Dancing queen

I was taking Amzie to her friend Eden's Yo Gabba Gabba dance party.

Amzie: Mom, I hope we do dancing first.

Me: How come?

Amzie: Cause I'm ready to get my moves out.

Where were you when...

You know how there are those certain events that happen that you will always remember exactly what you were doing when it happened? For example, where were you when you heard about 9/11? Catch my drift? Well, this week when the historic Obama inauguration happened, I spent the morning playing in the snow with my babies.

We probably got only like 1/10 of an inch, but it was enough for Amzie to be excited about. We spent a while playing in the snow, went inside to dry off and get some hot chocolate, and see the inauguration. It was a memorable day.

What I'm Gonna Do in 2009

I hope the fact that it has taken me so long to post these goals is no indication of how well I will do with these goals. I just have a few for the year. I'm the type of person that can't focus on too many things as once (like you guys didn't know that).

First - my short term goals:

1. I am going to run a half-marathon in April. I am in my fourth week of a 16 week training program. Last Saturday I ran 7 miles. Do you know how it feels to run seven miles straight?... It feels GOOD! (and it's really tiring) In case you didn't know, a half-marathon is 13.1 miles.

2. Potty train Evan. Eww. Just like the rest of humanity, I loathe potty training. But once it's over, I am so much happier. Just think of what I can do with all that money I'm spending on diapers and wipes (insert evil cackle here). As soon as we're out of diapers, the training will commence. Wish me luck!

(at least I already know he's excited to wear his Thomas underwear. Now I just have to teach him to wear them under the clothes.)

Long term goals:

1. Family Home Evening Every Week. Our church has a program called Family Home Evening. Basically it is just a time you set aside each week to spend with your family. Ours is on Monday and what we do is pray, sing, discuss things we believe are important, and have an activity. While this is a "Mormon" practice, people of any faith can do it. It's all about setting aside time and interacting with your family. We hardly ever did Family Home Evening before but since the new year we are 3 for 3! For now, our lessons are only about 5 minutes (short attention spans), but I can already see that Amzie is digging it and looking forward to our family time.

2. Eat more fruits and vegetables. I know this isn't a very specific, measurable goal, but I am leaving it at that. We're going to start small. This is going pretty well so far. I have been making changes in our diet little by little, but this is the one that is the hardest for us.

I know these aren't a whole lot of goals, but I am excited about doing these things and sticking to them! Maybe in a couple months I can re-evaluate and add some more things.

Name that tune with Evan

About the cheerleader uniform...he was playing dress-up with 3 girls. Have fun playing Name That Tune!

Christmas 08 highlights

We had such a great Christmas. It has actually been quite exhausting, but well worth it. We have gotten to spend a lot of great times with family and friends. Here are a few highlights...

We visited the Peabody (which had a giant gingerbread Thomas that Evan liked)

Amanda and Michelle at the Flying Fish (or should I say "frying" fish haha)

This doctor makes house calls

The B family Christmas celebrationThe nativity and singing

Evan LOVED this "hyu hyu hrain"

J.Paul and I were the proud recipients of Wicked tickets! Thanks Mr. Jeff and Ms. Glenda! Now we just have to wait til June to see it.

And J.Paul LOVED this hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind, lovely picture/picture frame

The G family Christmas Eve

Cute Cousins

And finally...Christmas morning

Then we headed off to the Great-Grandparents

"HO HO HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!"