Sick Day!!

This last Monday, Lauren came down with a little bug. It was so sad. She is usually our crazy, wild kid. With a little fever, she was reduced to a sleeping machine. Anytime she laid down she would just fall asleep. Right after one of her many naps, she wanted to watch a movie on my bed. I took her in, set up the movie and came back about 10 minutes later to this. So cute, but so sad. Fortunately, she was back to herself the next day and no one else has been infected so far....keeping our fingers crossed!

Pre-Holiday, Pre-school Events!

Emily's cute preschool had a couple of fun holiday events. Right before Thanksgiving they put on the cutest program. They had a poem they recited and a couple of songs to sing, complete with costume. It was so fun. I was impressed by how well the kids knew their stuff. The teachers had obviously worked hard with them. And then, the last day of preschool before Christmas break, a special visitor came to see the kids. You should have seen their faces....some sheer joy and some sheer terror...when the man in the red suit came in. They all got a chance to sit on his lap and tell him all their Christmas wished!! Since I got to work that day at school, Lauren got to come with me. She had the most dramatic look of terror when he came in. I wish I had it on camera. Priceless. She had nothing to do with him.

Emily and her friend!
Emily and the cutest Santa ever.

Lauren loved being at preschool!!! Can't wait til next year!

Trimming the Tree!

Ok, so not really "trimming" it since last year we broke down and bought a cute little pre-lit tree, but we did decorate it. It was super fun this year since the girls really could do most of it themselves (it helps that the tree's about their size). I love the girls genuine amazement with every ornament, like they've never seen it before. They are so excited for Christmas this year...such a fun age.

Finished product...with really no help from Jason or I! Thus the clump of ornaments in front!I think Lauren in showing an ornament, which I cut out of the picture! Goofy kids!

Thanksgiving Fun!!!

We had a great Thanksgiving. Again this year, we spent Thanksgiving at my sister's in San Diego. We have gone to her house every Thanksgiving but one since we've been married and we love it!! This year one of my brothers and my other sister and their families joined in on the festivities as well. My girls were is cousin heaven. We always have serious withdrawals when we leave Deb's house, especially with so many cousins there this time!!! We had a pretty low-key weekend which was awesome. The food was the best and the company was perfect!!!

I didn't take great pictures.....too busy playing with family!!

Started out with some good Turkey Bowl fun!!

Ate wonderful food at a beautiful table....thanks to Ally!!

Serious cousin lovin'!!

Happy Halloween!!

So I've decided to just ignore the nearly two month gap of lost information on my blog and forge ahead. This year I wanted to do family costumes again, but October got away from me, thus the girls got to choose their own costumes!!! In the end, they are very happy and I think they're cute.

Last night we attended our ward's annual trunk or treat. I have to admit, in the past we've done a pretty bad job of decorating our trunk. So this year, to make up for the lack of costume by Jason and I, Jason decorated the back of the truck as a cemetary, complete with real grass. The end product was pretty cool and earned Jason the award of "Best decorate trunk!" We're so proud!

Still here, again....

So, I am the worlds worst blogger but we are still here and doing really well. Things have been busy but wonderful. One of these days (hopefully soon), I'll post pics and tell you all about it.

Trained!!!!

So it's official. Lauren in potty trained. Minus the first two days, she has been amazing. We started two weeks ago today and by that Wednesday she was an old pro and hasn't had an accident since. I've been a little reluctant to claim victory only because Lauren has the personality that might decide she prefers diapers and well.... she'll just go back. But so far, so good. I think we're safe. And, I have to say that it is amazing not to be changing diapers!!! Yeah for me and yeah for Lauren!

Playing catch-up!!

I realize that when I post, I usually overload post. Sorry. Eventually I want to download my blog to a book so I don't want to miss things, even if it's late. So after our crazy month, I had to get caught up. It seems we have our first quiet week in a long time, so I though I'd take advantage and get caught up. But lest we get bored, we have decided to potty train Lauren this week. Wish us luck. My niece Liz was potty training her little girl last week and we figured it was about time for Lauren too. Thanks for the inspiration. Plus, I want to get it done before we start into pre-school for Emily. I figure it's best while we're home most of the time. We'll keep you posted, hopefully it's all success from here.

Crazy Lauren!!

The picture says it all!!!!

L.D.S. Night at the Dodgers!

Since we've lived in L.A., we always try to go to L.D.S. night at the Dodgers. It's a fun (and cheap) way to take the girls to a baseball game. This year was extra special since we got to take Grandma Hall, Steve & Maria, and Liz, Travis & Kaitlyn. We also got to sit by Justin, Kim & Brody! I can't say I saw much of the game but it's great people watching. We left in the seventh inning with tired kids. Turns out the Dodgers won in the 9th with a walkoff homerun. Maybe next year we'll make it all the way through.

Brody and Lauren grubbin' on popcorn.

We ended up with no picture of Liz and Travis. Bummer!!