Kyler's Christmas Present

For Christmas, Kyler got this play yard/mobile thing:


I have put him on the blanket and he would just lay there and not really understand what the whole thing was about. That is until earlier this week. He is finally starting to realize that when he moves his arms a lot the toys that hang down make noises. He really enjoys playing in there now that he has figured out what it's all about.

Dance Team Performance

The Dance Team Performance from last night's basketball game. They did a great job!

The Dentist

Kelsie started complaining on Tuesday after lunch that her tooth hurt. So, I decided to call the dentist and make her an appointment to get it looked at. An hour or so later she was in tears because it had become more painful. The dentist couldn't see us until the following morning so I started giving her motrin to help until we could get in to see him. After a long night and morning Josh takes her to her appointment to find that the cavity in her tooth is so bad that it is infected and has to be pulled after she has been on an anti-biotic for a week. I brush her teeth and didn't notice the cavity earlier and she hadn't complained until Tuesday. She must have a high tolerance for pain or else just didn't think to say anything to me until then if it had been bothering her. I felt awful! Anyway, she feels much better now and she's pretty excited about having the tooth pulled because it's fair game for the tooth fairy.

A Little Bit of Politics....

I love Political Science. I minored in it in college and would have majored in in, but it wasn't a practical choice for my family. My ideal job would be somewhere in Washington D.C. working for a senator, representative, political campaign, etc.. you get the point. Well, I have been particularly interested lately because the presidential election is this year. This election year is pretty unique. There is a woman,




a black man,




and a Mormon,


all running for president. It's definitely a unique year. So, it is pretty important that you vote. Our country really needs someone that can put our country together again and unite us. It is so hard to see all the tension that exists in our country. Anyway there are lots of places that you can go to read about the different political views of each candidate. The Internet has made it very easy to gather information on specific candidates. Here are a few:

• CNN
• Newsweek
• Mitt Romney Homepage
• Hillary Clinton Homepage
• Barak Obama Homepage

Anyway, I won't bore you any longer with my rambling. I just wanted to give you something to think about.

P.S. The whole religion issue in this election is getting pretty old, but has also given our church many missionary opportunities which is good. I did find one really good article.
I thought that some of you might also like it.

Sledding

On Saturday, we packed up the kids, the four wheelers, and some sleds and were off to find some snow to play in. Our friends the Walters came along with their kids. We drove to a little spot at the base of the south hills and rode around on a couple of little roads. The kids rode the four wheeler and sleds, made snowballs, and just had a ton of fun!

Kamrin and Preslee making snowballs.

Ehtan & Kelsie sledding behind the 4 wheeler.

The girls riding in the truck up the mountain.

Josh teaching Kelsie how to ride.

Our friend Chad riding the Razor with Stef and Preslee.

Christmas Layout

I'm really starting to like Digital Scrapbooking. Once you start to figure out photo shop it's a lot of fun! So, here's a Christmas layout from this year.

A Little Remodeling!!

Josh installed the tile floors in our house when we were building it. Well he thought that if he could do that then the shower/tub wouldn't be so bad. Well come to find out floors are easier than shower/tub units. He did a pretty good job for the most part, except that he is a perfectionist and he can't stand to sell our house with the tile the way that it was. He had also never quite finished the border around it because Lowe's ran out of the pieces and then edended up not carrying the same one any longer.
Unfinished Part:







What it is supposed to look like:



So, yesterday Josh and one of his employees spent the whole day tearing out all of his hard work .

Now our tub/shower looks like this:


Hopefully, we will be able to get a tile guy here to fix this pretty quick. Our family is down to one shower/tub and it is upstairs!