Look Out Disney on Ice, Here She Comes!

Elle received the wonderful gift of ice skating lessons from my mom. Yesterday was her first lesson, and she loved it. It is a very fun class where parents participate (obviously parents must participate. Can you imagine a bunch of three-year-olds—with no experience ice skating—alone on the ice?). Elle has already learned new things from her instructor, and she is excited to learn more from the classes to come.

BSU Wins

I’m sure one can only imagine how excited Johnny was to have BSU win their bowl game. So excited, in fact, that he took Elle to BSU campus so that they—mostly he—could welcome the team home.



Elle loves the bronco located on campus.

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

BSU is playing in the Fiesta Bowl, and that means game night at our house. Since Johnny is a BSU student, he is also a BIG Bronco fan. Therefore, we don’t miss a game, and our kids know all about Bronco football. Elle even drew a bronco to tape on her shirt for the big game day. Johnny is so proud.

Jump! Jump! Jump!

We put Hudson in the jumper today, and he absolutely loved it. It took him a little while to figure out what we were expecting him to do, but once he got started jumping, he had no more questions. It was cute seeing him standing and jumping all by himself. For once, he looked so little. It was also cute seeing Elle help/teach Hudson to jump. She completely adores her brother, and will do anything to help him (even jump in a duck costume). How cute they are together. The duck and the Bronco fan.

Aunt Bridget Elle Date

Bridget took Elle to see the movie, The Princess and the Frog. Elle was very excited to go to the movie theater twice in such a short amount of time. She also thought it was great that so many people were asking her on dates (we haven't taught her the no dating until your sixteen rule yet). When Elle and Bridget returned from their date, I asked Elle if she had fun. She of course told me she did (who wouldn’t have fun at the movies getting spoiled by their aunt?). She then proceeded to tell me that she had popcorn, a fruit snack, and something else not good for her body. She thought hard about it and told me she thought it was sodium. After looking at my confused expression, she turned to Bridget and asked if it was sodium. Bridget laughed and told her it was Sprite. Although funny, she was right; she did have sodium—from the popcorn—and too much of it is not good for her body.

Present Mishap

For Christmas, Johnny and I—well me—decided to get Elle a jump house for her present from Santa Clause. I thought it would be something fun for her to do during the cold winter days. I also wanted her to get some exercise when it was too cold or wet to do so outside. So, I found a jump house on extreme sell back in April. I was so excited; it was just what I had been envisioning. Well, come Christmas Eve, Johnny and I got out her jump house, and found that it was really big. We also found that the pump we had to blow up the jump house with was not sufficient for the project. Seeing as how it was 9:30 on Christmas Eve, and nothing was open, we started calling people in the ward to see if anyone could aid us in our dilemma. Finally, we found someone with a sufficient pump, and Johnny rushed over to get it. By the time he got back, and started blowing up the jump house, I had to go upstairs and feed Hudson. Johnny came in to tell me that the jump house was really big—too big. I thought he was exaggerating—Johnny tends to get annoyed by kid’s toys—and didn’t think much of it. When I came down the stairs and saw the blown up jump house, I was shocked. Johnny was right: it was TOO big. Not only that, but the top of it had a hole somewhere, and would not blow up. We decided to leave it up and let Elle jump on it Christmas morning, and then return it the next day. Elle was of course thoroughly excited about the jump house, and had fun playing on it all morning. And she was quite sad when we packed it up and returned it the next day (thankfully they took it back, since I had purchased it in April. Though Johnny says they take back everything at Christmas time). So, since Elle’s Christmas present failed in so many ways, but she still loved it, we decided to buy her another one. Only this one is much, much, much smaller. Thankfully we found what we were looking for, and everyone, including Elle, is happy. Though I think Johnny will be giving me a hard time about this one for many Christmases to come.


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My Little Boy

I love my little—maybe not so little—boy. He is sweet, and all smiles. He lights up our house with his charming presence. And those cheeks—none of us can get enough of those. We just have to kiss them.