Kelsey goes to Preference.

Kelsey & Steven. They are way too cool for a normal date picture.

Kelsey & Alexis.

Kelsey being beautiful.

My Favorite Things...

Here is a list of my favorite things right now. (Note: This does not include people, the gospel, etc.)

1. Gold's Gym. I know this is a real surprise. I got a gym pass for Christmas and I am loving it.
2. My Suburban. Thank heavens for 4 wheel drive in our winter wonderland.
3. Brighton Ski Resort. I took the kids last week and it was wonderful. The sun was shining, I didn't fall down, all was good.
4. Stephen's Candy Cane Hot Cocoa - made in my hot cocoa maker.
5. The Real Housewives of Orange County. I know it's trashy, but I love seeing how the other side lives. (Tuesday nights on Bravo).
6. My very favorite....My digital scrapbooking program, Memory Mixer, that has saved me countless hours and dollars and has allowed me to create really cute pages and be ALMOST done with my 2008 scrapbook. Yeah!!

Good-bye 2008...Hello 2009!

Wishing you a Happy New Year!

McKell gets her OTHER ear pierced!

McKell really wanted her ears pierced. We took her to the mall after a camping trip in June, 2007 to have her ears pierced. (Yes..1 1/2 years ago! ) The employees at Claire's told us they could only pierce one ear at a time. After McKell had one ear pierced, she screamed bloody murder and wouldn't let anyone pierce her other ear. We bribed and pleaded, but she left the mall with only one earing. Every so often she would talk about getting her other ear pierced...when she turns 10. She surprised us this Christmas break and decided to get her other ear pierced while we were at the mall. And this time she didn't even cry. Way to go, McKell.

More Christmas pictures....

The end of a long, fun day.... (yes, this is a real dog.)

Rocking out with RockBand on the Wii.

Kelsey and I both got black pea-coats and gym passes to Gold's Gym! (Thanks Jason.) Swimsuit season is just around the corner...

McKell with her American Girl twin dolls! Thank heavens Santa delivered. This is all McKell has talked about for the last two months. Aren't they cute?

Christmas Eve at grandma's with the cousins.

Christmas pajamas.

Getting ready for Christmas....

Decorating the Christmas tree(s). The kids each have trees in their rooms and can decorate them however they choose. Connor got very creative and used a University of Utah football theme. He downloaded the football pictures from the internet, put them on red paper and hung them on his Christmas tree.

Merry Christmas!!!

So this was the best Christmas ever!! This is the first Christmas that the kids were actually more excited about giving each other presents than getting their own presents. We had such a fun Christmas together with so many great memories. Now comes the really fun part....putting all the decorations away!