Happy Birthday Marlee!!!

Happy birthday to my sweet little Marlee!!!

She got her favorite breakfast of mini-donuts. I can't believe my "baby" is 4 years old! What a sweetheart!

Marlee & Mom

We have lots of fun festivites planned for her b-day, so I'll keep you all updated!

I Love You Marlee!!!

Miss America

Saturday was the Miss America pageant and since tradition holds strong in my family, the annual Miss America pageant party also convened Saturday night. We had a good time hanging out at Jen's, stuffing our faces and picking out the very minor flaws of each contestant. Can't wait for Miss Universe! My sweet Bradee will have finally reached the ripe old age of 10 and will be "mature" enough to start attending our parties!

Here's a group shot I stole off Kristen's blog:

*sidenote - one of these hair colors does not match the others - can you figure out who doesn't belong????

Twinners!!!

Ok, so don't think I'm super lame at the fact that I'm blogging about wearing matching outfits! The only reason I do is the fact that THIS seriously happens on a regular basis.

So today our twinner outfits were green shirts with white long sleeves under, jeans and yes we even both wore brown shoes. We should really call each other every night to plan our outfits for the following day (or maybe we do and nobody knows! hee hee hee).

Regardless, our office does not require matching outfits.....but we're so in sync we just do! Thanks Linny for making work so much fun!!

My little dancer

Just wanted to show off my cute little Marlee. I have really enjoyed teaching her this year and seeing her come out of her shell and make new little friends at dance.

Here she is putting her shoes on before class.

Here is the famous "ballerina toes & ballerina arms"

And here we are together....she has the most awesome dance teacher if I do say so myself :) - hee hee hee

Picture of the day....

So, it's not very easy to tell from the picture, but when I woke up this morning and looked out my window, it was very foggy. As I was taking the girls to school, I came around a bend in the road and saw the edge of the sun coming up behind the mountain. It was like it was burning through the fog - so bright and so strong. What does this have to do with anything, you may ask?!?!?! Well, I think it's a perfect way to describe my mood lately. It's been a little foggy, but I know the sun is there trying to burn off the fog and show me brighter days ahead. Thanks to all the "sunshines" in my life!!

Christmas.....finally!!!

Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks, but I've finally found time to post some pictures from Christmas. The girls got most of what they asked for and even some stuff they didn't. The "big" presents for Kaycee and Bradee were their bikes....

Marlee got a talking Sleeping Beauty Vanity....for her, it's all about the Princesses!

Grandma Elsa and Grandpa Dale gave us a family gift of Guitar Hero....The girls (and mom) have had a blast with this. Friday after new years the girls spent all day playing. Even Marlee likes to strum the guitar. Oh, and if you'll notice - Bradee got Heely's and she has worn them non-stop since Christmas Day....I swear she would sleep with them on if I didn't make her take them off!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year! Here's looking forward to new adventures and new beginnings!

Maddox.....yummmmm

Last night was my work party up at The Lodge at Maddox. I look forward to this all year long. Mmmmm Turkey Steak, rolls, dessert! Well, since I was running all of THREE minutes late, I wasn't able to help Linny with the annual "Tower O' Chocolate", thanks for taking care of that Lindsay!

Here's me and my super hot date.......

Thanks for hanging out with me Becky!!!

Here's Lindsay and her date that was almost as hot as mine :) Linny & Maggie

I know Lindsay is going to kill me for saying this but.......now on to the 4th of July (yuck!!!)

Tappy Tappy Tappy

Grandma Elsa showed off her stuff Saturday -- Here's her Frosty the Snowman Tap Dance

Way to Go Grandma!!

Chuck E. Cheese

Friday night, we were looking for something fun to do, so we headed to........

Here's the girls after enjoying pizza....ready to go PLAY!!!

Marlee was so thrilled to see Mr. Cheese himself, she just went right up to him and gave him a big High-5!!!

We sat right next to this horse ride and Marlee was eyeing it up the whole time we were eating...Mean mom that I am, they had to eat before they could play! The second she was done, it was off to the races!

Kaycee and Bradee kind of went off on their own and went crazy....they had a blast. Here's Kaycee's shooting baskets

Bradee's turn

Marlee and I had a blast playing air hockey together. She's pretty good at it and it was super fun to hear her giggle everytime she hit the puck.

Here's Kaycee and Marlee in the Jungle Jeep.

We had a really good time, but I don't think I would recommend going there on a Friday night....it was packed! Thanks for the mommy-daughter date girlies!!!

Choir Concert @ Christmas Village

Bradee had the opportunity to sing Thursday Night at the Ogden Amphitheater for Christmas Village. It was a rather chilly night, so I pulled out some trusty handwarmers for the girls to use. Here is Kaycee holding hers between her hands (is this one pretty girl or what?!?!?)

Marlee wanted to show hers off rather than use it for what it was intended for :)

This year, the choir was A LOT larger than in years past. Mrs. Cox said they usually have about 80 students join the choir, but this year they had a whopping 120! They barely fit on the stage and Bradee was lost in the shadows - but she had a really good time, so I guess that's all that matters.

Bradee - center in the green coat

Afterwards, all the choir children got coupons for a free hot chocolate. Here is Bradee modeling with hers (Check out how long her hair is getting!).

The hot cocoa booth just happened to be right next door to Santa's house, so we had to make a quick (ha ha) trip to see the Fat Man.

Marlee asked for a Webkinz

Kaycee asked for a webkinz

Bradee asked for a.....nope, not a webkinz....she wants a Hamster! Third year this one has been on her Santa list......hmmmm not quite sure about a Hamster!