Livvy, it's your birthday! Happy Birthday Livvy!

Three years old and knows so much! This little girl is already a sassy teenager in a pint size package. I couldn't imagine a day without her, if I try it hurts. She is such a sparkly, funny, intelligent little girl.
Happy Birthday Livvy Lou, I love you!

Didn't know I'd go this far, did you?

AUSTRALIA

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this movie! It might be three hours long, but it is so worth it! Best movie of the year! The little boy in this movie does an amazing job. I recommend everyone see it! 5 stars out of 4. (Seeing Hugh Jackman shirtless gives it that extra star!)

The Polar Express

On Tues last week Livvy, Micah and I accompanied my sister Wendy and her kids, Cody and Kaylee to ride the Polar Express! There is a family compound in Lindon called Stringtown that provides the Polar Express ride to the public for FREE! It was really fun. We started off by waiting in the train terminal watching the movie The Polar Express. When our names were called we boarded the train and took off for the North Pole. After a short ride we arrived at Santa's Workshop and were able to meet the jolly man himself. The kids each took a turn telling Santa what they wanted, for Livvy it was "candy and underwear"! You can see Micah thoroughly enjoyed the experience! Santa gave each of the kids a jingle bell (the first gift of Christmas from the movie), a candy cane, a picture of the Nativity and the story of the candy cane. I was really impressed with this. This family who puts on the Polar Express was not ashamed to share the true meaning of Christmas. In this day and age when the "commercialism" of Christmas is taking over and the story of our Savior is being pushed aside, it was nice to see and hear the story shared to all, even if someone was at risk of being offended. Kudos to Stringtown! We continued our journey on the Polar Express while listening to the song "Mary Did you Know?" and passing the beautiful pictures depicting the Savior's life, painted by Simon Dewey, very touching. It was a really fun morning, even though we had trouble at first finding the spot.

Family Night

I went running tonight and when I got back Kenny had prepared a family fun night activity for us. First, we made muddy buddies. You can see Micah loved the peanut butter & chocolate covered spoon and Livvy looks very excited to shake the bag. We left the dishes (secretly hoping the dish fairy would clean them) and headed downstairs to watch Horton Hears a Who. I definitely ate more than my fair share of the goodies, but it was really fun and relaxing to watch a movie with my family.

Christmas songs

Yesterday I was making lunch for the kids and singing some of my favorite Christmas songs. Today we spent the afternoon with my mom and on the way home this was the conversation between Livvy and me:
Mom, sing "Chelsea said."
Sing what song Livvy?
"Chelsea said."
Livvy, I don't know that song, can you sing it for me?
"In Chelsea said" (to the tune of "in excelsis Deo")
Oh, you want me to sing, "Angels We Have Heard on High"?
Yeah, with the part "In Chelsea said".
I guess I never really thought that is what the words sound like to a two year old, either that or I am horrible at enunciation!

We've got the Christmas vibe!

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