Family Pictures '09

While Mom Was Away

So Tara went on "girls trip" this past week. That meant that I had to keep the girls alive for a few days on my own. That also meant, one trip to McDonald's, one trip to Carl's Jr., one trip to Little Ceasars, and one trip to KFC. I'm a health freak, so that's why I chose these restaurants.

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I took the girls to Disney on Ice Friday which the girls loved. Too many dudes in tights for my enjoyment, but The Little Mermaid was a LOOKER. On Saturday, Ashley had a Young Utah Artists piano competition. She competed against, as Ashley put it, "some asian piano ninjas." Seriously, I started crying when I heard this 9 year old asian boy in a tux play the piano. He played some "Flight of the Bumblebee" type duet, but he played both parts. It was awesome and I bought one of his CDs. Ashley did well, but no Juilliard scholarship yet.

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It was also a blizzard on Saturday. In the afternoon we had just enough snow to make our backyard sledding hill. It was chilly, but the older three girls stayed out there for a couple of hours. Take a close look at Megan's cheeks. Is that frostbite? I thought that Ashley had pimp slapped her a couple of times, but I guess it was just really cold.

Britney had a vent in her hood just big enough to get some air in.

Kaitlyn's extremely rosy cheeks.

Megan's mug shot.

Helaman 9:34

. . . Because of this fear and this paleness which has come upon your face, behold, we know that thou art GUILTY.

Little Miss Brit

This kid is awesome. She doesn't talk except for "uh oh" and "mama". She used to say "Dada" but know she calls me "mama" too. She also eats ice cream cones bottom first. We love Britney.

Halloween Piano Recital

Ashley had a piano recital on Halloween. That was a fun activity in the morning. All of the students dressed up, most of their costumes matched the song they played. Here is Ashley playing "Animal Crackers" by Shirley Temple.

Trick or Treat '09

Happy Halloween! Seriously, who doesn't love Halloween? I personally love it. Tara thinks I'm warped because of my poor choices in costumes. This year, Tara and I were doctors. I was an obstetrician just finishing up with an emergency C-section (obvious if you look at the picture). Needless to say, the girls cried when I put fake blood on the baby ( I had no idea that fake blood looked so real. Fake blood has come a long way, totally awesome). So basically Halloween was ruined for an hour or so because the girls were worried about the baby. I told them that if they stopped crying, I wouldn't throw the baby in the dumpster. That worked, and saved Halloween. The baby survived and the blood washed off. Next year I'm thinking about being either a proctologist or a urologist (I need some good prop ideas).

I kept spanking the baby. The girls didn't like that either.

Two little witches prior to the tears.


Ashley was Barbie the Musketeer (2 hours post tears).

Britney was Minnie Mouse. We didn't even attempt to put the ears on.

OB and GYNO