Exploding Spud!!

So we were cooking dinner the other night and heard this sound, kinda like someone knocking on our door. Looked out the window, nobody. Then T thought that it came from the oven. Sure enough we look in the oven and the skin blew right off the potato!! I have never seen that happen before. If I didn't have to clean up the mess it left behind it would have been cool. Instead it was just another mess! As if the kids don't make enough of those.

Discovery Gateway

I don't know what the place is called but thats what T calls it. Anywho we spent Martin Luther King day or at least a couple hours of it there. We braved the snow and crappy roads to get there. That was probably a good thing, keept the number of people down. It was pretty fun, it would be even better if I could just sit there with my laptop or a book while the kids played. I haven't been there before, T has taken the kids a few times and they love it. If you go to a SLC library you can get a card that gets a family in for free twice a year. So definitively a place to go for free.

Being a cop!


Grocery shopping


Checking out


Filling up


The tubes suck the balls up and when you open hatch the air comes out and cody made the same face everytime. Like he wasn't expecting the air. The loved it!




The house




A fun family day!!

Juno

We went and watched Juno this weekend. We don't get out to many movies, to much work trying to get someone to watch the kids, find the time and the money. But we loved this flick. The row in front of us was a bunch of old ladies, it was kinda funny. There were some sexual jokes and we weren't sure if they understood them or if they thought it was funny or not. I tried to talk T into asking them if they liked it but she wouldn't. Anyway thumbs up from us for Juno.

Day at the Capital

We didn't spend a full day but an hour or two wondering the halls. It was really kinda net to see all the rooms you normally don't get to see. Behind both the house and senate rooms they have a small lounge room with chairs, sofas and a tv. They did have some rooms that were still off limits like the Governors office office, he has two, one for show and one where the real work is done. We visited the "Gold Room" didn't even know this existed, its a room worth over $2 million. I don't think they even use it, it's old furniture and just really too fancy to do much of anything. Cody liked that he could hear his echo and walked the halls yelling. Bryten and Cody liked stepping on the bubbles in the plastic on the floor, it kept Cody on the plastic. I tried to get a picture of Bryten at a legislative desk but the volunteer got upset and told us we couldn't sit there. What's a three year old girl going to do?

We didn't even have to set this picture up. He just went and sat down.






Still working


This was after the lady got mad at us for sitting in a chair. T was a little nervous to sit in this one and was only barely there long enough for the picture.


Future Governor


Knocking on the front doors. It was cold out.


The Gold Room and no I do not know that guy staring at my camera


That concludes our afternoon at the Capital

T's B-day/New Years Eve

So it's now 2008. It all goes by way too fast for the most part. News Years eve is Taryns b-day so we have people over and just hang out at home. I did get her some presents but totally forgot the cake and ice cream. Nice huh. We have enough candy in the house I think that should make up for it.

All the girls slept over. I think they fell asleep sometime around 2am and woke up some time around 6am and they were still hyper and running around all over.

Playing some dance dance.


2008!!!




Mom and dad try and brush his teeth, it's a fight, but his older cousin its fun!!


Trying to get the kids to sleep




Moms having no trouble falling asleep


While the dads played all night

Recovering

Well, things have settled down a bit from Christmas but the kids are still on hyper-drive. Our house has enough candy to supply a candy store and we have been spending a ton of time with family.

Here are some Christmas pics

Grandpa reading The Night Before Christmas


Trying to get a Christmas Eve picture, it is 11pm.


Grandpa reading to Cody




Nana B and grandpa got an air hockey table, putting it together took until 10:30pm Christmas Eve. B watched intently as it was put together and was the first to play, which is kinda funny because I don't think she has played it before.


Here's what Santa brought










Play'n with all the toys and grandpa trying to take a nap


In front of all their toys

Santa Clause!!

So Santa found us and left us a truck load of toys. I think Cody has eaten nothing but candy for the last two days and he is driving us nuts. Bryten was scared that Santa was going to take her, when we finally got the kids to sleep it was way late. Luckily we were at my parents and they played santas helpers and had put a lot of the stuff together. Bryten woke up and was sure that santa didn't come and wasn't excited to see if he had come or not. When she finally did go up stairs her and cody just stared at their presents. Cody woke up grumpy as can be, crying and wanting to be held until he saw his train. Cody was the first of the two to run to his presents and he loved his train. We probable could have got away with just getting him the train but instead we loaded him up. Bryten, all that she wanted was a pink princess cash register and a little pony house. Santa brought the cash register and grandma got her the little pony house and she had the huggest smile.

For some odd reason my mac doesn't hook up with my parents wireless and so I can't put those up yet. I do have some pics of santa and our ward Christmas party that was fun.

Bryten went right up and sat on his lap and told him that she wanted a little pony house. She forgot to tell him that she also wanted a pink princess cash register, she was so worried that we had to write a letter the next day.


I think that Cody went to santa for two reasons, because his sister did and because he saw that he got a bag of candy. He sat there long enough to get his picture and his candy.

Christmas Lights

Well, I was too lazy this year to put up the Christmas lights. Maybe next year. We went to Temple Square to look at the lights with the Hilton family. It was COLD! Bryten and Cody loved it. Cody wouldn't wear his hat or gloves and then got mad when his fingers got cold. All he wanted to do was walk around and kick the snow. Brtyen, wouldn't get out of the stroller and was covered up. It was fun and defiantly a different experience with kids.

Our camera battery died after three pictures, two of which are of the Hiltons. Aaarrrrggg!

Little Dancer

Bryten had her Christmas dance recital last Saturday and she rocked the house. She was in three different dances. This was T's first dance recital as a teacher for Beckey's, she was a bit stressed but her girls did good and her cher girls did awesome! The Hilton girls danced also and while both of them did good Kiara was simply amazing. She will probably be a better dancer then her mom, but thats not saying much. Bryten's second cousins Bryn and Marley also and danced. It was their first performance and both danced their hearts out. Marley danced so hard she feel over.