Thursday, January 27, 2011

Happy New Year!

We spent New Year's weekend in Panaca. We celebrated and ate lots of food and laughed and visited and hung out. And yes, we all stayed up past midnight waiting for the good ol' ball to drop.
In 2010, Andlie turned one, Bryan graduated with his MBA, I got glasses, and Bryan got a new job! We can't wait for the fun things that 2011 will bring for us!
Happy 2010 and 2011!!

Christmas 2010

Pretty sure the only reason Andlie's "smiling" in this picture is because she knew she could have a candycane if she sat there. Santa asked her what she wanted for Christmas. Her reply? "Cannycane."
At the Goodwin Family Christmas Party, there were no candycanes in sight. I guess this is what you get when you don't bring bribes. I think this is probably the first time Andlie swore in her thoughts. Other big highlight from this party: Bret getting "Twilight" from Santa. My parents are, I mean Santa is funny.
Andlie played the part of Mary at the Benson Family Christmas Eve Party. She also spent most of the program spinning around in the middle of the floor with her blankie on her head while giggling like it was the funniest thing since knock knock jokes.
Christmas morning was awesome! We slept at our own house and Andlie woke up to her new fave - her "jumpin toy!" She refused to get off of it for the rest of the day. She slept there, ate there, and got her bum changed there. She also refused to open any more presents. If someone would even suggest the idea, she'd push the present away and say, "Put it away."
Here's proof that we were indeed present during Christmas morning.
Andlie kept herself entertained while we talked to Elder Goodwin on Christmas Day by sporting Bret's new headphones. Andlie also got spoiled by her Goodwin grandparents. Way spoiled.
Later that day, we went to Panaca to visit the Allens. Andlie spent a lot of time playin with her BFF. And she got more spoiled.

Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 23, 2010

The Oaks

We got all dressed up and went and saw the Oakridge Boys in concert. Andlie enjoyed it because she had a bag of popcorn to keep her entertained. She kept saying, "Moosic! Dancin! Popquan."
By the end of the night, she was lying on the floor using my jacket as a pillow.

Fun concert! Fun to be there with both parents/grandparents. Andlie is the cutest little girl in the world. The end.

Thanksgiving 2010

Celebrated Thanksgiving with 95 family members. So lucky to have such wonderful families.
Decorated for Christmas that same week!
Played in the snow and learned that we don't "hate snow."
Took Christmas card pictures. One with the "Andlie smile."
And several tries to get the fave one.
Learned what a candycane is.
And fell in love.

We're so thankful for a million things in our lives, but what it mostly comes down to is this: We're thankful to have such amazing families and especially thankful for our little family. We're thankful for each other. We're thankful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Happy Birthday, Bryan!

We opened presents.
We blew out candles and ate cake.

I love Bryan because he is funny. Way funny.
Andlie loves him because he can chase and chase and tickle and play for hours.
I love Bryan because he is my best friend.
Andlie loves him because he's got her wrapped around her finger.
I love Bryan because he works so hard for our family.
Andlie loves him because he lets her splash him til he's soaking wet during bath time.
I love Bryan because he is my perfect match.

Happy Birthday, Bryan! We love you!!

Friday, December 17, 2010

You Can Only Read This Post if You Promise Not to Laugh

  1. I wrote a blog post about Shutterfly.
  2. I submitted my form online saying I wrote my blog post so I could get my 50 free cards.
  3. I waited for three days and heard nothing.
  4. I e-mailed Stuart @ Shutterfly asking when I should recieve my promotion code.
  5. Stuart told me I should see it soon.
  6. I saw it soon. Like the next day.
  7. I went online and designed some really cute Christmas cards.
  8. I used my promotional code to order the really cute Christmas cards.
  9. I deleted the e-mail with the promotional code in it.
  10. I waited for six days.
  11. I got a package from Shutterfly on my doorstep!
  12. I opened the package.
  13. There was one card in there. One.
  14. I craughed. (That's laughing and crying at once.)
  15. In all my excitement that I was getting free cards, I forgot to enter "50" as the quantity.
  16. I have one Christmas card on my kitchen counter.
Hence, the reason that I present the Allen Family Christmas Card on our blog this year.

Merry Christmas!

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Christmas Cards

Who can resist free stuff? Especially when it's so cute! How will I ever choose which free Christmas cards to get from Shutterfly who is offering bloggers 50 free Christmas cards? (They also have darling birthday cards!)
These are my faves:


Have you ever looked at what Shutterfly has to offer? Everything from stationary to photo calendars (which would both be awesome Christmas gifts)! Check out more Christmas gifts here.
My personal favorite though, is the photo books. If you're like me and bad at scrapbooking, the photo books are a great way to preserve memories. I'm doing one per year for each of my kiddos.

Anyway, Merry Christmas and happy Christmas card searching!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Out of the Mouth of Babes

[On her way to bed.] "Night, pizza. Night chair. Night tummy."

[After trying to play in the snow outside.] "I het snow." (I hate snow.)

[After being tickled by Mom.] "I het that, Mom." (I hate that, Mom.)

[While asking very politely for her bink.] "I deed it reawy bad." (I need it really bad.)

[After seeing the Santa decor at Walmart.] "Santa. Pesents. Many toys." (Santa. Presents. Many toys.)

[After looking in the mirror and realizing her hair is in a crazy, non-combed afro and while crying in a very concerned tone.] "Fix it hair. Pitty hair."

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Happy Halloween!

We modeled our 2010 Halloween jammies and secretly hid our cast under them.
We hugged pumpkins. (We also told them, "Night punkin," each night before bed.)
We carved pumpkins! (Mine is the one on the bottom that looks like a 3rd grader made it. And yes, Bryan's is eating a smaller pumpkin.)
We dressed up! Bryan is a tree, I am a rake, and Andlie is a bag of leaves.
Andlie was the cutest bag of leaves I've ever seen in my entire life.

Happy Halloween!!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Four Eyes

I got glasses.


Something happened to the computer screen when I put them on. It was like magic.