B'Elana's Birthday

B'Elana went and had a birthday and turned 9! She had been looking forward to her birthday for at least a month! I think she had a pretty good birthday. We got her some clothes just before her cheer pictures with Hazen. We also got her the Chef Duff (from Ace of Cakes) cake maker. Now we just need to remember to get batteries! She also got a craft kit so she can make window art. Of course we took treats to school. We got cupcakes from Harmon's and a couple of cupcakes from my friend that makes gluten free stuff for B'Elana's friend Zoie that can't eat gluten. After cheer we went to see our play at Desert Star. Jason kept telling her that we didn't have a chance to tell them it was her birthday. She believed him right up until the time they actually announced her birthday, LOL! And the announcer said her name correctly! That NEVER happens and she was pretty excited about that too :)

We are planning a big birthday blowout when we are done with cheer. Happy Birthday Baby Girl! We love you!

BRACES ARE OFF!!!

Deanna got her braces off today! She is so happy. She has been counting down on Facebook, she even created a ticker. Her smile is so beautiful and she has been using it all day long. Tomorrow she gets her retainer. We are hoping that she doesn't loose or break too many!

February

February is here and with it comes a birthday, a trip to Las Vegas, the Superbowl and a baby shower (for Kelsie who was Deanna's dance coach and B'Elana's cheer coach until last year). Almost forgot: Valentine's day! It's a little weird that it's on a Sunday this year, but it still should be fun. Bring on the busy-ness!

Fun times

During the winter break from school we went to a University of Utah Women's Basketball game. We got to sit where ever we wanted and found some great seats in the front row. Swoop (Utah mascot) came and visited us, and B'Elana was invited to be part of the halftime entertainment.

New Year's Resolutions....

I don't usually put too much stock in New Year's Resolutions, but I am going to make a couple of them this year.

1. I will complete one scrapbook page per day. (I joined a Facebook group to help me with this one)

2. I am going to make sure that my health and the health of my family is more of a priority this year.

3. I am going to keep up better on my blogging, LOL!!!

I hope all of my family and friends have a happy, healthy 2010!

Holiday Stuff

I hope everyone of our family and friends had a great Christmas holiday. We had a fun and busy holiday season...complicated a little by my limitations from recovering from surgery. Oh and Facebook has my kept my attention a little more than it should LOL!

Updates

I've been thinking I need to update this for a while. We have been busy, busy busy! Since the last time the blog was updated, we have attended B'Elana's and Jason's football games, Deanna's swim meets, made a trip down to Cedar City for Shakespeare team, celebrated Halloween and Thanksgiving, had cheerleading start heating up again and I had back surgery. Seems like there is never a dull moment in our family. Also, I managed to sell some of the page prints from D & L Photobooks, so Deanna and I have been exceptionally busy with that. That has been made harder by having to send my computer in for repairs more than once. Luckily I have a very generous husband who bought me a computer ( I think mostly so I would quit asking to use his!) I will post some of the tons of pictures I've taken later today or tomorrow. Then I will attempt to do all the holiday posts :)