Dear Santa

I had to post this cute letter that Ellie wrote to Santa. Because we already mailed a letter, we have this one sitting in her stocking so he will get it on Christmas Eve.

TRANSLATION: Dear Santa I've been very good

I think I will

Get (at the bottom)

No coal in my stocking.

(My favorite part is the reindeer horns on the letters)

Sisters

Just some fun pictures. I love that these two have each other, I always wanted to have a sister and I'm so glad that my girls were blessed with each other.

This was taken at the festival of trees, they were so excited to see Santa. Ellie is glad that Santa now knows she wants a pink guitar (do you think Shawn had anything to do with that?) Ashtyn froze up when she sat on his lap and wouldn't say anything. It's a good thing Santa already knows she wants a purse.

better late than never...

Ok, so this post is a little late, or should I say a lot late......we went to Lake Powell in September but I just got these pics and vids from my sister-in-law (Thanks Ang!!) and I had to share.

We had a pair of trainer skis and, of course, Ellie had to try....she really has no fear (of the water at least.) She's very proud of this video. She was actually able to stay up on the skis for a long time but this is the best one we got on film (plus the wreck is really cute).

Ashtyn & Jade, aren't they cute!!

I can't tell you how long it's been since I've been on one of these. We have so many stories of going to Lake Powell when we were younger and having so much fun on the banana. This time, after we took the little girls for a ride, me and Jacqie stayed on and 3 BIG boys joined us......not so fun. I had the worst headache the rest of the day.....getting landed on, kicked, and hit in the head by these 3 BIG boys.

I love these two sweet girls!!

I don't think Ellie was enjoying herself, do you?

Halloween

My sweet little girls!!

This was a last-minute costume. 5 minutes before we were supposed to leave our house, I pulled Shawn away from his desk. He just put on the most random things he could find. He wanted to be Nacho Libre but we decided that spandex pants might not be appropriate for a ward trunk-or-treat.

I got tagged...

Thanks Kelli, I'm really not sure how this is going to turn out but here goes.....

7 Things I Can Do (or I should say Like to do)
*Run
*Wakeboard
*Snowboard
*Scrapbook
*Cook
*Touch my nose with my tongue
*Juggle

7 Things I Can't Do
*Be on time
*Speak in a crowd
*Blog (I wish I was more creative)
*Be outgoing, I get embarrassed too easily
*Keep up on the folding the laundry
*Get enough sleep
*Function in a messy house

7 Things That Attract Me to My Husband
*He's cute
*He's caring and genuine
*His knowledge & excitement for the gospel
*He's motivated & a hard worker
*He likes to wakeboard & snowboard
*He plays the guitar and can sing
*He's a GREAT dad and loves our girls

7 Things I Always Say
*Ellie, come here
*Ellie, settle down
*Ashtyn, don't pick your nose
*No more fighting
*Nice
*I love you
*Hurry, we're late

7 Things I Love to Eat
*Rice Krispy Treats
*Chocolate
*Seafood
*Mashed potatoes (especially when I'm pregnant)
*Pina Colada smoothie from Perks
*Salad Bar from Pizza Factory
*Sushi from Benihana (I miss being close to one, it's been a long time)

Mommy Brain

I have to post this because we got a good laugh. The other day I gave the girls a bath before church. When I was finished putting lotion on Ellie, I told her to lay down on the ground and I started putting a diaper on her (she's 4 1/2 and has been potty trained for 2 years). I didn't even realize what I was doing until I noticed that she was laughing at me. Is it true that you lose brain cells with each pregnancy? I think so.....

Carving Pumpkins

Last night we carved pumpkins. Ellie's been asking for weeks so we finally did it. She was so set on making a butterfly in her pumpkin. Ashtyn had fun drawing all over our pumpkin, then she was a lot of help when it was time to carve it.

After the pumpkins were done, we turned the lights off to see how they looked with the candles inside. Ashtyn is so sensitive, it scared her to death. The look on her face in the above picture was so funny, she was trying really hard not to cry. As you can see from the next picture, it's nothing that a carameled apple didn't cure.

If only I knew how to make caramel apples......I guess I cooked the caramel too long because they were hard as a rock. We ended up having to throw them away.....I guess I'll try again.