Your opinion please

So color of the house (interior paint)

White or a darker color?

I LOVE white, but everyone I talk to seems to like sand or tan.

I would love to hear everyones comment even if it is one word.

kicked my buns

I worked out today with a friend and I got my buns kicked! I am SO out of shape I am pathetic. Maybe in a few months I will be better :) I guess that is what happens when you don't work out for 10 years :)

The three rudolphs

Yesterday we went to Hershey Park with our good friends from DC. It was so great seeing them and fun to see the kids on rides together. Becca went on the big pirate ship for the first time. I think it was because her friend was going too. They both loved it (that is one of Sarah's favorites too!) They also saw Santa's reindeer. They learned that reindeer click their feet (or ankles) when they walk. I am not sure my friend took the kids while I went with her husband on the claw - a nice big ride that feels like you are swinging upside down. (she didn't want to go so I said I would :) They wanted to sing this song for you (notice David doesn't quite get it...what am I supposed to do...pick my nose...yeah that's right.)

Becca LOVES the tree. She can sit behind and play for hours. I could hear her dialogue and thought it was cute. I went and looked behind the tree and this is what I found (this picture is from the second time...the first time she had about twice as many balls and stars and angels...basically everything she could reach)

Book Review

I just read "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. It was recommended by a reader friend so I knew that it would be good. It was cleverly written and was a good story. I finished it on the plane to AZ. Anyone looking of a good cozy read...here it is.

Oh, David

Whenever anyone says the prayers and David thinks they are too long (anything longer than 1 second) he starts chanting AMEN. It gets louder and louder until the final amen.

David is officially in a big boy bed. We put it together before we went on vacation. He is really adjusted well to it and loves being able to climb in and out by himself. Last night was the first time I had to put him back into bed in the middle of the night. I was worried about his naps, but he does fine there too.

Let it snow :)

Today it snowed all day. There is only about 2 inches, but the kids are in heaven. We went to the library today and both Becca and David loved eating the snow. We just came back from tithing settlement and they are all playing out there. Here is a picture from the first dusting. Sarah actually made a snowman as big as her that day. The snow today is too fine to pack.

Home again!

Well my vacation is officially over! I had a BLAST! It was great not having to think about anything and just really enjoy myself. Here are a few highlights.

The GOOD:

*Flying and traveling with GREAT kids...really other than David crying all the way to the hotel the first night and screaming a little on the last flight they were so good!

*Seeing my family - brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins, mom and dad, grandma and grandpa...man I have such a wonderful family!

*Watching the kids interact with Grandma and grandpa

*Helping Suzie and her family get and decorate her tree.

* Seeing the Temple with all the lights! And driving to the temple doing a session in 2.5 hours! WOW. It was great.

*Seeing friends from medical school! They were SO great to put up with us for the night and feed us before our journey back.

*The kids loved jumping on the trampoline, playing at the park, climbing trees, raking leaves, swimming (on 2 occasions!) riding horses and chasing chickens :)

It was such a relief knowing that Aaron had a job and that we didn't have to do any more interviews. We kept saying - today we would be in Prescott - or wherever we were supposed to be that day. It was great just being able to relax!

The BAD: On the way home from Suzies Aaron got pulled over. He didn't have his license. The car had a huge "for sale" written on the front and back and he was driving with his brights on. Fortunately for us it was just warning but as we were sitting there someone pulled up to tell the police that someone had just hit an elk. I am glad that wasn't us!

The UGLY: Sarah got sick Thursday and threw up a few times...fortunately for us she was fine Friday and Saturday. Sunday morning it hit her once more...but she is back at school today. She was excited to go back.

Well that about sums it up. On the way back I told Aaron and we have to do this again in 20 days! We are going to CA for Christmas...fun times!