Today I tricked Brielle into crawling on all fours. She does the army crawl now, but this was the farthest she has gone on all fours.

Rockin' out

Sorry it is on the side, but it was so dang cute!

Pictures of cute Brielle

One of my old dresses-very frilly

Manatees at blue springs state park...you can see a family swimming in the background. My mom has been here this past week helping with post gall bladder surgery. It has been very helpful. I am doing well, even though my mom and I both caught the flu. Not the way we planned the last few days ;( Brielle has changed in just the week my mom has been here. She pulls herself up now, crawls all over, what happened to that little baby I had just the other day? She is a lot of fun. Very happy and just a pleasure to be around.

My "resolutions"

So I have two resolutions this year. I am not a goal oriented person unlike Jake who reads his goals weekly (very impressive). I know I will forget them soon so why make them ;). There are two things I want to do though so we will call them ‘goals” or ‘new year resolutions’. Whatever they are, I just want to try and incorporate them into my daily routine.
1—Get up early and have scripture study with Jake and then alone. We were doing pretty good at this before Brielle came along and then I used the excuse that I was too tired to get up. Well, she has been sleeping through the night for a while so I don’t have an excuse. I know that when I get up I am more patient and loving with my kids. When I don’t get up I am more tired and irritable, I get mad quicker at my kids which then makes me unhappy, so for me to be happy and have peace, I know I need to get up. Yesterday and today have worked, I pray I keep it up.
2---Eat better. My family needs more veggies and less treats. I bought the book “Deceptively Delicious” by Jessica Seinfeld. It talks about pureeing veggies and then putting them in your food so that your kids/husband doesn’t even know they are there. On Sunday I got started. I steamed spinach, squash, carrots and zucchini and put about ½ c in zip lock bags and then put them in the freezer. Hopefully now when I am cooking I can just pull a bag out and add it. I will still offer veggies at every meal so my kids/husband learns to eat them, but now they will be getting a double dose.
We’ll see how well I do. Plus it will help me be a “bigger loser” and kick all your behinds!

Growing up

Brielle learned to pull herself up in the tub. Where has my little baby gone? She is a terror now because she gets into EVERYTHING!! I haven't baby proofed my house yet. I just kept hoping she wouldn't get to that point. Oh well, she is the cutest little thing though. That smile just melts my heart.....hopefully I will still feel that same way when she give me that smile as a naughty teenager.....

I am a bad mom though because on the video I said you are going to fall. Well, I went to get the towel and 1 second later, she fell out of the tub. Luckily we don't have a big tub. You can see the little goose egg on the top of her hairline. I know, bad mother.....At least she was still smiling......

Is it over already???

A few pictures from Utah. We had a great time playing in the snow and enjoying the cold. We loved spending time with family and friends. It is good to be home though even though I mowed the lawn today in shorts....what a change!

Brielle's first horse ride

Amy's family

The Zundel Christmas Eve party. My favorite tradition I just can't miss.

Raegan and I sledding behind the 4-wheeler



Tubing in Midway.....they had a rope pull you and your tube to the top and then you would race down.....so much fun!!!

snowmobiling in the Unitah's...very pretty!

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas!!!

Yeah, my dreams came true! We have had tons of snow here! We are loving it. Well, Logan doesn't like boots or coats, so he hasn't played in it yet, but the rest of us love it. Enjoy the pictures! This is from our car while driving to Oakley.

A snowball that went out of control...it hit Brielle, luckily not too hard, but what a great shot by the photographer.

Raegan and I playing in white powder

My brothers and I built forts on Christmas day and had snowball wars.

Freezing in the snow!

Our rendition of Santa baby....

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Jeppesen Christmas Party

Last night was our annual Jeppesen Christmas party. I enjoy going to see all my family that I haven't seen since the last party. I have crazy Uncles who always make the party funny. My Grandma always has the kids do the nativity. Raegan takes her part very seriously....Logan...well, you can see the picture progression of how seriously he took it.

Now I'll lay on the floor
Oh, the curtain, that's fun!

Dad and Logan
My brother Morgan and soon to be sister-in-law Brittany

Grandma Jeppesen

Cute cousins--check them out Ceth!






Isn't Pressly just cute!

Jake's work party

We went to Jake's annual work party last week. It was fun. Raegan and Brielle liked Santa, Logan didn't get to close.

We did Christmas a little early this year and the kids had a lot of fun. It was the first time we had our own little christmas as a family. We enjoyed ourselves. The kids got way too much but it was fun. Here are a few videos of the morning. Grandma's will hopefully appreciate this.

Fun few weeks

Just a few pictures of the last few weeks. We have been busy with parties, me finishing grading finals, being in charge of the ward christmas party and then packing.....Merry Christmas!
Logan's gingerbread house...


Brielle and Mickey

















Isn't she cute!

One of the stakes does a Festival of the Nativities where people display hundreds of nativities. It was beautiful. They also had kids activities and dress up. This is our version of the nativity.

Osbourne festival of lights at Hollywood Studios with some friends.

Family Fun

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Banquet

Jake has been at a conference all week and at the end they always have a really big nice fancy dinner. Everyone dresses to the nines. Many are in their uniforms. It is really neat because many people from other countries come to this conference and they wear the uniform from their country. Fun to see. It was at a very nice hotel, good food, and entertainment. I was just happy to get out of the house with make-up and shower and not have to eat my dinner in 10 seconds so I can help the kids eat.
This is us before we left. Sad that you can't see our little Christmas tree behind us, either we are fat or we have a small tree ;)

Pictures from our Thankgiving vacation

Catching shark teeth at Venice beach

Pretty sunset at Siesta Key

We wore him right out on the boat ride

Alligator on the side at the Everglades

Our Thankgiving dinner at Cracker Barrel (actually very good since it was the only place we could find open)

Venice beach

Making our sand turtles

Cute Brielle