December 27th, 2011

Since this past week included Christmas, Todd's Birthday and our 6th Wedding Anniversary there was much to celebrate and be so very grateful for!

• We started the week off by making cut out cookies and decorating them. I always forget how long this project takes (all day!) but the girls' excitement never gets old. This year Addy really was able to help by using the cookie cutters by herself and putting the cut-outs on the sheet herself. Go Addy!

• On Friday, Todd and I hired a babysitter and we spent the day together. We originally planned on going skiing but Todd wasn't feeling great with a bad cold so we got lots of errands done around town, went shopping at the mall and had lunch together at Brick Oven. 
• On Christmas Eve morning aka Todd's birthday I cooked all the food for our evening meal while Todd took some time to himself. Then he took all of us and his parents out for lunch at one of his favorite restaurants, Japanese Tepanyaki. The girls love Asian food so it was a big hit because our chef was one of the best ones we've ever had. He was so funny and the girls expressions when he lit the fires were priceless. They behaved so well it really was a treat to take them there. Bodee on the other hand is a sixteen month old boy...enough said!

• After lunch we headed up to see the Christmas Lights at the Salt Lake Temple. This has become our tradition the past few years because it really brings the spirit of Christ into our Christmas celebrations. It was cold but the kids did great.

• We then headed home and sang Happy Birthday to Todd and let him open his presents. (A hat washer, a cap rack, and a new sweatshirt). Todd asked if I would make him a Jello cake this year. Happy Birthday to my sweet 34 year old:)

• After cake we started our Christmas traditions. This year we added a new one. A short little movie called "Little One". Great for the kids. It was a perfect Christmas Eve.

• Santa has arrived!!! My favorite line of the morning is when Addy started looking in her stocking and said "Santa is the nicest man." The girls just kept saying "thank you Santa" as they opened their presents.
• Addy's 3 top favorite gifts: American Girl Doll (well, the knock off from Target), singing Ariel, Little Mermaid doll, and remote control car.
• Brynn's 3 top favorite gifts: VTech Camera (really works!), grocery store cash register, and singing Rapunzel Doll.
• Bodee's 3 top favorite gifts: slide, Mickey Mouse stuffed animal, Elephant ball popper

• Originally for our anniversary we thought it would be nice to get away for a night but then we decided not to leave because it is always so busy throughout the holidays but then at about noon on our anniversary Todd called and said to pack everyone up he's taking me to Midway for the night since his mom offered to watch the kids! We sat in the hot tub, went to Dairy Keen for dinner and shakes, went ice skating, and talked and laughed! I'm so glad I married someone that continually makes me a better person. Todd is always making me laugh and I am so grateful that he works so hard to provide for our family so I can stay at home with our children. I truly adore this man!

December 18th, 2011

Like always, December has been a very busy month but also lots of fun. These are some of the highlights from this past week.

• The girls were invited to their friend Aisea's birthday party at Kangaroo Zoo! They had an absolute blast and loved every second of it. They had been asking for weeks to go to Kangaroo Zoo so they were very lucky they got to go for his birthday. Mom loved that they finally got to release some of the winter energy that has been building up.

• A great group of our friends from the University of Utah village got together for an Ugly Sweater/White Elephant/Game Night party! I honestly don't remember the last time I laughed so hard. Tears came to my eyes multiple times. A huge thank you to all the great couples that were there.
• Todd and I won the ugliest sweater contest! Our prizes included a pink nightgown, a sexy John Travolta type shirt via Saturday Night Fever, handcuffs, sparkling juice, a bowtie, gum, apple cider and hot chocolate packets.  

• After our late night on Friday we were hoping to sleep in just a little on Saturday morning. At about 7:30am Brynn comes into our room crying and telling me that she got a bead stuck up her nose. Yes, yes she did. Tweezers did not work so finally I gave Todd a big bobby pin and he was able to dig it out while I held her arms down. Thank goodness for Todd's surgical skills or that would have been a trip to Instacare cause it was pretty far up there. We then had a family meeting about NOT sticking things up our noses. 

• Saturday night we met up with our friends at the Sandy Aquarium. I hadn't been there since Addy was one year old so I had no idea they expanded it so much and there was lots more to see. The kids had a great time. It was especially cute when Bodee kept ohhh and ahhh and ooooo ing at all the fish. He LOVED it! Addy thought touching the stingray was super cool and Brynn liked the penguins. Thanks to the Ross family for a good time. 

December 11th, 2012

I am blogging again...I can't believe it. I stopped blogging when life got really busy and crazy for me but now that life has slowed down, I think I can try again. Here are some highlights from this past week.

• Monday night for our Family Home Evening activity we drove through the Thanksgiving Point lights. We put the kids in the front seats with us and blared our Christmas music. Our kids are at such a great age and the magic of Christmas is everywhere in our house. Bodee LOVED the lights and kept yelling ahhhh! and ohhhh! He was being so silly and climbing on the dash board in the Tahoe and laying down looking at the lights and laughing. Afterwards we went to Arctic Circle for ice cream.
• Addy lost her first tooth this week! The Tooth Fairy came and left her $5 for her first tooth. She was so excited because she got a special badge at school to wear saying she lost her first tooth and her class sang her a special song. At first she didn't want to leave her tooth under her pillow because she wanted to keep it forever. Very sweet.

• Another cute thing about Addy from the past couple of weeks is that she is really starting to read! She can read full books with a little help on certain words from Mom and Dad. We are so proud of her!
• On Saturday we celebrate the Bassett Family Christmas Party! Of course the kids all loved it. Well, Bodee did not love Santa, but that is to be expected for a 16 month old:)

• Another fun thing this week is Addy had her first Daisy Girl Scout Meeting. I started a troop in our neighborhood and I think it is going to be great! I love the Girl Scout program and I hope Addy will too. We learned the GS promise, sat in the friendship circle, and made ornaments for someone special. This mom things is getting really fun!