christmas :)

Austin deep in thought as he tells Santa what he wants for Christmas: "A Bakugan 6 pack, a Bakugan 3 pack, a Bakugan 1 pack, and a Bakugan backpack." And he got it!

My new electric scooter... goes up to 15MPH! Seriously, you don't know how fast that is...

I seriously had the best Christmas ever!! I know, I know, I will say that every year but that is because it keeps getting better... and, I'm sure my parents would say, more expensive. This years I got a blue electric scooter, an awesome Wii game called Animal Crossing City Folk, a digital picture frame, a journal, a CD, three adorable necklaces, a Twilight mirror (who knew those even existed?!), and a little bit more!!

Beck (on the far right with his dad, my uncle Todd) doesn't want to see Santa. Everyone else, however, seems happy to sit with the jolly man.

Kate cuddles with Santa. She wanted a Baby Alive. She loves it - even though it is annoying. It actually poops real poop... You feed it real food and it makes it into poop... It is sick.
Lucy giving her "How could you do this to me?" look to her momma.

On Christmas Eve we went to my Grandma Sue's and Grandpa Bryce's house. "Santa" came and gave everyone PJ's. Kate and Austin were ecstatic. My little cousins Beck and Lucy... not so much. The second Beck saw Santa walk into the room, he burst into tears and

freaked out. He wouldn't even touch the jolly man in red. Lucy, however, didn't notice Santa walk into the room until she was plopped in his lap. Then.... well, let the picture tell the rest. She reached out to her momma, screaming and crying, totally traumatized that her mom would hand her over to a "stranger".

The food was awesome too! We had carne asada... mmm mmm good. Thanks Uncle Brad!! My mom and I stayed up all night making chocolate pie, which was awesome too!

I hope you had as awesome a Christmas as I did!!!!!

a rant on peppermint bark, 27 dresses, and get smart

Sorry for all the posts lately (I DID promise to post more, didn't I? so don't blame me) but lately I have a weird obsession with William Sonoma's Peppermint Bark (pic above). Have you ever tried it?!? Oh, it is to die for. My mom bought some the other day and my family cannot keep our hands off of it. The perfect combonation of creamy dark chocolate, melt-in-your-mouth white chocolate, and perfect-tasting peppermint chunks... Mouthwatering. I'm just killing you, aren't I?

Well, another thing I'm obsessed with is "Benny and the Jets" by Elton John. Ever since I saw 27 Dresses (when it was in theaters... I saw it with all the Young Women from my ward, of all people to watch a PG 13 movie with), I love this song! If you haven't heard it yet, scroll all the way down to my music playlist and select it!

Oh yeah, I saw Get Smart last night with my dad, and it was probably the funniest movie I've seen in forever! I love how serious yet funny Maxwell Smart (Steve Carrell) is. I was laughing the whole time... Super funny, a must-see!!

Well, that ends my little rant... Um check back for more around Christmas... I'll post pictures that I don't look like an idiot in.

austin sings

My mom, little sister Kate, and my brother Austin after the play.

Some kids at Austin and Andrew's school participating in the play.

Austin in action.

Austin decked out in his costume - sorry it wouldn't rotate.

Here is Austin singing his angel song for his school Christmas play. He got so excited about it. I wasn't at the play because it was during school, but my Grandma Sue came down to see it and hang out, and my Mom was there too. He'll sing his song whenever you ask him. I have some pictures of him in his angel costume (above). He was so excited about the whole thing.

Well, my family is so excited for Christmas! Kate wants a Baby Alive doll, Austin wants Bakugan and Mario Kart, and my brother Andrew and I want electric scooters! Have a merry Christmas!

merry christmas! (again)

No, this isn't the same video: this is a disco version (the better version!) and the other one is the classic version. Must watch both!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

happy holidays

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

I know what you're thinking: Why isn't my Dad on here? Well, I both didn't have a picture of him and it only lets you do 5 elves. Well, anyway, have a merry Christmas and a happy new Year!!

up to the mountain we go!

Today we went up the mountain on the tram with the Terrys to play in the snow! It was awesome. The snow was 3 feet deep up there. I didn't bring my camera, so I don't have any pictures. :'( I need to figure out how to upload photos from my phone... Hmm.



I am so excited for Christmas! It's on Thursday! Wonder what I will get... Well, sorry for the short post but I will post more later!