Girls

some friends really are forever :)

The Mitten

MJ had a play at school "The Mitten"
I volunteered to bring treats. Chrystal made the mittens, the girls and I made the cupcakes. They were really cute.

MJ was the mouse (very fitting because we call her Maissie Mouse)

She did a great job. All of the kids were singing, but she got to sing a part into the mic.

Look how tall she is!! She thought the tail was the best part of the costume

Her teacher, Mrs. Dove, is one of the very best. We are so lucky to have her.

MJ had a big cheering crowd: A'mooh and Grandpa,

Chrystal and Elaine, and Jens and Mac.

It was so cute. Maissie did a great job.

It does not get any better

I am lucky enough to know one of the best persons on the planet. AND she even humors me and lets me call her my bestie. The last month has been . . . crazy to say the least. Chrystal helped me manage through it. She is a miracle worker. She got Jens to take a nap, packed my house, fed me, made decorations for MJ's class, solved the worlds problems etc. yep, pretty much phenomenal.

thank goodness it is only pen

I am sad the picture is not better, but if you look closely at their stomachs, their names are written. Pretty impressive that MJ could write it upside down so well. Funny that Jens would let her do it.

a quiet/ last dinner??

A'mooh and Grandpa took us out for a last dinner before we had to leave. It was yummy and quiet.

Evan Miracle Miles

We were more than trilled when Arthur was able to come for a visit and bring Evan. He is the sweetest little boy. We could not get enough of him.

He Loved the swing

Jens LOVED him

The two boys were fun to watch. I think Evan showed Mac how to crawl properly because after Evan left, Mac started to crawl like Evan.

Cousins

We love Evan so much. We wish we could see him more.

Happy Birthday Gpa Hersch

Maissie got to go to St. George to see Great Grandpa Hafen/Hersch for his 92nd Birthday! Thanks to A'mooh and Grandpa for taking her!

the mess maker

It was a little too quiet. So I went to check it out. I found Jens with out a shirt. Then I turned to the bathroom, and put my hand on the handle, only it looked like this:

And so then I went to wash my hands, and found this:

In case you can not see, Jens got into MJ's lip gloss, and spread it all over.

Hair

I really like it when the girls hair looks nice. Maissie often humors me, and lets me do her hair. But every once in a while she comes up with what she wants. This was when she came to me with all these hair clips, and she wanted to make sure the wiener dogs were kissing. AND she wanted to make sure I did it right, so I had to take a picture.

Sammy Sam Sam

It was so fun to have Sam home for the holidays-- even when he pushes their butt-ons