Negligent Blogger

Sooooo, this is the first post that I have had since the beginning of December. All sorts of fun things have happened, but, I have just not blogged any of it. One of the best recent happenings was a trip to Seattle. I had never been and one of my best friends from Montana is living there. Brian and I flew there for 4 days. It was a whirlwind of a trip. I had some of the BEST pictures ever.... (Brian riding a brass hippo, Brian glaring at me, Butterflies on Brian's head, a real octopus, and some awesome spring flower pictures to make everyone at home jealous) HOWEVER, those of you that have a child or have had a child under the age of 2, should probably have learned to keep the camera out of reach. Yes, my fabulous daughter erased ALL my pictures- which is really difficult to do! You have to push a series of buttons, all in a specific order, that she somehow figured out. Needless to say, the pictures of the space needle, Puget Sound, Men throwing fish everywhere(at the market) are forever gone. Well, at least I have the memories right? :( Anyway.... February flew by with some great events. I got to go to the Josh Turner concert (my FAVE country artist besides George Strait), all the ugly blue carpet and carpet in the kitchen is finally gone, and I have all sorts of new flooring- Yeah!!!! All in all it was a great 2 months.

"O Christmas Tree"

One of the traditions that Brian and I decided to start, when we were first married, is cutting our own Christmas tree. Every year no matter what state we are in or who is with us, we go find our tree. This year we lucked out and found it right off the road and not too far away. This year was especially fun because the munchkin was big enough to play in the snow with us. It is a beautiful tree (I am partial to the Charlie Brown variety). Averie played in the snow for the first time, believing that it was actually a ton of bubbles. Happy Christmas!

Gobble, Gobble!

This year for Thanksgiving, we went to my aunt and uncle's house in Magna. We had a wonderful turkey dinner (I swear, my grandma is the only one who doesn't make turkey dry!) with all the traditional holiday food and dessert. Is it just me, or does it just taste better on Thanksgiving? After dinner, we proceeded to learn the art of the Wii. Let me tell you what, there isn't any workout better than boxing your sister after eating (with exception to Bethany's great turbo-kick workout last year :) ). There is a special competitive edge when boxing with a sibling. Due to a malfunction in her controller (I was fixing it when she decided to use the other controller and knock me out) I was not the champion. You are such a cheat Diana!!!!!! It was great fun, and what a wonderful family we have!

Wii War

Trying to feed Lina

Jungle Gym with Bedstefar

Grandpa and Grandma Andreason

Trick or Treat!

This year for Halloween, Averie was a tulip fairy! She was so dang cute, I took quite a few pics. We had a trunk-or-treat at the ward party, but it was inside this year (thanks to mother nature). All the ward members set up in classrooms. I taught her how to say trick-or-treat, and she did pretty well, until she figured out that everyone had candy. She then proceeded to not only take candy out of bowls that were offered, she also took from treat bags that were not. Sorry to all the kids that she stole from- I can say that the candy was enjoyed. While we were eating dinner (kids running all over) Averie decided to help herself to all the treat buckets left on the ground. Since there were so many, I didn't know which kid was the owner. Thanks for the suckers and the m&m's! We had a great time. Halloween night (since the ward and school trunk-or-treats take all the fun out of Halloween) we went to dinner at Wingers with Holly and Grant. Then home to the pumpkin thieves (they stole all pumpkins at houses around us, but not ours-it must be the ferocious beasts that we own). All in all, a great start to the holiday season!

My little tulip fairy

Happy Fall!

It's fall and I LOVE it! It is my favorite season, and it has been beautiful. We went up the canyon to get leaves to decorate, it is just warm enough right now to only need a sweater, and the leaves make the landscape here not so deserty (is that a word?). Averie and I went over to Holly's to play in the leaves (the previous landowner in our house hated trees and cut all but 1 big one and 3 little ones down). The little munchkin got the biggest kick out of falling into the pile!