Twilight Mania

Okay, so here's my contribution to the recent Twilight mania--the guy in this video is my sister Lisa's friend (he's an ex-BYU Young Ambassador)... maybe I'll actually read the series some day so I can be in the "in" crowd! ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0fVb0SA0qs

Can I Please Get Just One?!

Can I please get just one picture with all of the kids looking and smiling at the camera at THE SAME TIME?!




I didn't think so....

The Start of Basketball Season

The new basketball season for Jordan and Maya just started a few weeks ago. They've had two practices so far and the games will begin some time in January. This is Jordan's second year with the program so he's old school now. :) This is Maya's first year and she was pretty nervous to go to her first practice. Fortunately, Aaron took her to it and stayed with her the whole time psyching her up about it....she hasn't seemed nervous since.

Wish List

So every year Aaron buys the big daddy newspaper with all of the store ads that come out right before Black Friday. The kids go through the ads and circle toys and things that appeal to them. There are a LOT of circles on the pages by the time they're done!

Christmas Tree 2008

So the kids decorated the tree this year, which is already dead, by the way. ("And Charlie....light a match!") I decided to let go of the control of having a nicely decorated tree--I'll have plenty of nicely-coordinated/decorated trees some day when the kids are older.

Cheese

I have to write this down before I forget it. The other day Maya grabbed something away from Ryan and then I kept hearing him whine to her, "Give me back my cheese." After listening to this for a minute or so I went to stop their little altercation. What Maya had REALLY taken away from him was her little play Barbie camera. You see, whenever Ryan sees one of us holding a camera he really wants his picture taken and he sports this huge fake grin and says, "CHEESE!" Hence, she had taken away his "cheese".