A girl can dream

So last night I dreamed that one of the musical numbers at our church's General Conference in two weeks was the hymn "If You Could Hie to Kolob" played by a rock band complete with electric guitar solo.

I just don't see this dream coming true, do you?

Hide and Go Seek

Addy is a huge fan of hide and go seek.

Her favorite spots include:

and

I love that she closes or covers her eyes and assumes we can not see her.

Fortunately, her giggle gives her away.

What should I do with all of my free time?

Now that Ryan accepted a job in Rochester, I no longer have to spend my days painting trim, boxing up books or worrying about where we will move. I have a lot more free time on my hands.


Any suggestions on how to fill it?

Missing the pretty snow

This was my front yard over the weekend.

We spent Jack's first snow day from school last Friday taking a sled ride to a friend's house to play and shoveling the two feet of HEAVY snow when Ryan came home.



Jack's favorite part about the snow day?

The official Snow Day Snow Cone.

He had two.

When will I ever learn

to keep my mouth shut.

Within 45 minutes of telling a friend that Jack was doing really well with wiping himself after using the potty. I found this.



Reality check.

At least his buns are clean and this is clean toilet paper.

She liked it

Here's the happy girl eating her cake. She really liked the spots.

Her day started off pretty good. She got to pick out these balloons all by herself. She reminded everyone that they belonged to her with frequent, "My bawwoons."

She and Jack enjoyed spelling her name with this puzzle.

A package from Grandma Shirlene arrived at lunch so I let her open it. We read this book throughout the rest of the day.

Olivia got lots of snuggles.

This toy did not even make it out of the box before it was used to make music.
It is a favorite of Jack's now too.


Beautiful day for a great, spunky little girl. She sure makes us smile.

Will the Birthday Girl like it?

We'll see when she wakes up from her nap.

(I find the green eyes a little scary myself. I may have to eat them.)