New House!

I haven't posted for a couple of weeks because we've been so busy packing, and moving, and cleaning, and putting away! The only thing that has gotten me through this move is knowing that this should be the last move for a VERY long time...if ever :) I am happy to note that I only have a few boxes in Brynn's room and the boxes of books that belong in the bookcase left! Pretty good for moving less than a week ago. Oh, and a huge load to pick up from the in-laws that have been storing stuff for us...waiting for the day we buy a house!

Thanks to all who have helped us. We love our house! I'll post more fun stuff soon.

Cute Girls!

This week has been pretty quiet for us but I wanted to post some pictures from our sledding trip on Valentines Day and a couple cute videos of the girls.

Dad and Ads at the top of the hill

Coming down fast!

Mom and Addy getting ready to go up the hill

Brynn's laugh is so cute

Dad teaching Addy the important things

Finally...

Finally...we have bought a house, well almost! We close next Monday so it's getting close. We have been waiting for this day for so long. It's the little things. A garage so I don't have to carry two kids and groceries across the parking lot and up the stairs. Our own yard! A bedroom for each of the girls...and one to spare! A place for food storage. The list can go on and on.

It will be nice to move back to Utah County. I knew there was a reason I never switched our doctors even though I had to drive 30-45 minutes every time the girls needed to go in! It will also be nice to be in the "Bassett Circle." Being close for all of the family functions will be great. And last of all i'm so excited to put down some roots. This will be our sixth move since we've been married (three years) so I am over the moving thing. We are looking forward to a new chapter in our life and all of the memories we'll get to create in our new house!

Valentines Day

Our desktop hates me so I am unable to post any pictures. I have my work laptop but I don't want to put any pictures on it...so it's all text until I can get my desktop to give me some love.

Todd's mother offered to watch the girls last Friday so we could go out for a Valentines date. We happily accepted her offer and went out to dinner and then played racquetball. Dinner was great and racquetball was too until I hit Todd in the face. It was one of my hardest swings too! Ahhh! I felt really bad because his nose swelled up and he was feeling the pain BUT he's a Bassett and he wasn't going to let a little pain stop him. That is until I hit him again ten minutes later. In the face! This time it knocked off his glasses and blood started to run down his face! He swears he would be blind right now in left eye if he didn't have glasses on! Sad to say at this point we cut our racquetball time short. Todd said he wanted to keep playing but I felt REALLY bad and I knew I would be scared to swing the racquet again that night. Then he had the nerve to say I have "no control over the ball" :) poor guy! Game of racquetball anyone?

On Valentines Day I made Adalyn pink heart waffles with a special heart waffle iron. She thought that was the cat's meow! Later that day we took her sledding. Todd has taken her sledding before but this was the biggest hill yet. Of course Todd takes her straight up to the top and they speed down. The first thing Addy said was "MORE!" She loved going on her belly. When it was my turn to take her I went to the edge where it was the smallest part of the hill and I wouldn't let us go on our bellies because it scared me! I never knew I was such a wimp. It has gotten worse since I've had kids. After I took her she wanted to go with her dad again because he was much more fun. All in all it was a nice and pretty low key VDAY. In other words...perfect.

Happenings

Yesterday we were able to go visit Aunt Amy. Adalyn adores Amy because Amy always does cool stuff like painting Addy's nails. Addy is very proud of her nails and was so excited to show her Dad. I never use nail polish so I never thought of putting it on Addy. I'm glad Amy thinks of this stuff!Saturday we went over to Sugar House Park. It was a little colder than we thought it would be but it was nice to let Addy run around the playground and take a long walk. She has NO FEAR! I always get nervous but she just laughs and laughs whenever Dad has her do something scary, like swing really high!

Brynn is crawling! She's on the go and lovin' it because now she can reach all of Addy's toys.

Amy also taught Addy how to call Lady, Grandpa's dog. So in the first few seconds of the video Addy is calling for Lady. Then she sings her ABCs!

My Favorite Things

I have two new favorite things I would like to share with anyone who wants to hear.

1. Sunflower Market. It is one of those health food stores but they have great deals on produce, good produce. There is one across from Fashion Place Mall and one in Orem. I have really grown to love this store.

2. Baking Stone. A few years ago I bought a baking stone at a Pampered Chef party. I never used it. My friend Elizabeth kept telling me how great they are. Finally, I decided to break it out. It truly is a wonderful tool in the kitchen. The cookies turn out PERFECT! It really makes me want to buy more and I can't believe I had it for so long without trying it.

Also...
My poor husband. The other day we were talking about the process of negotiation and the numbers game. I tried to tell him how it works. Mind you, Todd works in sales and does this all day every day. I think I kind of offended him because his response was " really Jen? I didn't know this is how it works. I've never done this before." Oh the sarcasm! It's like me asking him if he knows where he's going when we are driving in Lehi/American Fork. He only lived there his whole life. His patience is appreciated.

Also...
Today was SO NICE OUT! I took the girls to the zoo and it was perfect. It really makes me look forward to spring...which will hopefully come soon!

Super Bowl Party!

The Bassett Grandparents threw a Super Bowl Party last night! It was fun to see the family. Here are some of our highlights. Notice they have nothing to do with the game. Only the guys really actually watched the game!

Grandpa got cool 3D glasses for the half-time show. Addy was digging them.

Monkey pile on Dad!

They just can't get enough of each other

Brynn with her cousin Dallin, who is only 2 months older

The cold weather does not bother Addy

Oops!