Christmas Dance Recital

The girls had a great recital!

Jasmine did pretty well in her dance. She didn't do all the steps but she is just so precious that it was cute anyway. Her little friend lost her tap shoe at the very beginning but she was a trooper and kept dancing with one shoe.

You know how there is always one little girl in the dance class that all the other little girls watch? Well, Alison is that one. She knew all the steps and all the other kids were following her. All except Lizzie. She knew almost all of the dance too.

Jasmine is on the bottom right.

Alison is the top left and Lizzie is second from the left on the bottom.
The girls all got a flower from their Dad after their recital. Jasmine was so cute, when Craig gave her the carnation Jasmine said "For Me?!?!". So cute!

What the......

Snow!!!!!!!!!

Yep!  We have snow in St. George!  It is the first (and hopefully only) snow storm of the season.  We actually get one good snow storm every year but this is the earliest it has ever come.

The kids are having a great time and it should be gone at the end of the week.  I really, really hope it will be anyway.

Mission Reunion

This weekend we took a quick trip to Salt Lake for Craig's Mission Reunion.  His Mission President is visiting the States clear from Switzerland so it was a good time to get together.  Unfortunately none of his companions made it there so he was kind of bummed but we still had a good time.

Our drive up to Salt Lake was an adventure.  It started snowing and we had blizzard like conditions and super icy roads.  We saw tons of slide-offs and ever a few roll-overs.  Luckily we were in the Jeep so everything was great for us. (Ya Jeep!)

Greatest Cookies EVER!

Tequila Cookies
I know it's a little early, but it is time to start baking for the holidays.
Christmas Cookies
1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar
Lemon juice
4 large eggs
1 cup nuts
2 cups of dried fruit
1 bottle Patron Silver Tequila
Sample the Patron to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the Patron again to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink. Better if chilled first.
Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again.
At this point it's best to make sure the Patron is still OK, try another chilled cup just in case.Turn off the mixerer thingy.
Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuckin the cup of dried fruit.
Pick the frigging fruit off floor. Mix on the turn er. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a drewscriver.
Sample the Patron to check for tonsisticity. Next, sift two cups of salt, or something.
Check the Patron. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to bean off the turner.
Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the Patron and make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.
CHERRY MISTMAS

Tooth Fairy

Alison lost her first tooth!  She has been a little impatient to lose her teeth because one of her best friends has lost six or seven teeth already!  

This happened while I was at the church for Enrichment night.  Alison was already in bed asleep when I got home (I know, a total shocker!).  She must have been ready for the tooth fairy to come.  Luckily, the tooth fairy made it to our house and left a shiny.... more like wrinkled old dollar bill.

At four o'clock in the morning Alison came into my room with her wonderful tooth fairy dollar.  She is just so exited.  I asked her what she wanted to buy with her dollar and she said that she just wants to save it.  Smart kid! 

Thanksgiving Weekend

We spent lots of time in the desert this weekend.  After stuffing ourselves on Thanksgiving day, we spent the rest of the weekend getting some fresh air.

Of course this involved jeeping and Steven and his family brought their four-wheeler.  I actually did some driving and it was scary and fun all at the same time. 

Alison and Briana playing in one of the holes.  These holes were all over the place and the kids had tons of fun playing in them.

Jasmine played in these little holes with her cousin Anne.

Lizzie and Carissa found this rock that looked like a chair.  The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins.  I went on a little hiking expedition with my girls and their cousin Briana.  We climbed up the rocks and ended up on top WAY above our little picnic site.  My girls are quite the little hikers!