I'm definitely a GIRL mom!

A couple of weeks ago my sister went on her annual New Year's sailing trip and I took my nephew's for a night and a day. Adam was severely disappointed in me when he came home the first night and found Sam in a dress...you see, Audrey was playing dress up, and Sam wants to do EVERYTHING that Audrey does...so how could I say no? I got a lecture for that one. Unfortunately I couldn't get the camera to work, so there are no pictures. But you see, it gets better because the next night I went in Audrey's room and found her with a big bouncy ball under her shirt. When I asked her what she was doing, she said, "I have a baby in my belly." To which Sam replied, "I want a baby in my belly!" So...what did I do? I found him another ball and they pretended to have babies in their bellies. I was informed that this was worse then the dress, and I know it sounds a little disturbing, but it was still hilarious. Here's a picture to prove it.

To Jess and Ryan I say, "Sorry for corrupting your child." I think I should just have girls, ya know? Here's another picture of the two inseparable cousins...and the sisters.

Christmas 2008

On Christmas Eve we usually go out to dinner with my family and then go downtown to see the lights on Temple Square. This year we went to Red Robin...yum, yum...and then we bundled up and headed for the lights. It was fun, and uneventful. Last year we didn't get to go downtown because there was a huge snowstorm on Christmas Eve. This year the weather decided to wait until Christmas to let the snow loose, and boy did it!

We spent Christmas morning with my family and it was a fun year with both girls. Lauren was really into opening presents for the first time in her short life! And Audrey finally understands who Santa Claus is, so that was fun to watch too! We hope that all of you had a fun and safe Christmas holiday with your families!

Sisters, Sisters...

...there were never such devoted sisters! These two really make me smile lately. Lauren is finally becoming a play companion for Audrey, and now they spend all day playing together. They have such a great time!

A Few Pics and the Festival

So...first off, I took some random pictures of the girls this week. Audrey loves to wear my shoes...and it's pretty obnoxious tripping over them all day because she drags them all over the house and leaves them right where I need to walk! I'm sure you all have been there, done that. But, this week she tried on my knee-high boots, and they were a big success. They go all the way to the top of her legs and she thinks it's the greatest ever. Now, it's a daily occurrence. Don't mind the dirty face...

And Lauren loves to wear my knit beanie...and she looks like a dolly in it so I had to take a pic...

My friend Kammie and I went to The Festival of Trees last week to find a tree that her Aunt had done in honor of her cousin who recently died in a car accident. We found the tree...and a few other fun things.

Here's the tree dedicated to Kammie's cousin Shayna...

This is a very cool glass tree, all hand made. It had different color lights behind it that came on and were synced to music. Very cool.

And, especially for my sis Jessica...some fun gingerbread houses...or castles. I didn't know at the time that this first one, is supposed to be Bella's house from Twilight. See Edward in the tree? How cheesy! I didn't notice until I saw the little sign at the bottom that says "Forks" in it...I swear!

Viva la Coldplay!!!

Seriously people, if you ever get the chance to see these guys in concert...it's worth every penny. I loved this show! I am not one to go goo-goo, gaa-gaa over any singer or band, but this concert seriously ROCKED! The highlights from Saturday night:

- We had most excellent seats! Row 13 in the lower bowl, right next to the stage. They had walkways set up so the band could walk out into the crowd on the floor and the one right by our section had a piano at the end. Chris Martin sat and played a few songs and he was literally straight in front of us. I was kicking myself the whole time because I forgot my camera. I could have taken a close up of his face, and posted it here...But since I didn't, this will have to do:

- Later the band disappeared off stage and reappeared at the back of the arena where they ran up into the lower bowl to around row 20 and sang a few songs in the middle of the crowd. Very cool. How awesome it would have been to be sitting there?!

- Very cool props and such. They had big screens set up so every seat had a good view. They dropped these paper leaves during "Lovers in Japan" that glowed in the dark with black lights...like confetti...you can tell a lot of money goes into the show.

- They totally love their fans. This makes them a great band in my eyes. I know they have a bad rap as being arrogant, but I really think they just treat the media this way because the media is so obnoxious! Who wouldn't? These guys are truly talented...especially Chris Martin. I love me a man that plays the piano...and has a rockin' voice...and a British accent...