Christmas? Better blogging late than never...

I know it's March. I was terrible at taking pictures at Christmastime this year. So this will have to do!

This is what the girls got for Christmas from Santa! Best. Dollhouse. Ever. It was also lovely that Santa bought it back in October. He got it for a much better price and no hassles :)

She'll grow into it. I think you have to be 4 years old to see the top shelf ;)

"Broken leg" or "Trampolines are Evil"

Bryndi went to a birthday party for a classmate at Jump On It yesterday. When I went to pick her up, she told me that she had hurt her leg while she was sitting on the trampoline and another kid jumped behind her. I thought she was fine, but as the night wore on I was having too much deja vu of when Bella broke her leg back in April. Sure enough a trip to the doctor and an x-ray later we have a buckle fracture of the proximal tibia. Here she is in her splint and tomorrow we'll get the cast! She has been SO good with it all. Minimal complaining and immediately wanting to be independent and scoot herself around.She is such a good girl!

PS

I forgot to mention in the last post how amazing my family is, how much I love them, and how happy I am with my life. I wouldn't change it! (Just make improvements, or resolutions as the case may be.) Bryndi decided today to clean her room without being asked. You might need to read that sentence again. I know! Amazing! Then she got a rag and some spray cleaner and cleaned the walls/baseboards. And she colored me a picture, wrote me a story, gave me hugs, and told me multiple times that she did all of those things because she loves me and wants to make me happy. I could write another paragraph about how great Bella is too. And Richard. I really am blessed. And this little baby Rachel of mine? I'll get up 4 times a night for several more weeks if she needs me to. She's worth it!

Still here

Just in case you were wondering, I'm still here. Have lots of pictures and things to blog about. Maybe it will happen in the new year?...Here is today: need to clean my house and take a nap (worked last night, plus Rachel has been getting up 2-4 times a night for weeks!). I need to exercise. (We have a spinning bike, elliptical, AND a treadmill in our little gym. I also have a membership to Gold's with free child care. Doesn't leave much room for excuses there!) Need to finish my latest book, The SuperFoodsRx Diet. I am a food addict and am determined to change this during the new year! I'll blog more about that later...I need to get everything finished and organized for the Young Women program this coming year. Did I mention I am the Young Women President in our ward? I need to figure out how to get Rachel to eat more. I weighed her yesterday and she has lost half a pound in the last few weeks. Yikes! This girl is going to be a YEAR old in 6 weeks and she is only 16 1/2 pounds. I need to put her on a get-fat diet. It would help if she would take formula, but she wants nothing to do with the stuff. Can't say that I blame her though. From now on she gets her whole wheat bread dipped in extra virgin olive oil, avocados sneaked in wherever she'll eat them, and coconut oil mixed in her oatmeal! What else... Richard is taking a final right now--he is doing so well with his schooling! Oh right, I need to get back to that cleaning the house thing. There are people coming over and we can't ring in the new year with the same old messy housekeeping disaster! ttyl

Family Photos

My friend Kelly Smith took family photos for us last month. (Her website here) Our favorite pic is the one at the head of the blog!

Halloween

The girls carved their own pumpkins. Well, with some knife help from Dad.

Bryndi was a zebra this year.

Bella was a care bear. She loved this costume!

The Dirty Dash

Yes, this event was back in September. I'm just a teensy bit behind in my blogging!

These sisters of mine conned me into doing, I mean "invited me to do" this 5K mud run obstacle course. ;)

 

Our Fans. And a shout out to Richard who isn't in the picture for supporting us!

This is my running partner and cousin Maryellen. She was so great and we had a great time together! This baby was our excuse, I mean "reason", to do the 5K instead of the 10K! ;)

The starting line: water canons from the get-go to make plenty of mud!

We look awesome!

Here is the rest of our team!

Jumping into the cold mud pond, racing to the finish line!

Quite the slip-n-slide!

Brave woman!

I can pretty much guarantee you'll never get another shot of me like this!

The freezing-cold-glacier-water showers at the end were an adventure to say the least!

Success!