It's easy to be a mom when you can give them back after 3 hours

Mom gave me these great cookie cutters for Christmas, so I decided to use them the day I babysat Kylie and Morgan. The girls helped me from start to finish and we had a lot of fun. I told them that if we made them, they couldn't eat them until after dinner and they never even tried to talk me out of it. It was amazing.

I felt bad twice: Kylie helped me crack the egg, which completely missed the bowl and landed on the table during the whacking part. She said, "I'm not that good at it yet." It was my fault, but how could I convince her? If only I had that picture of Jackie's egg that did the same thing about a month ago.

I also felt bad when the girls got done and realized theirs didn't look just like the ones on the box. Wasn't sure what to do about that, but I'm not a mom yet so I figured eventually I'll know what to say.

I did NOT feel bad giving them extremely watered-down pink lemonade when they wanted some with their crackers. It was before lunch and I wasn't about to mess with spoiling a meal. It wasn't even until they were halfway done with their pink drink when Morgan said, "This lemonade tastes like water."

It was such a fun morning for me, and after they left at noon I could get on with the laundry, cleaning, and grocery shopping. Piece of cake! - L

But we liked 2009!

Unfortunately, 2009 had to come to an end. We do look forward to 2010, but definitely will miss 2009. These are a few of the many highlights of a great year! -T

What a weird thing to put atop the tree

We were very excited for our first Christmas together. We loved putting up lights, buying and putting up a tree, even though we never bought a tree topper, just stuck the tree up some random doll's dress who is holding a star. We enjoyed making Christmas treats and, as Lindsey likes to say, "spread holiday cheer" by taking them to different people in the ward and in our neighborhood. We spent Christmas with both of our families, which we feel very blessed to be able to do. -T

November 1st = Time for Christmas music and the holidays

We had a fun 1st Thanksgiving together. We even got into the spirit of it and decorated our house. Here are pictures of all of our decorations! We did enjoy being able to see both families on the day.

It's the most wonderful time of the year (or stressful)...

My loving, supportive wife, made a basketball cake for me before opening night of our basketball season. I helped ice it as part of our Family Home Evening activity. -T