Brett's Project!

Brett made our Title header thingy to our blogger page....he is so cute! I love it!!

Thanksgiving

Yumm!!! What a great day, with great food, and a great family. I am sure I am with everyone else about how great this time of year is...there is so much to be grateful for and our family is certainly nun to lacking in the blessings we have received....Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

I did it!

Look what WE did last night! haha that's right and two days BEFORE Thanksgiving. LoL. Brett only agreed because we got the tree so cheap and it is so big and beautiful!! Yay!

Well, today is the day before Thanksgiving and it looks like I will be in the kitchen all day. I am excited to try out some new recipes though! Lots of sweets and maybe even a green bean casserole....people like those right?!?!

Santa's Reply!

			#1, Rudolph Way North Pole, Canada HO HO
Provo, Utah United States	Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Merrrryyyy Christmas Adalie!!

Thank you for sending me your email all the way from Provo! The Net sure is wonderful because now I can get emails from Provo and around the world in the blink of an eye. Even Rudolph gets emails... from pets! Why, here's Rudolph right now! HO!! Ho!! ho!! He just asked me to say 'Hi!' to you!

Jumping Jingle Bells, Adalie! I still remember bringing you your very first Christmas present and here you are 1.5 years old already! I hope you are getting excited about Christmas because I am really looking forward to visiting your home! Rudolph said he's really excited about visiting your home too! I also hear you've been a REALLY REALLY good girl. (Of course, you won't mind if I do a little checking, will you? HO!! Ho!! ho!!).

Cookies? COOKIES?!? Did you say cookies?! Yum!! You know, I get asked a lot what kind of cookies I like best. Of course, I love *all* kinds of cookies, but what I like the most is when you leave me the kind of treats that *you* like best. (That way it's like we're sharing them!).

Let's see what you put in your letter for Christmas wishes: 1. baby doll; 2. baby doll stroller and; 3. baby doll diaper bag. HO!! Ho!! ho!! Mrs. Claus will be tickled to hear you like pretty doll stuff as much as she does! She just loves helping the elves make all the wonderful doll things. Even with Mrs. Claus helping though we never seem to make enough of them for everyone so I hope you won't be too upset with me if I can't bring you everything you asked for.

Oh! Oh! I guess I better go because one of the elves just unplugged the Northern Lights again! Take care Adalie and don't forget to come back and visit me here at EmailSanta.com on Christmas Eve!! And remember... only 30 more sleeps until Christmas!!

Lots of Christmas Love,

P.S. Why thank you for the wonderful hugs & kisses Adalie! Here are some extra special hugs and kisses just for you from everyone at the North Pole!

Fun Christmas Ideas!

So I thought I would share a few ideas every other post about fun ideas we have for christmas this year. This first one is courtesy of my sister Jennifer =) It is a website you can go to and write fun little letters to Santa Clause for your kids. It sends you an e mail from Santa and can even be printed off so you can add it to their memory boxes, scrapbooks, etc. I am excited to make this somewhat of a tradition....it is a cute idea! Here is the website : http://www.emailsanta.com

Here is Adalie's Christmas letter and we can't wait for Santa to write us back soon!

Provo, Utah, United States

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Adalie. I am a girl and I am already 1.5 years old!! I live in the great city of Provo. Of course, that's in Utah, United States, but I'll bet you knew that!! This year I've been so good that I should be the angel on top of the tree!

Santa Claus, some things I might like for Christmas this year are:
- Baby Doll;
- Baby doll stroller; and,
- Baby doll diaper bag.

Santa Claus, I almost forgot to say... This is my first Christmas I will remember! Last year I was only a baby but now I am getting to be such a big girl and would love some Big Girl things! I am excited for you to come to our house this year and I will be sure to leave you some milk and cookies for a midnight snack!

Love, Adalie

No keys!

Well, I knew it would happen one day and yesterday it did...we locked ourselves out of the apartment.
When Brett gets home from work, he always changes out of his suit pants and into his jeans. This time, he forgot to switch his wallet and keys from one to the other. I locked the door from the inside when we went out to go for a quick trip to the store. Brett realizes he doesn't have his keys and asks me if I had mine...of coarse I do not. Anywho, we called the manager of the apartments. No answer. We called the maintenance guy. No answer. We called a lock smith. $140. No way, we will find another way. The manager of the apts finally calls us back and tells us our neighbor has a key to all the apartments. See, his dad is the owner of some of them so I guess that is a perk he gets...make you feel safe don't it? ugh. WELL, being the good neighbor he was, he was going to charge us $25 to come downstairs and unlock our door. Seriously??? That is the neighborly thing to do? Pay you pocket money?? Why is everyone out for a buck around hrere?? Sorry, I am still a little bitter about that. Just as we were reluctantly about to agree to do this, the manager calls us back and gives us OUR landlords number and he comes down and unlocks our door. For free. He was down the street and was kind enough to help us out. The whole ordeal took about an hour and a half. Waiting with a sick baby out in the cold. No bottles. No diapers. No money. No car keys so we couldn't go anywhere. And a cell phone on its last battery life. We have decided to make a copy of our key and give it to a friend somewhere in town, maybe even our home teacher, so just in case it happens again we will be a little more prepared.
Ugh what a night. Good news though. My wonderful husband finished all the laundry. Even folded and hung them up!! Thanks honey! Love you lots!