New Years!

I know so your thinking... what? Who's this little boy... where did he come from? Well nope he's not mine... i wish he was but he's not... but he is the cutest little boy ever and so I had to post a picture of him, that and he spent New Years Eve at my house with his family. His name is Jack. And he loves to eat just like Daphne!

We invited our good friends the Richmonds over for pizza and games on New Years Eve since well I love to host and we didn't want to go anywhere. It was a blast. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. We had Papa Murphy's and pop, sparkling cider and Chantelle made the best oreo truffles in the world... I need the reciepe... it was the best night we got to do it again. Since me and Dave have been married our relationship with other couples is maybe a once a month thing but after tonight we decided it might have to happen more often... thanks for coming Richmonds, we hope you had as good of a time as we did! Here's Sami and Mariska they are about hmm... 9 mo or so apart Mariska just turned 4 but they are pretty good friends. Sami is always asking to go play at her house... they have a good time together. Mariska you can tell is older because she isn't as crazy as Sami. Here they are sharing a pillow... and watching... hmmm... "Up" I think or "Cinderella" I forget... they had a good time though. Something was obviously funny to Daphne! See isn't he a cutie... He was totally walking... he just wasn't giving up... January 2nd... about to leave for church. We had some extra time, (until we got ready to leave) since our church switched to 11 instead of 9. So I decided to snap the girls in there matching dresses. I got these during the fall and since they are made of sweater material I decided add long sleeves and make them last... so cute! I love there tights! My big sunbeam... I can't believe she is a sunbeam... (she's the only one not completely potty trained but we are working on it believe you me) The girl of many faces. One night during scripture reading I was watching her and she would pull a face and I would pull the same back and so on and so on... she is the girl of many faces I am impressed by her every day... the reason for not being potty trained well I just don't get it she is so dang smart at everything else... whatever I guess! I'm beginning to realize it's more my issue than hers... oh well she's the first child! After a scolding a cute grown up picture! She did great in Sunbeams she sat with her class and listened and sang I did have to get after her a couple of times but I think she is going to do great. I took her to the church book store and got her a scripture case and her own Book of Mormon and a book mark with a red pencil attached to it... she reads with us every night and I tell her two words at a time and she repeats them to me and she does one verse... it is really helping her pronunciation I can tell! My cute Daphne... wow Every day I am impressed by my daughters either by there ability to drive me completely bonkers a minute before there Dad walks in the door from work, or there ability to blow me away with there understanding of how things work. Daphne is learning so much these days. She will walk across the room and she hates being on her knees she scales every wall if she can and she will scale furniture to get to where she wants to go even if it makes the trip longer... she has learned how to turn around and get off couches and stuff and tonight she told me what she wanted and communicated with me in a way I didn't know she knew how to... she is impressive and growing so fast. Before I know it she will be my big 2 year old and talking a whole lot... wow! Where did the time go?

We hope you had a Happy New Years and that your year has started out well. Ours has been good so far... well ask me after my next post which will hopefully be the day I post pictures of my new couch... YEAH!!!!! My first piece of brand new furniture!

Other news... Dave started school and so between that and work we never see him. I have discovered Zumba for Wii and it's awesome... I sweat so much it's great... I can totally tell it works great... it's so crazy and so fun at the same time... who says you need a gym membership... I borrowed my moms game and have convinced my husband to buy me my own... so I am excited to shake the pounds off. If you haven't tried it try it. If you like mambo or salsa or morenga... you will love this.. it's great! My legs, hips, mid section get such a work out... there is even some shimming... it's awesome!

Have a good One!