Anne Geddes watch out

How come Anne Geddes never thought of doing a photo shoot around food storage? I was trying to put away some food storage, but Jenna would not let me have this bucket. It was pretty funny, actually.

Pretty in Pink

We painted Jenna's bedroom a couple of weeks ago and it turned out soooo cute! I told her if she doesn't like it, I will move in there. This picture doesn't do it justice, but you can get the idea. There is a light shade of pink on top and a darker one on bottom. We are going to put up a chair rail eventually which I think will make things look even better.

What are you wearing?

I came home from visiting teaching a couple of weeks ago to find this...

Christmas & New Years

This is a little late, but here are some highlights from our Christmas:

Jenna eating dinner at my family's Christmas party. Nothing says Christmas like having lasagna for dinner!
Mom dressing Jenna up like an angel for the nativity. As soon as we started, Jenna was out of her costume. Oh, well. Joel & I played Mary and Joseph.
I really wanted to make cookies with Jenna, so we decided to make some sugar cookies for Santa. It was the most fun we have had in a long time! She was such a good helper! We made the dough Tuesday night, then finished them up on Wednesday (Christmas Eve).
Like I said, we had fun!
On Wednesday, Jenna helped me roll out the dough and cut out the cookies.
Daddy helped, too.
Decorating the finished product.
My cute $4 plate.
Cookies for Santa! We actually forgot to set the plate out. Oh, well. The cookies were REALLY good.
Grandma H. reading Jenna "Llama, Llama, Red Pajama". Jenna loves this book! She asks to ready "Nama, Nama" every night!
Cousin Lucy gave Jenna this fairy skirt for Christmas. She loved it! She pranced around in it all night.
Jenna in the monkey jammies that Santa's elves brought.
Santa brought Jenna a table and chairs for Christmas. He even took her toy dishes and her stuffed bunny and set them up ready to play!
Jenna had to open her presents sitting at her table.
New Years: "Can we go to bed yet?"
For New Years, we had some friends over. We ate pizza, sat around and talked, then bowled on the Wii. Afterwards we watched a really dumb movie. All in all, it was a lot of fun.

Tagged

So Alice tagged me. Let's see if I can answer her questions.

8 Favorite TV Shows

Office
Prison Break
Ghost Hunters
Biggest Loser
Lost
Amazing Race
I can't think of anymore...

8 Favorite Restaurants
Cafe Rio
Costa Vida
JCWs
Pier 49 Pizza
Ruby River
Carl's Jr
Chick-fil-a
Ruth's Chris (We've only been there once, and that will probably be the only time, but boy was it good!)

8 Things that Happened Yesterday
Watched XFiles Movie (stupid)
Went bowling
Went Christmas shopping
Went bed shopping for Jenna
Worked on ward Christmas breakfast
Did laundry
Had to deal with Jenna not taking a nap

8 Things I am Looking Forward to
Christmas
The new year
The recession to be over
A raise
Jenna sleeping in a big girl bed
Jenna being fully potty trained
Organizing the garage
The ward breakfast to be over

8 Things on My Wishlist
A clean house
Jenna being potty trained
Go to Hawaii
Lose some weight
Run in a race
New carpet
More time in a day
A nap

8 People I Tag
Anyone who wants to do this (It's harder than it sounds!)

Catch up

Well, it's been awhile since I have had a chance to blog (as Melissa likes to remind me:)). I know I have been busy, but when I sat down to write this blog, I couldn't remember what I have been busy with. So, I decided to check the camera. Unfortunately, I haven't been the best photographer lately, so I don't have many pictures to remind me what I have been doing. Here is what I did find though...

Jenna is really into going "bye-bye" lately. Here she is getting ready to go to church. She has put on her coat and zipped it up, put her lion hat on, and grabbed Mom's scriptures. She is ready to go! She has also neglected to clean her mouth after breakfast.

We went to both my family and Joel's family for Thanksgiving. Here is the setting at my parent's house. We eat in their garage since there is plenty of room out there and it is heated. It works out pretty well and Mom makes it looks more festive than just a garage.

Jenna had a great Thanksgiving. She got to eat all the bread she wanted. She did not want to let her baby go while she ate (by the way, that is my dad's old high chair she is in. Yes, we are a family of pack rats).

Dessert was yummy! (That is a toy cup in front of her, not our dessert)

We put up our tree last weekend. Jenna loved helping. We found a Santa hat in a box and put it on her. At first, she wanted nothing to do with it, but soon she didn't want to be parted with it. She even slept with it on that night.

My little girl is getting so big! I guess it's about time we keep her clothed.

Jenna had a rough day last week. She stepped on a toy at school and the other end came up and hit her in the mouth. It gave her a big ole fat lip. It must have happened right before I picked her up, because she was still pretty upset. When we got home, she walked right in, asked for cartoons, and sat down in her princess chair. She didn't even take the time to take her coat off. She just wanted her cartoons to comfort her.

We had a weekend of Christmas shopping this weekend. We went to the mall and splurged on some chocolate suckers from See's candy. Here is Jenna after I cleaned her up four times already.

I also celebrated my 30th birthday a few weeks ago. Joel and I went out to dinner, but that was about it. I wasn't feeling well, so we didn't want to do much. I think I caught the bug Jenna was just getting over (sound familiar, Anna Marie?). My co-workers decorated my cube, brought treats, and took me to lunch. They treated me really well. A couple of them were feeling guilty because they forgot my birthday last year, so they were trying to make up for it this year.

We have been frantically trying to plan the ward Christmas breakfast. It has been one roadblock after another. I can't wait until it is over. Hopefully it will turn out okay. If it's anything like the dream I had about it last night, though, we are in trouble.

We went bowling with some friends last night. Jenna was with us and was getting a little impatient waiting for us. I let her bowl with me on my first try every frame, and guess what? She got a strike! She's a natural. Sorry, hon, she might not be a WNBA star--she might be a bowling champion!

I think that about sums it up. I will try to be a better blogger, but if not, Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday Baby!

This last week was Jenna's 2nd birthday. It was so fun!

It started on Saturday by going to the store to pick up another present or two, and Jenna picking out her birthday cake and treats for school.

On Sunday, we had a party with Joel's family. Jenna helped me bake her cake to get ready (by help, I mean she stood and watched so you don't have to worry that she stuck her fingers in it or anything). Once it was done, she just stood there staring at it saying "Happy Birfday!". To distract her, I pulled out a candle so she could practice blowing it out. She got pretty good at it, but wouldn't you know it, when the pressure was on she would have nothing to do with it.

The Harrison's came over and gave her way to many presents. She was swimming in presents between what Joel and I gave her and what everyone else gave her. She got a new doll, a peg/hammer toy, a book, some slippers, a cell phone, and the list goes on. Joel and I tried to get shopping for her birthday done early, but it just backfired on us because we just wanted to buy more. We are awful.

On Monday, they sang to Jenna and had treats at school. When I picked her up, she just kept saying "Happy Birfday!". Joel, Jenna, and I went to Winger's for her birthday dinner. Jenna wouldn't eat a bite of anything. Oh, well. We came home and opened presents from my side of the family and a couple more presents from Joel and me (I told you we were bad!). By the time she was able to play with them for a few minutes, it was time to go to bed. I was so sad it was all over because it was so much fun. I can't wait until Christmas!

Waiting patiently (sort of)
Practicing
Opening presents
Curious cousins
Her new doll, slippers, and cell phone
She got a new tent and tube thing that she LOVES!
We got her this cheep-o buggy thinking she wouldn't want to sit in it and break it like her doll stroller she has now. We were wrong. I guess it's good that it was such cheap plastic because it just kind of bends under her weight rather than breaking.