Decorating Cookies

On Saturday we went down to Jamie's house (Tyler's sisters) to decorate Valentine cookies.  This is a yearly tradition that we absolutely love!  This year we had 5 kids and 10 adults to join in the fun.  Sophie had the most fun just eating the frosting that she gobbed onto a couple of cookies and adorned them with a whole bottle of chocolate sprinkles.  Amazingly she only got a little frosting on her sleeve.  How she stayed so clean I will never know.  The picture of all the cookies decorated is a cool pic, but to let you in on a little secret, we didn't even get half the cookies decorated.  We always get overzealous with the baking.  

The kids had a blast playing on Aunt Jamie's Wii and Bodie (Sophie's cousin) had lots of fun with Grandpa putting oodles of frosting on the cookies.  The whole family was excited to meet Anna, Jared's girlfriend, and we found that she is a very pleasant girl and kept up with decorating cookies like a pro!  Sophie kissed Baggins (Jamie's dog) on the nose, twice, which was so cute since she is three time bigger than Sophie!

We packed up for home after a simple lunch and later that night Tyler took me to our ward's Valentine's Dance.  We had a blast dancing one song and then sitting out for 2 or 3 (spinning in circles at 8 months pregnant is not very conducive to balance), the gravitational pull from a spinning pregnant belly tends to draw people to you.  We had lots of fun though and it was a treat to have a free date night.  Tyler even remembered to get me flowers and chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine's, needless to say I got spoiled!

Valentine Cookie Decorating

Pretty Princess

I had to share these pictures with you all because Sophie looked just so stinkin' cute!  She got up this morning not feeling too well and after a rock in the rocking chair while watching Curious George and Clifford, she decided that she wanted to be Belle today.  After getting her "pretty dress" on she went around the house singing the song from Sleeping Beauty..."I know you, I danced with you once upon a dream......"  It was so adorable and she has yet to take the dress off.

Tyler's First Blog

This is the first time that I have decided to post something on Heather's blog.  I hope you enjoy.  I just filmed this today, February 2, 2009.

Here is also a picture with Sophie's apron that Grandma Cindy made for her.

No I haven't forgot!

I realized that I have been really lazy in blogging lately.  There hasn't been much going on since Christmas so I don't have any pictures to show, sorry.

For New Years we went down to Fountain Green to Tyler's sister house and spent the night playing and watching movies.  Sophie had a blast with her cousins and stayed up way past her bedtime!  Not to mention that she ran around like a wild beast the entire night.

Since then Tyler has started school, my tummy has continued to grow and Sophie is now offically potty trained.  She even sleeps in her big girl undies at night.  I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly she caught on and liked the idea of being a big girl.  Not to mention that a sticker chart was the key to our success....that and a determined daughter!