We stayed in a cabin. The cabin had two queen size beds (bunk style) and a fold out couch. It also had a mini kitchen which was nice. Me and Dave took the top bunk. Ali slept on the bottom one and Emma had the fold out one all to herself. It was fun hanging out in our little cabin together. Emma loved, loved, loved, climbing the ladder up onto mommy and daddy's bed. We had to hide the ladder after awhile.

My absolute favorite thing we were able to do was go cross country skiing in Teton National Park. It was breathtaking!! Dave carried Ali in a snugli inside his coat, yes, that he why he looks 9 months pregnant. I pulled emma in a sled. I told her I was her "neigh" and she had a good time yelling "giddy up." The girls did really well until Ali got hungry and Emma got cold. We were hauling bum back to the car and I dumped Emma out. She was a trooper though. Poor kid. It was really so much fun. For those of you who have never been cross country skiing you have to go! Notice in the pictures how beautiful the scenery is!

There is the best story behind this next pic. The last time we came to Jackson Emma was 6 months old. In the visitors center they have this bear cave. Inside is a hibernating stuffed bear. Dave crawled through it and just as baby Emma peered inside he "ROARED" and out popped the bear. Little baby Emma screamed and started crying. Dave did the exact same thing this year. Em had the exact same reaction except this time she also fell over in her fright. So flippin funny. Don't worry after awhile she started laughing about it. She wouldn't allow us to take Ali anywhere near it though. What a good big sister. If you see her ask her what the bear said and then what she said. She will tell you the funniest story.

Cheers! Three plastic cups. One bottle of sparkling cranberry juice and a cheesecake. That's how we celebrate!

We don't usually do anniversary gifts because our anniversary is right after Christmas. We always just count the trip as our gift to each other and exchange letters on the night of our anniversary. This year Dave surprised me with this ring. It matches the other Sapphire jewelry he has bought me over the years. What a sweet romantic huh. I had the best time in Jackson Hole with my little family. I cherish them.

I'm trying to kill time while I'm uploading all our music. Anyway I wanted to share the sweetest story. Emma loves to play pretend. She spends most of her day in her own little world. Anyways on Christmas Eve she was pretending to be mama and I was supposed to be Daddy. She pulled a paper bag out of the drawer and started filling it with food and "making treat-treats" to put in it. She got it all ready handed it to me and told me how much she loved me. Then we had to kiss....a lot. It made me laugh. Em was totally acting out our nightly ritual of sending Dave to work. It tickled me to see me and Dave through Emma's eyes.

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neighbors. They were so cute. Ali layed on the counter and smiled and jabbered and Emma stood on her helper stool and helped me with every task I would let her. That evening a huge storm hit but we had plans to head up to Snow Basin for their Christmas festivities with B and Jess....so we went. It was a crazy drive up there. There were moments where it was complete white out conditions. We couldn't see a thing! Anyway we arrived safe and sound and enjoyed fireworks, a torch parade (skiers carrying torches skied down the mountain), Santa, hot chocolate and Carolers. It was so much stinkin fun! Emma loved the carolers. She was right up in front of them dancing her heart out. That kid has the moves! I'll try to upload the video of her. It may take awhile so keep checking back. That night Emma had a hard time because she couldn't understand why she had to be asleep for Santa and Rudolph to come. She wanted to show them her necklaces. Luckily all the hot cocoa and dancing wore her out. She was asleep as her head hit the pillow. On the subject of sleeping Ali is now (usually) sleeping in 8 hour stretches at night. WAHOOO! She is also to the point where we get her in her jammies, give her kisses and hugs and lay her down in her bed and she is out within a few minutes. Did I mention she has recently found her thumb. It is her very best friend. I always wanted a little chubbaroo who sucks their thumb. Hehe. Anyway Christmas Eve was so much fun. I think we are going to try to hit Snowbasin again next year! Thanks B and Jess for the invite!

This was Dave's wrapping job from last year. Every time they had a patient come into the ER who needed a cast he would save the casting supplies that weren't used and they were just going to throw away. He put my present in a cardboard box and put a cast on it. It took a steak knife, some pruning shears and a good 20 minutes to get that one open. Its a good thing I'm in charge of wrapping the girls' presents. Seriously, I need ideas on how to get this years gift open.

I had to post this pic of the girls and Santa. I love it. They are all looking at the camera. Well ok, facing it. We took the girls to the newgate mall the other day. They have such a awesome indoor play area. Its a favorite of mine during the winter when it is to cold for the park. Santa was there, right outside the play area. Emma was actually more excited to see the life size snowman and Rudolph. Anyway, Em ran right up and sat on Santa's lap. In the car I had been asking her what she was going to ask Santa for (a horse, of course) but she forgot and was content to just snuggle into his lap and show him her necklace. On that note Emma is becoming such a girly girl. Its so funny to me. Every morning after brushing her teeth she fixes her hair, puts her necklaces on and then rifles in my makeup drawer and pulls out some lip gloss to smother on her little lips, or Ip Gloss as she calls it. So while we were at the mall Emma pushed Ali around in the stroller. It took forever and Em ran into a few displays but she was so proud pushing around her baby. It kills me how patient Ali is. She just sat there looking around happily as she was jostled about.

This is a pic of Emma at her very first movie in the theatre. I am huge on firsts can ya tell. That's why my girls' baby scrapbooks are bursting. My parents were so sweet and bought tickets for my whole family to go see Alvin and the Chipmunks yesterday. It was so much fun. I was able to sit and gossip with Tyler for awhile hehe. Anyway Em didn't weigh enough to hold the seat down and it kept folding up on her. Ali was so good. I was worried about taking the two to a movie but they were awesome! Thanks mom and dad for such a fun day of shopping, skiing (check out Dave's blog) and movies!

He's done!!!! Dave just finished his last final...not just for the semester but his last final for his bachelors degree. All that is standing between him and his degree right now is his internship. Hurray!! I'm so proud of the boy. He is truly amazing. Dave went to school full time, worked an average of 60 hrs. a week and found quality time to spend with his family. There were so so many times he would work all night, go to class, sleep a few hrs in his truck and head back to work. I think a lot of people (me included) got to the point where they said, its Dave, its not as hard for him. After watching the toll it took on him though I decided it was hard, really hard, but he did what he had to do. He would often give up sleep time to spend with me and the girls. So, way to go Dave, we sure love you and are darn proud of ya!

but it was fun!! We tried our hand at making a gingerbread house today. Hehe. Where did we go wrong? Maybe it was because Dave just cut out some shapes and they really didn't fit together, or because I didn't add the egg whites in the frosting. Could be because Em was a little zealous in her decorating. Ah who cares, it was SO MUCH FUN! Its all about the process right! Not shown is our cute little gingerbread family. There were the four of us (Dave, me, Em, and Al) Howie, a horse for Emma and a jolly snowman. You have to admit our house has character huh! It is now the centerpiece of our table. I am so proud of it!

Our little Santa slept through the craziness. Isn't she sweet. Check out her little Santa Baby shirt. Courtesy of Uncle B and Aunt Jess. Adorable huh.

I have to say today has been a good one. It started off great...Emma stayed dry all night and Ali slept all night. Well until 5 when I woke her up to feed her before hitting my kickboxing class. I didn't want Dave to have to deal with a starving little one who doesn't like the bottle. After Dave got back from class (his last day of classes!!!!) we dropped Em off at Mindy's house to play for a few hours while we went CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!!! Usually me and Dave agree on what we want to get everyone and then I go pick the stuff up. Dave really wanted to go with me this year to get the girls' stuff. We had so much fun!! Emma had a blast playing with Mindy while we were gone, check out Adam and Mindy's blog for details. Tonight we had our ward Christmas party. Good food and fun friends to talk to. After dinner a special visitor stopped by our table....Santa! Emma was so shy. Instead of asking for toys she decided to show Santa her pink and blue ball. Well I'm off to start wrapping presents now!

My sweet little baby is already two months old. Well actually 2 1/2 months old. It seems like I just had her yesterday. I can't believe how fast they change. At her 2 month well child check-up she weighed in at 11 lbs. 15 oz and was 22 inches long. She is in the 75th percentile for weight and the 50th for height. She is our little chubber ball. I adore all her rolls. Except sadly they are slowly disappearing. I noticed yesterday she only has 2 chins now instead of 4 1/2. Her cheeks don't seem as juicy either. I'm hoping she is only growing lengthwise and will plump up again in no time. She is such a mellow one. She smiles a lot and loves to coo. Just recently she decided she doesn't like to be cuddled when sleeping and will kick at me if I'm touching her. Also, she is now only getting up once to eat at night (around 3). Lets hope that lasts. I'm enjoying the baby snuggles and the many chances I get to hold and rock her. I know it won't last forever hehe. Before you know it they are 2 years old and giving you a quick Eskimo kiss as they run off to play. I have to admit I was worried about how well I would handle two kids. I am in heaven. I don't think my heart can stretch any more. I just love my girls! Emma is still the best big sister. Lately she has been telling us that she is Mulan and Ali is Mooshu (off of Mulan the Disney movie). Its sweet Emma always casts herself as the main character and Ali as her sidekick. Em loves taking care of Ali and Ali loves the attention from Em. I'm in scrap booking heaven recording all the cute sisterly things they do. So the reason for this whole post is because we got Ali's two month pics back today. Funny story about that. I went in to pick them up and they pulled out three of the cutest mirages of pics of me and Al. I loved them but didn't order them so I was confused. Apparently they printed them to display in the store. Fun huh. I was actually so mad at myself for picking the picture I did for the packet. I love it, don't get me wrong, but after seeing the ones they picked I realized I like other poses more. Ah well plenty more chances for pictures huh. I had to include this pic of Ali getting her shot. I took it for Dave on my cell phone. He was at home with Emma but I didn't want him missing out. Poor girl though. Do you understand now why I make Dave hold them when they get shots, or blood drawn, or their ears pierced etc. My motherly heart cannot handle their distress. I cry more then them. Silly I know.

I wanted to post some more pictures from our fun day on Saturday. That afternoon we went out and bought a Christmas tree!!! Emma was so excited to decorate it. She started putting ornaments on before we had even cut the twine to let the branches out. Every time we get home she starts screaming in excitement about her Christmas tree and pointing to the window.

Ali was cheerful as can be chillin in her swing while we worked. Later that day we headed to Temple Square to see all the Christmas lights.