What a great December!

Christmas time is really my favorite time of year. I love the holiday lights and parties and spirit. I love spending extra time focusing on the Savior's birth as well as spending more time with friends and family. It is actually an extra special time for Kenneth and I because it is our anniversary on December 17th - so we get to celebrate that as well.

For some reason this December has seemed even more eventful than most. It was the debut of Kenneth's new band Post: (of which I am actually a member, but I think it sounds a little weird to say "our new band." It sounds a little like Dr fünke's 100% natural good time family band solution. ) Post is actually pretty sweet - which you can hear for yourself if you check our myspace music page. We only have one song posted - but there should be more coming soon!

Kenneth and I also saw the best movie we have seen in a long time. We actually went back and saw it again 2 days later - which is something that we NEVER do. The movie is Juno and it is an independent film with Ellen Page and Michael Cera - who may be one of the greatest actors ever..




Kenneth and I performed "Anyone But You" at our BFF Christmas party - which actually isn't helping with my claim that we are not a new age family band. So, I guess you'll just have to take my word for it.

December also means winter in New England for us - which this year means SNOW! It has actually been so bad that I have been sent home early from work twice and church was cancelled this week. I have to say, even though I don't really love the snow - there is something really great about snuggling up in a blanket and drinking hot chocolate while the world turns into a wintery wonderland outside. Of course our car is now burried in snow.. At least it doesn't look like this:





Look how cute Kenneth is in his winter gear :)



And finally, this month Kenneth and I celebrated our 4th anniversary! We are officially an old married couple. Any time now we will receive our old married couple starter pack with houseplants we call our children, doilies, and plastic coverings for our furniture. Nonetheless I am reminded that I am still the luckiest girl in the world to have such a super fantastic husband. Kenneth: I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

But lets be honest - who wouldn't love this cute boy?




Now it's time to pack up our things and head home for Christmas - hooray for fun times and family!

And in case anyone was wondering - my Christmas crafts are officially finished - my sewing machine has been stored. I thought I was done a few weeks ago - but then of course I started one more project (a christmas quilt for my employers with pictures of their cute kids on it). But it was really the last one. I am officially ready for Christmas to come!!!!





Merry Christmas! I hope your December is as great as ours :)

It's Official - Christmas can come!

After weeks of working on all of my Christmas projects - I am finally finished!! I don't know who is more excited Kenneth or me.. When you live in a small 1 bedroom apartment there really isn't anywhere good to put things while you work on projects.. Which means that since October our house has looked like this:





My Christmas quilts, however, are all finished and now they look like this:





HOORAY!!!

Our best day ever! A look back...

The day you have all been dreaming of is here. The photos have finally been developed from my cute little brothers wedding.. I know most of you had given up hope that you would ever see Kenneth and I dressed as cotton candy and/or the final members of a barbershop quartet. Behold the glory...

Our New Groove

Kenneth's exciting news this week is that he has finally found the musical outlet he has been lacking since we left his old band-mates in Salt Lake City. That's right, a new wave of musical innovation is cresting on the Boston horizon! While it is true that the whole band has yet to rehearse together (their percussionist/keyboard player has been unavailable due to an anthropology event in NYC) the first few jam sessions have been very promising.

Though not a keyboard player by trade, Kenneth has been flexing his synth muscles, and rocking out with some crazy-fat-seventies-analog sounds (thanks to his new m-audio keyboard, and a library of software vintage synthesizers)!
Mike has a new found friend for life in his shiny black jazz bass. He is a newcomer to this side of the microphone, but brings a lifetime of listening experience. Any musician can tell you, the most important part of playing music, is listening to music. His finely tunes ears are already telling his fingers what to play, with exciting results.


Chelsea brings years of piano training, and a voracious appetite for rhythm to the party! Though she has yet to play with the band, they have already been missing her incredible beats. As both boys have participated in drum circles with Chelsea at home, and around the campfire, they know what she has to offer, and eagerly await a full jam session.

These pics are from a quick musical get together at our place.

Amelia's Paper Mache Vase

So, I have now documented Amelia's vase and I thought I would pass the pictures on to the world. You can't really see the vase behind the huge bow and very large tissue paper flowers... but you get the idea.

Our Special Time

On my second day at my new job Amelia told me that she would be needing some one on one time with me - without parents or her sister Penny. This proved to be a tall order, since Amelia is in school every day. I can't just drop Penny off at the park so that Amelia and I can spend time without her! Luckily, it has worked out that there is one day a week that Amelia gets out of school early enough that I can put Penny down for her nap once we get home. This day (Wednesday afternoons) has been lovingly deemed "Our Special Time." We spend the time doing all kinds of activities from reading books to playing with games and toys and doing fun art projects.

This week our art project was paper mache vases! It was so fun. I made them in 4th grade as a mother's day project and thought it would be a fun one to re-create. Now granted I was in 4th grade when I did this project and Amelia is only 4... but I had full faith in her abilities and she actually did really well.

Here are some pictures of our vases:






Amelia's vase is now adorned with a big pink bow (that she picked out herself) and some tissue paper flowers. It hasn't been documented yet, but I can assure you that it is awesome.


And, in the spirit of not excluding anyone - here is a cute picture of penny :)

I've been tagged...

Actually, I have now been tagged by not 1 but 3 different people and I have yet to respond.. So before I get hit again, here we go..

4 Jobs I've Had:
1. Nanny
2. Administrative Assistant, Primary Children's Medical Center
3. Global Support Specialist, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
4. Assistant Kindergarten Teacher, Bennion Elementary School

4 Places I've Lived:
1. Boston, MA
2. Salt Lake City, UT
3. Valencia, Venezuela
4. Murray, UT

4 Favorite TV Shows:
1. The Office *This should really be 1-4 - we are Office junkies
2. Friends (Yes, we watch it on DVD)
3. Scrubs
4. The Biggest Loser

4 Vacations I've Been On:
1. Disneyland - wahoo!
2. Kennebunkport, ME *Blog post and pictures coming
3. New York, NY
4. Viva Las Vegas :)

4 Favorite Dishes:
1. Sushi
2. Crab...Shrimp...Scallops - basically anything seafood
3. Chili's Southwestern Cobb Salad
4. Bertucci's

4 Places I'd Like To Be:
1. London and Paris *this summer hopefully :)
2. the Beach
3. Australia - hooray for the Santi's!
4. Anywhere with Kenneth (and no work or school)

Tag:
1. Liz
2. Merilee
3. Ginny
4. Kenneth