony.

Close up of the fun cupcakes.

And close up of the birthday girl. Slight disclaimer, she picked out her clothes. She also spent the majority of the party next to this bowl of popcorn.

We didn't do too much to decorate. Just a few balloons here and there.

Random #1: Happy 5 months to this baby today!

And now for the Good Samaritan portion of the post. We thought Sophia was sleeping tonight but instead she came up dressed like this. She told Doug "I'm one of those guys who helps other guys when they get beat up". You know, the Good Samaritan. It was hillarious. She's a hoot!

Side note about the belt. If her pants have belt loops she has to wear a belt to school. We finally broke down and bought one and she thinks it's the greatest thing ever. She loves any excuse to wear it.

Random #2. Doug and Sophia spent a good deal of time with the Friend magazine during sacrament yesterday. When we got home from church Sophia was so excited to re-create the pop out nativity on the front cover. Apparently Doug promised her that they could and he made good on his promise. I think they did a pretty good job. It's hard to see what it looks like on the friend but I really think they came pretty close. My husband never ceases to amaze me! What a good dad (and husband).

They even added the star that wasn't on the Friend. Doug was pretty proud of that.Finally, if you're just dying to see Lilly blow out her candles, here you go. The best part is the musical candle that came from the Dollar Store. Totally worth the $1.

The Big Purge

Time for another picture purge!

Here's a beautiful princess taking a minute to talk on her phone. And another beautiful snow princess. My sister gave me this dress for Lilly and I was excited to use it again!

Here's our girls raking/shoveling the leaves a few weeks ago. This was the same day the plane crashed by our house.

Too bad we acutally have to shovel for snow now.

A few weekends ago we went with some friends/old roomies down to the Wales house. It was crazy to think that we were there 10 years ago with no kids or spouses (Doug and I were there I guess. Just not married yet)!

The kids had fun going on a Gator ride.

Random shot fo the Mabes. I think Sophia may have taken this one. I don't remember taking it anyway.

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving! We went to Doug's mom's for lunch. She had such a beautiful table set up.

Here's my three cuties in their fun baby legs! I was so glad to finally get a smiling picture of Lilly!

Doug's mom also had the kids make some cute crafts. They put cloves in oranges and dipped pretzels. It was really fun! After that we headed to my brother's house for more feasting. He's a pathologist by day and a gourmet chef by night. He serriously makes the best food and I was so looking forward to this!

This was the piece de resistance. He made sweet potatoes like they do at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. They had this amazing brown sugary crust on top. They were seriously TO.DIE.FOR!

Yummy! Look how the cute clementines are ever arranged perfectly.

After that we headed up to Park City for our anniversary! Happy 7 years Douglas! He actually had arranged for us to get away on Tuesday but we both came down with the stomach flu so bad. It was seriously awful! We decided to wait a few days and luckily they let us switch our reservation. We stayed at a place called the Newpark Hotel and it was pretty awesome. There was a hot tub on the balcony which was pretty cool but the best part was the radiant heating in the bathroom. I loved it! Here's a few shots from our stay. The hallway was ridiculously long.

Our bedroom. It had these sliding doors that shut the whole thing off from the rest of the place. It was nice for the second night when our kids joined us. We didn't have to hear them!

This table/chest thing was pretty awesome. It was a coffee table that looked like a chest but the top part lifted off and up so you could use it as a table top. It was pretty cool. The window over my head looked into the bathroom. Kind of weird.

Best part of the trip. The first morning we were there we discoved the ceiling in the bathroom was leaking. Right on the toilet. Pretty cool. I kept laughing at how ironic it was. It really was such a nice place but then to have something like this happen? Not so nice. We think the people above us may have flooded their bathroom or something. We never really heard. Unfortunately we only got a bucket out of the deal. I told Doug I really wanted to complain so that we could at least get a free meal or something (the hotel was right above Cafe Rio). Too bad I'm not a good complainer.

We stayed one night along (with Mabes) and then picked up our kids the next morning and brought them up for one more day. They had a blast doing fun things like swimming in the bathtub

and the pool.

And yes these pictures are crappy. I accidentally left my camera at my brothers so I had to the best I could with my phone. Now you're all caught up. Bring on the December craziness!

Come run with me!

If you have nothing to do at 9:30 tomorrow (and you live around here) come run for the Teemants! They were in our Provo ward and that are absolutely the nicest and best people ever! Leo has been diagnosed with Stage IV melanoma and some friends put together a race and craft sale to help pay for treatments. It's going to be at Kiwanis Park in Provo at 9:30 am. Go to Five to Fight Cancer for more info. See you there!