Come on 2008!

Well it is official, we took down Christmas yesterday. Corynn helped me put away the "Activity" scene and as we finished wrapping up the last figurine, she made a fake but dramatic sniffle and said, "I'm just going to miss Christmas." After we were done I looked around and commented that our little house looks much bigger now. Corynn took a look around and commented that we had a "regular" house now. I told her that it is exciting to ring in the new year and all that it brings, she said, "Oh yeah, what's it gonna bring me?" I'm thinking Prozac if she keeps this up.We did have a great Christmas though. We spent Christmas Eve with Hyrum's family. The food was wonderful and the grandchildren love acting out the Nativity as Papa Chad reads from the scriptures. Then everyone opens their Christmas jammies from Grandma "C ". We opened gifts at our house then went back down to S.D. and spent the afternoon with my family. Papa Sam and Grandma Jeannine changed things up a bit this year and gave each family 2 wonderful sleds and warm hats and gloves to go with. Hmmm now we just have to find that snow. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and we hope you have a wonderful start to 2008!

Wicked Cool Concert!

My sister Stef and I went to a great concert Monday night. Hyrum got me tickets as an early Christmas present and I'm glad he did because it was awesome! THANK YOU BABE! We got to see Brandi Carlile, Indigo Girls, KT Tunstell, and Ingrid Michaelson. Seeing Brandi perform "The Story" live made my year! That girl has some pipes! I'm amazed at anyone who can play the piano or guitar and sing at the same time! I'd post pictures of the concert but no cameras were allowed! I've had an awesome week, now I have to get serious about finishing my Christmas shopping, time is running out! Brittany came in to town yesterday morning, we ran a few errands and got a few things for our hard working hubbies! It was fun to visit and catch up. Hope everyone has a safe and happy Holidays!

NYC in 4 days can it be done???

Hyrum and I flew out to New York City Wednesday for 4 days of crazy fun all on Edward Jones! We had so much fun! We saw everything there is to see in 4 days! I take that back it would take a couple of weeks to see everything that city has to offer but we saw everything WE wanted to see minus the Empire State building that one slipped through the cracks somehow, we did see it from distance though. Quite an experience for these country mice! We loved every minute though, crazy cab rides, subways and crossing the busy streets with hundreds of other people...oh and did I mention all the fabulous shopping? The sites were amazing, number one on my list was Lady Liberty which we took a freezing ferry ride to, we saw the Broadway Show "Mamma Mia" and Hyrum's highlight was Wallstreet of course, oh and seeing a live taping of a show he watches every day "Fast Money" from the Nasdaq building in Time Square. We missed our girls a lot though and felt that 4 days was way too long to be away from them (we are cry babies, we'll admit it) Thank you mom and dad and Holly and Lisa for all the great care you gave them in our absence! These are just a few of the pictures I'll add more later when I'm through catching up on laundry and oh yeah, I have to cook now and be a mom!

Deck the Halls

As usual Corynn has been asking to decorate for the Holidays forever! She's happy now that the decor is up and she especially liked putting up the "Activity" (Nativity) Scene this year. She unwrapped all the little figures and when she unwrapped baby Jesus, she said, "Oh mom, he's so little and cute." So are my girls, little and cute. We're ready and excited for the Holidays!