In the Spirit of Christmas Past

This was my cute little apartment last year for Christmas. :) It was an exciting day from the looks of it- eating cereal, reading a christmas book, drinking hot cocoa, playing Friends Scene it, and blowing my nose! I miss it, though, it was a good little apartment and it was so fun to decorate it and make it cozy for the holidays.

And now it's time for my annual Christmas Joke!

I tell this every year. I don't understand how it gets worse and worse to Jefferson and better and better to me! ...I think maybe something is wrong with him.

So it was time for the annual chess club convention at a big hotel. These guys only get together once a year, so they started bragging when they saw each other in the lobby. "I put this guy in checkmate twice last year!" one exclaimed. "That's nothing," said another. "I got him in checkmate in five minutes flat on 3 separate occasions!" They started getting louder and louder till other guests complained. The manager came over and said, "Could you guys keep it down? No one likes chess nuts boasting in an open foyer!"

Jeff pointed out that if I post this on my blog, then I can't tell it to people. Hmmm.... NOT TRUE! SO BE PREPARED!!! :)

Twilight: What I Think

Yea! November 21st finally came! It was very fun to see the movie and, you know, feed the obsession. The movie was good, especially for such a low budget. I did think it was a bit cheesy when it wasn't supposed to be, like when Carlisle changed Edward and it looked like they were making out (and it didn't help that he was wearing the 1900s hospital dress) or when Edward was sucking the venom out and looked very cross-eyed! :) The special effects looked a little stupid, too. But I will gladly see it again so that they have a bigger budget to fix that in the second one!

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That being said, it WAS enjoyable. I tried to go in with super low expectations and was pleasantly surprised to find that I did like it over all. I also LOVED the baseball scene; it was so cool and exhilerating! It was the first time that I really got into it. I thought they picked perfect actors for Bella, James (of course!), Victoria, and Jacob. And the ending was really good with Victoria. I wasn't expecting it and I thought it was a cool way to finish. All in all, it was a good movie and I think the next one will be even better!

I saw this picture and remembered...

I once tried to sell my brother to passing cars on the edge of our yard. He tried to retaliate by attempting to sell me so I had to lower the price little by little from a dollar... to 5 cents... and eventually for free. Also I made him go around the corner so the cars interested in buying little brothers would see me first. I remember being determined to stay out there until he was gone so we stood and yelled to cars in pouring rain for a really long time! …Eventually mom made us come inside.

Football Game

This weekend was really fun. Jefferson told me I had to watch a sporting event, so to punish him I made him come with me to the BYU Ballet! I didn't really think it would work, but he came and was a good sport. He most enjoyed himself whenever a dancer's shoe would squeak against the floor and make a woopie-cushion sort of noise; I always looked over at him and he would be snickering. I'm starting to understand my Webelos Scouts a little better :)
The game was Airforce vs. BYU in Colorado Springs. It was pretty good weather and we went with the Blackfords which was fun & I got to hold their little son, Eli. He is SO cute! The Airforce planes flew overhead, though, and it was really loud and he cried and was pretty traumatized the rest of the game. Any time people would yell he'd panic or cry again. It was so sad & pathetic!! Here's a picture of him trying to think of his happy place. It was how he looked pretty much the whole time:

P.S. BYU won!


Afterwards we went and saw the house I lived in in CO Springs. It was fun to look at again.


Now to the really important part. What not to wear. Woo-hoo! I feel like Stacey London.
#1. How about NOT taking your 4 month old out in public lookin like part of the KKK? I dunno, just a thought. :) I couldn't get a very good picture but you get the gist.
#2. Awesome snowsuit! Maybe after the game you can sled down the stadium 10 years ago! :) I am not mean, I swear. I tried to get some "good" pictures of this little kid with really great hair, and a picture of a mom with a beautiful diaper bag, but... I don't know, these two were just more of a priority. ...I do have redeeming qualities, I swear.

Trick or Treat

This year for Halloween Jefferson & I dressed up as Cruela De Vil and a dalmation! It was really fun. We walked into our ward Halloween party and someone looked at Jeff and said, "What up, Dog?"

The last few years we dressed up as Fred & Wilma Flintstone...

Cinderella &... Gus Gus (I tried to get him to be Prince Charming, but nooooooo)
and Matt & Melissa! Jefferson looks so much like his brother (except the hair) that it looked pretty good.

We even took a family picture with their kids! It was fun.

What will it be next year?? Any suggestions?