Josh and Andrea

My childhood dreams have finally been realized. For Valentine's day I received a present I have always wanted. It wasn't the roses Josh gave, although I loved those. It was an EASY BAKE OVEN. Yes, since I was a little child I have coveted those little things. A couple of weeks ago my niece had a birthday. My parents bought an easy bake oven for her. I commented that growing up I ALWAYS wanted one of those, but my parents never gave me one. So, on Valentine's my parents surprised me with this beautiful oven. Yes, I have already baked with it. I am considering get rid of my regular oven and cooking solely with the easy bake-- Do you think I could fit a lasagna in it???

Andrew had a birthday last week. Wow, I can't believe he is already two. He is growing up so quickly. Andrew is such a fun little boy. He loves to make people laugh. He makes the funniest facial expressions just to get a reaction from us. He absolutely LOVES Brigham. He follows Brigham everywhere he goes, copies everything Brigham says and does everything Brigham does. Andrew loves trains, especially Thomas the train. He loves to be outside. He can find mud or water anywhere. If we are ever in a draught, just send Andrew out. He will find the water. He can climb up anything. Andrew loves books. He goes to bed with about five books every night. It is hilarious to hear him in his bed repeating the words of the books he has heard us read to him. Andrew loves to eat. Amazingly, next to candy, his next favorite foods are fruits and vegetables. He especially loves apples. He eats apples EVERY day. In fact if we run out of apples Andrew throws a fit. So we try to always have them stalked. We love you Andrew. You have been a joy to our house ever since you came home two years ago. Your cute, dimpled smile melts our hearts daily!! Happy Birthday Buddy!

Shae was very excited to wake up and realize she had a loose tooth. It wasn't just loose, it was REALLY loose. She must have worked on that tooth all day at school. At bedtime it was barely hanging on. I hooked some dental floss around it and gave it a good yank, and out popped the tooth. Shae was so proud of the little hole in her teeth. She couldn't wait to put the tooth under her pillow. She did tape it to a little note. The note asked the tooth fairy to please leave her tooth. Now Brigham is working on every tooth in his mouth trying to find a loose one, so he can get a dollar from the tooth fairy.

Today while driving in the car, Brigham started talking about Jesus and his creations. Then he mentioned how when we die our spirits go up to heaven but our bodies stay here. I thought it was a pretty profound gospel principle and wanted to compliment him on his gospel learning so I said to Brigham, "You are right about our spirits going to heaven. I am so proud of you for paying attention in primary and learning." He promptly answered, "oh, I learned that from Tom and Jerry, because when Jerry dies his spirit always goes up to the clouds." Who knew such deep gospel principals were being taught in cartoons, maybe I should let them watch more tv :-)

For Christmas we surprised the kids with a trip to Disneyland. We left the second week of January. It was a wonderful time to go. We escaped the cold weather here and enjoyed 70 degree weather.. oh how I am missing that 70 degree weather right now! We had such a great time. It was so fun to see the kids reactions to everything. I already miss it! Here are a few pics. from the trip.

The girls on Toys Story Mania (our FAVORITE RIDE.) We rode this ride six times. We all loved this one.

Shae was the great driver at autotopia. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. She was hilarious. We kept crashing along the safety railing underneath. I was sure Andrew was going to get whiplash, but I was laughing so hard there wasn't much I could do.