Christmas 08

We had a lovely Christmas with family parties and good food and plenty of time to spend at home during the snowstorms. And because of all the distractions & good times, I've successfully and fairly painlessly made it to week 37 of this pregnancy, which, according to babycenter is "full term". Yay! Not long now. Here's a few pics of our holiday fun:

The lights at temple square

Neil's new best friend

Boys and their new handmade cowboy vests & horses thanks to Grandma B.

Josh's Lincoln Log ranch (or wincoln wogs as Neil would say)
Since I got some new appliances, the boys got the best Christmas present ever.. cardboard boxes!

Neil, Bullseye and Woody sleeping in heavenly peace

Overdue tag

Overdue tag from Sarah!

8 TV shows I watch: (most of this made possible only by DVR.. I can fast forward through half of this and watch when I have a moment to fold laundry)
1. The Amazing Race
2. The Office
3. Survivor
4. Random TLC shows
5. Random Food Network Shows
6. News
7. College football (more Russ than me)
8. Nick Jr(more boys than me)


8 Favorite Restaurants: (In no particular order)
1. Blue Iguana
2. Union Grill
3. Market Street
4. Big Apple Pizza
5. Hires Big H (pregnancy related craving..)
6. Thai Siam
7. Bombay House
8. Nielsons Frozen Custard


8 Things That Happened This Week:
1. Christmas
2. Had the youth in our ward over for tacos and games
3. New refrigerator and microwave delivered & installed
4. 37 week appointment with my midwife
5. Post holiday cleaning
6. Cooked the turkey dinner on Sunday that I was supposed to cook on Christmas Day
7. Played candyland with Josh (20 times or so)
8. I updated my blog


8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Having this baby boy in 3 weeks!
2. 2009
3. Spring
4. Having our kitchen 100% finished
5. Summer.. garden.. flowers.. sunshine
6. Vacations
7. Getting back in shape after this pregnancy
8. No more heartburn after this pregnancy :-)


8 People I Tag:
The 1st 8 people to read this.. Go!

Jolly Old Saint Neil

I had forgotten how round my baby was just 2 Christmases ago. My adorable nephew Ed gets to be Santa this year and it inspired me to look back to Neil's year in the Santa suit:

Hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas season!

Updates at Last

First of all, I failed to blog a Happy Birthday to my Joshua. He is now 4 years old. He enjoyed every moment of his birthday weekend, checking regularly to see if it was still his birthday.

Happy Birthday Joshy!(Thanks must go to Aunts Cheryl and Mia who took care of the birthday cake situation with our lack of functioning kitchen facilities..)

And now, by request.. THE KITCHEN UPDATE

We've still got some projects to complete, but here's a sneak peek at how far we have come:

The empty space after demolition

Russ and his helpers

New playspace for boys..

The countertops & cabinets.. I'm in love.

No more excuses.. time to start cooking dinner again. (More thanks in order for those who fed us and let us invite ourselves for dinner while we were in shambles.)