Jan 1-10

Friday, January 1 - We (kind of) finished Ricki's room. Yay!! All we need to do is add some art above her dresser and a shelf on the wall above her changing table. But the two walls in the picture are done! Happy day!

Saturday, January 2 - This is our annual brunch for dad's birthday at Golden Corral. We have so much fun getting stuffed as a family. It's kind of true...our family time spent together DOES revolve around food! 

Sunday, January 3 - We celebrated Daddy's birthday today. We had quite the combination of food: pasta with mizithra cheese, twice baked potatoes, orange Jell-O with mandarin oranges, rolls, and peanut butter bars for dessert. I just love that we each get to choose the menu for our birthday dinners.

 

Monday, January 4 - In honor of dad's "actual birthday", we enjoyed one of these 1,100 calorie Reece's bars Simon got for Christmas. Yummers!! Happy Birthday Daddy!

Tuesday, January 5 - This evening was so much fun! Our ward temple night is always the first Tuesday of each month and Simon and I have sadly never gone. Marissa reminds me every month in an effort to get some friends to go too. Well, lots of friends showed up for this month then we all went out for dessert afterward. I know I say it a lot but I just LOVE my ward! I love all the people in it! Some of these girls have helped me get through the hardest time of my life and I am forever grateful! I am happy to be able to call every single person in this picture my friend. 

Wednesday, January 6 - With the kids off track, Grandma and Jim took us to lunch at Chick-Fil-A. They are in the middle of a horrible battle with the buyers, or really the Realtor, of the Mackay house. A month or so ago, a Realtor approached them about a potential buyer that loved their house. She brought them through and it was confirmed, they wanted the house. However, as the process has moved along, the buyers are demanding more and more from them. It frustrates me because poor Grandma is so stressed about it. Here the house wasn't even on the market and these people basically knocked on the door and made them an offer just to turn around and jerk them around with minute details of the sell. At this point, the sell is still on but there have been threats made and feelings hurt. I enjoyed talking with them though and hearing all about what they are going through. P.S. The beautiful picture is on the Mackay Mine Hill and my very talented photographer (Dad) captured it just perfectly.

Thursday, January 7 - First of all, Nick woke me up this morning to tell me that he lost his tooth in his sleep. He said he woke up in the middle of the night and the tooth was in his mouth. I knew it was pretty loose but have no idea how you actually lose a tooth while sleeping! Our darn Tooth Fairy is horrible at her job! It took 2 nights for him to get his lousy dollar!! :) This afternoon, I promised the kids that we would go to Sam's Club for lunch and shopping. However, when I ran the idea past the daddy, he suggested I wait until tomorrow because he already had lunch plans. The kids were bummed until they realized we could have "homemade Sam's Club"...hot dogs. We enjoyed our day together and playing with the Olsen's who came over for a little while.

Friday, January 8 - We really didn't get to see Simon too much today. He got up early to shovel the driveway, went to work all day, came home, packed his gear, and left for an overnight camp out with the young men's. Yes, this is a picture from his campsite! I can't believe the boys have to sleep in tents in this. I'm having a hard time wanting to even go for a walk outside let alone sleep in it!

Saturday, January 9 - When Simon got home from his scout camp, he started working on the living room. It's actually happening! Yay! In the evening, Doug and Liz Merrill invited us to go to the Utah Jazz game with them. Our tickets included free parking, free dinner in the VIP Lounge, and seats on the 6th row! Just to add to the awesomeness that was this night, the Jazz won! It was so much fun!!

Sunday, January 10 - We had dinner at Dave & Viv's. Ashley and the kids were playing ring-around-the-rosies and it was so cute when they would "all fall down". Especially Ricki who had no idea why everyone was falling on the ground!