HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN

My little girl turned three this past week!! Can't believe it! Anyway-we had a little party for her with family. (my parents and sister and niece were even able to come!!) Anyway-here are some pics of her party.
She wanted a princess party-so my mom and I made her a castle cake-was kind of a nightmare at first-but if turned out ok-not quite how we imagined though.

She loved opening presents.

She got a lot of "princess" presents.

singing happy birthday

blowing out the candles

The kids enjoying little nibbles off the cake..

She loved her new kitchen she got. Dad finally got it together and she has been playing with it ever since.

Things about Logan at 3

-loves being in sunbeams

-loves dance class-we are still working on getting her to do the "dance" part

-princesses are definitely her favorite thing.

-loves playing "make believe" I always overhear her talking to herself telling stories

-Very independent-likes to do it herself-getting dressed, putting on shoes etc.(this is fine-unless we are in a hurry to go somewhere-then its just annoying)

-keeps us laughing-tells Perry to stop "snarling" (snoring) also asked grandma to help her put on her bra the other day-by bra she meant kitchen apron.

-likes to please her parents and feels very bad if she gets in trouble.

-loves to learn and has a very good memory. (holds me to promises I have made her when I think she will forget. )

-Is very good at talking and articulating herself-although she is shy and won't talk much around other people-especially those she doesn't know well.

-Loves cuddles at night before bed. She always asks "Who will cuddle me?"

-says prayers by herself

I love this girl!! Happy birthday Logan!

DOING IT ON HER OWN TIME

I put Logan in tap and ballet and took her for the second time to dance class today. Once again like last week she stood in her spot on the floor and looked at everyone else dance. Then she came home and did all the steps perfectly for me....frustrating..oh well..I'm hoping next week she actually dances instead of looks at everyone. She loves it and is so excited about going to dance-it kills me she won't do it when she gets there..I guess she will do it on her own time-(hopefully next week)

CHRISTMAS 2010

Went to Utah for Christmas this year. Here are a couple of key events to sum up the trip.

1-My poor sister Lauri fell and twisted her knee badly when we went skiing (ouch!!)
2-Had yummy Christmas Eve dinner with my siblings and their husbands and played our own version of "minute to win it."
3-Got to chat with my high school besties and see their cute kids over breakfast.
4-Chopped my hair..literally-the shortest I've ever had it.
5-Got the my kids and their cousins pictures taken at Penneys. (nightmare getting them ready-but they turned out ok)
6-little bit of shopping-this is always a must...
7-Got to see snow, snow, and more snow as it just kept snowing!
8-Had a good time being with family and loved that Perry could come spend some time in Utah too!
9-Was scared half to death driving home with slick roads in Dove Creek, but I made it!! (8 hrs later)
10-Love Christmas and I am so sad its over...till next year. Here are some pics.
Our own version of "Minute to Win it"
The kids opened new jammies from grandma and grandpa (snowmen ones of course-so cute!)
Had fun watching the kids open their presents. Cache had more fun with the wrapping paper than the presents.
Logan got spoiled...She loved her new potty doll and 4-wheeler and princess clothes to name a few.

Love his expression-Is this all I get?? a shirt?

Breakfast with my Nelley friends

Chopped hair-kind of short-but fun for a change

Taking Cache for a ride on her 4-wheeler

Pictures of all the snow..This would be the reason I didn't go home until Saturday.

oops-my little plumber is at it again.

Logan and Hallie loved throwing the snow with their bare hands!! We had to bribe them to come inside because we were freezing watching them.

THE END

WASHINGTON DC

This past week I had the privilege of going to DC for Perry's graduation. (He graduated from NADA dealer academy) and we got to spend a few extra days seeing some of the sights. It was great!-too bad its over already.
I flew in on Wednesday evening and Thursday Perry had class all day so I got to shop my heart out at the mall. They had every store you could imagine! Hours at the mall with no kids=one very happy girl. Perry's graduation lunch.

His graduating class. (I have to brag-He graduated 1st in his class might I add)

Some of his buddies from class.

Right after graduation on Friday we changed hotels and headed to downtown DC. That night we walked around and saw the white house. (this is the back side of the house-coudn't get a good picture from the front)

National Christmas tree

While we were in DC we enjoyed lots of good food..

The next day (Saturday) we went to the American history museum and holocaust museum. Here are pics of the American history museum.

Abe Lincolns wife's inauguration dress. (They had all the first lady's dresses)

Perry posing by Lincoln's top hat.

You can see the Lincoln memorial way off in the distance. (do you like my shoes?? I am a nerd- I opted for comfort over style. )

Washington Monument.

In front of Lincoln Memorial

That night we went to see the play the Christmas Carol at Ford's theater. The play was awesome!! Below is a picture of the balcony booth where he was shot and killed. They still have the original chair and couch in there. The next day (Sunday) we went to the air and space museum (How about a smile Perry?)

We went to the imax and saw a 3D show about the hubble-very cool

Original plane of the Wright brothers.

After the space museum we rode the metro and bus to Mount Vernon where George Washington lived. This was his mansion. It was totally rainy and we arrived 4 hours early because we had heard there was alot to do. When we got there they wouldn't let us walk the grounds or anything because of the rain and mud so we went to the gift shops and grabbed some grub and twiddled our thumbs for a couple hours!! Oops-my bad!! (no I did not take this picture-the one I took didn't turn out because it was dark)

At least we were able to go see the George Washington museum for a half hour before they closed. It was neat-they had all of his old war knifes and her jewelry and letters they had written to each other. etc. (lots of valuables in the museum as there were police men patroling the whole thing)

We hung out around this Christmas tree for hours since our tickets for the tour weren't until 7:45! LOLSeeing the inside of the mansion was really cool-but we couldn't take pictures-so here are some of the outside-this was her spinning room.This was their greenhouse-where they had dancing. They taught me a little dance-but I couldn't get Perry to join in on the fun. (ignore the weird spots all over the picture-I think the lens was wet or something) We had to leave early the next morning to come home. (4 am our time!!) We were a little tired to say the least. It was fun to see the kiddos when we got home. (we missed them) Im not sure how much they missed us as Logan keeps asking if she can go stay at Chelsey's again. I know she had fun at Mammy's too and Brittani's. We gave Logan a blue sucker from our trip and she was in heaven. Now its back to real life..bleh