Singing...

I had the opportunity to substitute for Manda in her sister-in-laws ward Christmas program. I had to sing a solo of the Hymn I Believe in Christ, support group there, only in Spanish! Yes, it was a Spanish ward and it was very nerve wracking. My spanish hymn book is a tiny little thing and it was very hard to see the tiny words while I was up on stage in front of an entire ward. The whole time I kept wondering what they were thinking..."Um, why is she up there? She's not even Hispanic." Luckily I had my best latinLamoni. And we got free food which was excellent. Unfortunately, I didn't eat much of it because I kept having vision of me singing and then a grain of rice choking me to death. It was good food though. We also met a very nice family that were investigating the church. Their daughter was very cute. It was a good evening and I'm glad that I got to help a cousin out:)

Christmas is coming....

and I may have officially come up with the lamest Christmas presents ever this year. I'm poor so I figured I would make the bulk of my presents for my family members. We will see how they turn out. But I need every body's favorite colors, so if I haven't already asked you would you please let me know? thanks. Hopefully, you won't disown me for such lame gifts. :/

Sydney's Birthday!

I know it's been a while since this event but here are some pictures of Sydney's awesome birthday party. She had a petting zoo and and a piñata and a BBQ and everyone had a good time.

Syd was so cute and so excited for her cake and presents. I love Aubrey's crusty face like, where are my presents?
She had a little encouragement from her aunt (ahem) to use the pink frosting as lipstick.

Aubrey of course did it too and then they made kissy faces at each other. Needless to say that certain aunt of theirs got in some trouble.

The ever present big horn sheep that attract all kinds of tourists.

Aubrey learning to play street hockey.

Sydney got a new baby doll and loved it. Unfortunately, so did Aubrey and there were a few spats over it.

I don't understand Tyler's need to make this face every time I put him in front of a camera. I guess I like it though:)

Aubrey working hard to hit that piñata. She was reluctant to give up the bat to Tyler but once she did Tyler managed to sever the poor unicorn's head clean from its body. He still had to beat the headless body to get at the juicy innards of candy (are piñatas gross or is it just me?)

Don't worry though, Maddie rescued that animal and taped it up. I believe it is now her pet. It was a good birthday with great food and great company:)



Ruffians.

You don't know what you've got...

There's nothing like walking 3 miles to work at 6am in 13 degrees Fahrenheit to make you appreciate having a car. I locked my keys in my car...again. Are we shocked? All I know is, I love my car:)