Christmas Fun!

We had a great Christmas. We went and saw Enchanted again on Christmas Eve and then we went to our Bishop's house for a Christmas Eve dinner. There were some other families from the ward that were there too. We have a wonderful bishop and we are very grateful to him and his family for giving us somewhere to hang out on Christmas Eve. The kids acted out the nativity- Niah was Joseph because the only boy was shy and didn't want to be in the 'skit'.
Here we are in our Christmas jammies! Niah was so excited for Santa, she had a hard time going to sleep!
Niah was so fun on Christmas morning! She kept saying, "This is wonderful!" or "This is fabulous!" She is a funny girl!
It was Chloe's first Christmas. She got a baby doll, an activity walker, and a lot of other fun toys. She was pretty cute. She wasn't sure what was going on.
Here is Niah in her princess 'rub', as she calls it. She opened her princess guitar and said, "Just what I always wanted!" Christmas was so much fun with out little family, but we did miss everyone at home in Utah.

Snow, Snow, Snow!!!

We had a Christmas party with all of our friends on Friday. It was so much fun. We ate and did White Elephant gifts. Getting this many kids to smile was a little interesting but I think the picture turned out pretty cute! We got hit with a huge snow storm yesterday. There was so much snow that church was cancelled. We have at least a foot of new snow on the ground. I love big snow storms like this one!

HSM

Most of you know that Niah is obsessed with High School Musical. Well, today she was pretending to be Gabriella! Here she is!!

Weekend with Fam

We had a great weekend! Bryan's mom and dad came to visit us for a few days and we had a blast with them. The girls went swimming at the hotel, we went down to Sharon- Joseph Smith's birth place- to see the lights, the girls did a little shopping, we went to our ward Christmas party, and Niah would not let Grandma Shannon do anything but play with her! The lights in Sharon were beautiful, the new snow that had fallen made it gorgeous. Niah is in love with nativity sets- she calls them her "tivities". Out of everything in Christmas Tree Shops she picked out a new nativity set. She now has three that she plays with and she sings songs about the angel, Jesus, the wisemen, and the shepherds. It's really sweet. Santa came to our ward party and Niah was so excited to meet him. She told him that she wants a princess guitar- which was new to Bryan and me. Thanks to Grandma Shannon, Niah will be getting one from Santa now! We are so glad that Shannon and Ferald could come to see us. We love having visitors!

4 Things-

Well, Tam tagged me about a week ago and I am just barely getting this done- sorry Tam! Here it goes:
A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Wood block sander
2. cleaning my dad's office
3. Preschool teacher
4. U of U purchasing Department
B) Four movies I have watched over and over
1. Hitch
2. Titanic
3. Calamity Jane-with Doris Day (I can quote it for you if you want, haha)
4. Life Is Beautiful
C) Four places I have lived:
1. Draper
2. Ephraim
3. Provo
4. Vermont
D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
1. The Biggest Loser
2. Little People, Big World
3. Hannah Montana
4. American Idol
E) Four places I have been:
1. Germany
2. Hawaii
3. Maine
4. Paris
F) Four people who e-mail me (regularly):
1. My sister Tam
2. My brother Colin- he's on his mission
3. My mom and dad
4. Grandma Saundra
G) Four of my favorite foods:
1. Cafe Rio
2. The Spaghetti Factory
3. Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream
4. My mother-in-law's potatoe salad
H) Four of my Favorite Songs:
1. You're My Best Friend- Tim McGraw
2. Strangers- Bon Jovi and Leann Rimes
3. I've gotta go my own way- HSM2 (I don't listen to much else these days!)
4. So Close- from Enchanted
I) Four Things I am looking forward to in 2008:
1. My brother coming home from his mission
2. Niah's 3rd birthday and Chloe's 1st birthday (that's two things-oops!)
3. Family vacation
4. Flying to Utah to visit family
I tag Erica C., Ariane, Kathryn, McKell, and Bug- if you haven't been tagged already!

New Teeth

Well, I said that I would post a picture of Chloe's teeth when they were actually visible. I'm not sure if you will be able to see them but here are a couple of pictures. Chloe has also found a new past time. She loves to climb up on her chair and look out the window. She grunts at all the cars that drive by. It is one thing that keeps her entertained for quite a while!