DAMN! LOL

My computer broke down, so I will not be on for a week or two...sorry! I know you're all heart broken! LOL

Pic of the happy couple!

Jen and Boone's Reception

Jen and Boone (my brother Sean-Paul, that's his nickname and much easier to type...LOL) had their long awaited reception last night. It was fun, nice to get to help celebrate their marriage finally. Anyway, pics and vids below.

Grampa and Grand daughters....he sure is crazy about them!

Gramma and grand daughters....so sweet!
Emma decided that Boone and Jen shouldn't get to dance with out HER involved!

The kid from Jerry McGuire was there...lol, jk, that's Tyler wearing Grampa's glasses

Grampa and Emma, Grampa made a funny face, Emma passed...LOL

Uncle Boone (Forgive the lighting, the lights on the dance floor really threw off my camera!)
Jen, always so lovely!
Emma and Grampa dancing.
Uncle Neal, Emma and Kira.



Frank started to make fun of Becky and my mom and I for taking so many pictures, so we started to take pics of each other taking pics....his reaction below: LOL!

First Sleep Over!

Well, Emma had her very first sleep over on Friday night! Her little best friend, Nikki, came over around 6, they enjoyed a dinner of pizza, carrot sticks and apple chunks followed my milk and cookies. They watched some movies but MOSTLY they ran around playing tag and ring around the rosie. They are so much alike, they just adore each other. From the day they met they became instant best friends.

Because...

Emma finally FINALLY answered a "why" question with a real answer today!

She said "Mama, I don't want to jump in the snow again."

"Why not?" I asked

"'Cause, snow gets up my sleeves and hurts my arms."

YAYAYAYAY!!!!! This is a HUGE step forward in communication!

More Snow Day Videos!

Snow Wish Come True!!!

So, Emma got her wish for snow! MAN! We got a lot of snow...white puffy fun snow! I am trying to get a better attitude about the snow....LOL...I played outside with Emma for nearly 2 hours.

I ROCK! I am an AWESOME MOM! LOL

Sillay Emma

Just a video of Emma being silly....I tell ya, no one makes me laugh more than Frank...but Emma is a very close second.

Snow Desperation

As you can see...Emma has been desperate for snow...so today we pretended there was enough snow to do the things she likes. PLUS I wanted pics of her in her cute new coat and snow pants with flashy matching hat and gloves! THANK YOU NANA!!! LOL!

Holy....shit.....

See this grassy area? This is the area known as the "echo"...Emma calls it that because there is a storm drain there that she can yell into and it makes an echo. Emma and I play in this area ALL THE TIME. At least 3 days a week. In nice weather pretty much every day...See where the car is? That is where Emma runs around ALL the time..that is where we walk to go play.

See where the fence is broken? There is a little dirt patch there that Emma LOVES to play in with her toy bulldozer..She also likes to wave at the school buses as they go by...the path this car took...Emma has spent countless hours playing there.

The police said the guy in the white car ran a red light going 50 mph.

I almost puked when Emma and I went out to PLAY HERE and saw this:








Here are pics of Emma and I playing in that very spot .

Beautiful "Winter" Day

It's like 50 degrees outside! I LOVE IT! It's been so cold here, colder than usually expected for Utah this time of year...and it's been kind of depressing. But today was so pretty and sunny and not cold at all.

So Emma and I went out bird watching, not much to see, mostly Starlings in winter feathers. But it was still so nice.

Emma has been extra in love with her baby doll lately, she takes her everywhere. She calls her "Mots"...so sweet. She puts her down for naps and gives her bottles. I think she just loves her baby cousin Kira so much, so she copies what Aunt Becky does.

And here is a video of Emma explaining Berry Pie. And just some other pics of my pretty girl running around having a fun time.

Dancin' Machine

Here are two videos of Emma dancing last night at Jen's birthday party.

Jen's Cake

So, on New Years Eve we celebrated the long awaited return of our SIL, Sean-Paul's wife Jen.

For those who don't know the story, I will sum it up quickly, for those who do, skip to the next paragraph! Sean-Paul and Jen got engaged early last spring. The had a wedding planned for late May. Jen is from Canada, and while she had lived here for nearly 3 years, she was only here on work and student Visas. Since the rule is, once she gets married she cannot leave the US for 1 year they decided to have a pre-wedding reception in Canada a couple weeks before the wedding. So, they go there, have a lovely reception, drive home only to be stopped at the border and be turned away. Since Jen's school had just ended and she recently left her job they wouldn't let her through. They went back to Calgary and got married a couple days later. After 8 months of filing paper work and waiting...LOTS of waiting she came home a couple days before Christmas!!!!

So, back to New Years Eve, we put up red white and blue balloons and streamers and Frank came up with the idea for this cake...AND he decorated it on his own! YES! Frank is now a cake decorator! LOL!!!! (I have blocked out her last name and year of birth for privacy reasons.) She LOVED the cake and we had a great time.

Nana Outfit

Emma is sad in these pics because she thought Christmas was over...but it wasn't! We were just going to Uncle Neal's and Aunt Becky's house for MORE FUN! LOL!!!

This is hands down the cutest sweater Emma has ever owned, it's hard to see it well in the pictures, so just trust me.

Christmas Morning

Emma seeing her play kitchen on Christmas morning!