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.