ABC's

A- Attached or Single? Attached
B- Best Friend? Dan
C- Cake or Pie? my pumpkin chiffon pie, but Dan's devil's food cake
D- Day of Choice? Saturday
E- Essential Item? scrunchi, think I've worn my hair in one for the better part of the last 10 years...sad i know
F- Favorite Color? blue maybe...
G- Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms? worms, although it is fun to decapitate the bears and switch their heads around, am I sick?
H- Hometown? San Jose, CA
I- Favorite Indulgence? ummm, not sure I can pick just one...maybe sleeping? lol
J- January or July? July
K- Kids? Eileen (3), Anna (1) Aaron (2 mo)
L- Life isn't complete without? My family and the gospel.
M- Marriage date? Aug. 2, 2002
N- Number of brothers and sisters? 1 younger sister
O- Oranges or Apples? Apples
P- Phobias and Fears? None that i will admit even to myself
Q- Quality or Quantity? depends on the item, generally quality, but there are exceptions
R- Reason to smile? My handsome son asleep in my arms
S- Season of choice? Spring, or summer
T- Tag three people? Janelle, Barb, Michelle
U- Unknown fact about me? Ummm, i don't know, i'm a history buff, don't know how "unknown" that is, but it's the best I could come up with.
V- Vegetable? cucumbers
W- Worst Habit? Slouching and playing on the computer too much while ignoring my kids :)
X-ray or Ultrasound? Ultrasound
Y- Your favorite food? pasta
Z- Zodiac Sign? virgo

The Dentist

So the title is a little scary, but the trip was anything but. We got there and the first part was convincing her to get in the chair. It really helped that they had all come with me to my appointment just over a week ago. Anna quickly convinced Eileen to climb into the chair by doing so herself. Then of course we had to convince her to open her mouth, fortunately this also went well. Eileen sat patiently while following instructions while she had her teeth cleaned, flossed and even x-rayed. All of this was helped by an excellent dental technician who was really good with her. I could see Eileen positively beaming as the tech told her that she was the best patient she had had all day. Urged on by compliments, the promise of a new tooth brush and the hope of a small toy if she behaved well, she was a perfect angel for the whole time! I am much encouraged, as i had greatly feared that she would close up like a clam and fight it the whole way. Anyway, the pick is showing off her beautiful pearly whites (which the Dentist said she was doing a GREAT job of brushing--more smiles from Eileen) and of course the tiger she picked out as her toy for having done such a great job! Mommy thought the 1 dollar gift well earned, and well worth the lack of insanity it helped to promote. Leaving me to say, at the end of the trip that life is great and my children are WONDERFUL!!!

Easter Egg Hunt

Well this morning we did an Easter Egg hunt with some friends from our neighborhood. The kids had a great time finding eggs and hanging out with friends. It was so fun to watch them play together. When Eileen filled her basket, she started helping Anna find eggs to put in her basket.
Dan also made me an Easter Present. He made a garden box for me then we all went to Home Depot to get some seeds and stuff to plant in it. The girls loved "helping" him, and Eileen keeps talking about how excited she is to be "growing vegetables"

I was trying to explain to Eileen what Easter is, and what it means to us. As I did, i couldn't help but think about how grateful I am for my Savior and what he has done for me. Happy Easter Everyone!!

More Snow!?!?!

So yesterday we got between 2 and 3 inches of snow (it's almost melted now, but that's beside the point) so when Daddy got home we made a real honest-to-goodness snowman that was taller than the entire family! Eileen loved it (at least until she realized that she was half frozen) Anna was enthusiastic for all of 5 seconds before she decided she was too cold. Anyway, we all came in to warm up with hot chocolate, on which Anna immediately burned her tongue (and no it wasn't hot, but she was convinced that it was too hot) and spilled it all over her lap. Poor Anna! She had a rough afternoon! Mommy sure got some nice snuggle time out of it though!

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!

Well last night it snowed! That's right, it was 80 degrees just 3 days ago and now it's snowing! Well this is really a first for both the girls, as you can see there was actually enough snow on the ground for us to play with a little. So we made a 5 inch tall snow man and Eileen made "snow rocks" and Anna refused to touch it or walk on it. She had wanted to go out to play on the swing set but that wasn't a possibility, since it was covered in snow :) Eileen, however, LOVED it. Last night we went outside and both girls loved having it fall on them, so all morning Eileen was talking about wanting to touch the snow, so we bundled up and went outside for about 10 minutes...at which point we all got REALLY cold and went back inside to warm up. Well, in the heat of the day, the snow melted and is now all gone, but for one morning it actually felt like winter. Ok, now I've had enough, I'm ready for spring!