Christmas Lights on Temple Square

We braved the crowds and went to Temple Square on Friday night to see the newly lit lights. It wasn't too cold and we had a great time. We had to park a few blocks away but the walk did us good considering all the pie and treats we have been eating the last day or two. We walked around the square, checked out the Tabernacle, listened to the Nativity reading, and then headed over to the museum to walk through. There were some cool Polish nativities on display there and they had already added President Hinckley's memorabilia in the hall of prophets.

Mariah and Jalyn in front of the Salt Lake Temple.

Thanksgiving 2008

A Thanksgiving with no cooking or cleaning. It was great. My mom came out to Utah for Thanksgiving and we decided since it was just us girls that there was no reason to cook. So after going to see High School Musical 3, we had our traditional Thanksgiving dinner/lunch at Mimi's cafe. It was perfect, the food was good and the desserts were amazing. And best of all, I didn't have a single dish to clean up. Later in the evening we had more pie with my mom's brother and 2 of my cousins. We played cards and chatted and had a great time. It was not your typical Thanksgiving but now we have new memories of a fun experience.


My mom and the girls!

Standing outside of Mimi's Cafe. We are absolutely stuffed!

Twilight- Rock Star Style!

I wish I had had my camera! My friend Laura called tonight to see if I wanted to join a few girls to go see Twilight. Mom is in town and after talking to her, we agreed to go. Laura insisted on picking us up and what a shock when a driver (her husband) comes to the door to pick us up. The girls are all out waiting in the LIMO!!! We had sparkly cider and chocolate pretzels and were treated so nice. It was great. The movie was OK but going with these girls and my mom was a blast. I only thought it was a group of gals going to see a movie, who knew it would be such a memorable evening. Man, I wish I had my camera!

a blister on my knee?

So I woke up Sunday morning with a blister on my knee cap. Who gets burns on their knee caps? Apparently I do. I will tell you why. I live in Utah and it is starting to get cold. I HATE being cold. I think I also have poor circulation in my feet because they are always freezing. Even if I put socks on, my feet won't warm up when I crawl into bed. So now I sleep with a heating pad. I turn it on and put it in my bed while I am going through the nightly ritual of brushing my teeth, getting jammies on, etc. Well, Saturday night I fell asleep pretty quickly and I think the heating pad was under my knees and the protective covering that keeps me from getting burned slipped off, exposing the super hot plastic stuff underneath. So there you have it, I have found a way to burn and blister on my knee cap. What a weirdo!

Our last first tooth...

Shane did it! He lost his first tooth. It was very exciting and he had been waiting a very long time. He kept wiggling and wiggling and finally a friend of ours wrapped dental floss to yank it out. It didn't work and Shane just kept wiggling and wiggling. Last Friday, at his friend's birthday party, the dad got a napkin and pulled it out. I think Shane was surprised that it worked. So Shane put his tooth under his pillow and guess what he found in the morning? HIS TOOTH! What? The tooth fairy forgot? Does that only happen in our house? So we had to check again. Maybe the tooth fairy got nervous when she saw the cats and didn't have time to pick up the tooth. Or maybe she left the money but couldn't grab the tooth. Sure enough, way under the covers, Shane found his money. That silly tooth fairy.

I realized though that this is the last time that one of our kids will lose his/her first tooth. That chapter is closed. There is still plenty of teeth to be lost and braces to be had and cavities to fill but no more first teeth. It was a bitter sweet experience.