Jan 1 - 9

Saturday, January 1 - Happy New Year! We had a busy and fun day! The whole fam dressed up in our RED gear to support our favorite team, the University of Utah. We had a wonderful "linner" (lunch/dinner) at Chuch-A-Rama in celebration of dad's 60th birthday and then we all went back to mom and dad's for the big game. The U of U made it to the Rose Bowl but unfortunately lost. :( It was still fun to be together and spend the day with the family!

Sunday, January 2 - Today was Simon's first day with his new Primary class. He has Ricki's class this year and they are both very excited! His team teacher, Bret Peterson, was gone for the weekend so I went and subbed with him and we had lots of fun. :) It's going to be a good year! This afternoon, we went to the McCullough's house to be a part of Jake's ordination to the Priest Quorum. It was a great experience to be in their home and feel the Spirit as BJ gave Jake the ordination and blessing. I'm so glad we were able to be there.

Monday, January 3 - The kids went back to school, Simon went back to (at-home) work, and I suppose it's now time to take down the Christmas decor. I'm kind of sad to see it all go but a little excited to have my normal house back again. :)

Tuesday, January 4 - We normally go to the movies the week between Christmas and New Year's but this year, they decided to take away the Tuesday discount so we decided to wait a week. We went tonight, in honor of dad's birthday today :), to see the new "Spider-Man; No Way Home". It was so good! I actually really loved it! I love these fun memories with my cute family!

Wednesday, January 5 - I did Ricki's nails. She usually has to ask me for about 2-3 days before I give in so today when she started asking, I decided just to stop what I was doing and spend some time with my girl. They turned out fun and cute! :) While I did that, Kendra decided to make cookies. In her defense, she did follow the recipe. However, her first batch (on the right) just did not turn out. I told her the dough was way too wet and she needed to add flour. We did that and maybe added a little too much but the ones on the right were much better! She is baking almost every day right now which is great for her learning but not so good for my waistline! 

Thursday, January 6 - Little Brooks decided to pull his intubation tube out today so they decided just to try him on CPAP and see how he does. Because he is currently un-intubated, Alexis (this morning) and Gary (this evening) were able to do some skin-on-skin time and hold Brooks for the first time! We got these pictures and I cried both times; in the morning when we got Alexis' pic and in the evening when we got Gary's. :) We sure do love Brooks!!!

Friday, January 7 - Amie and I were able to get together to have lunch and talk about a book club we want to put together. I love these little visits we still get to do. I miss Amie when I don't see her enough.

Saturday, January 8 - I started my day off at a wonderful baptism for Garrett Lattin. Ricki came with me too so that she could see him get baptized and get to know what is going to happen at her upcoming baptism this summer. I am getting ready to go to Disney tomorrow so I thought I needed some cute Mickey nails. :) Soooo excited!!

Sunday, January 9 - What a great day! Nick was ordained a Priest today at the church by Simon. We had a huge crowd as both of our families came to support him and us. It was so wonderful! I just love this kid and the example he is to me and everyone around him. He is always happy and cheerful and lightening the mood. I love my Nick! After dinner at the Pearson's, I met up with these ladies (Liz, Marisa, Brooke, and Diane) to head to California and Disneyland! From the moment we got together, it was non-stop laughing and fun! Even though I don't work there anymore, I hope I can keep going on these trips with them. I enjoy being with them so much!