Top Ten for Yesterday, okay, maybe Top Fourteen.

**Rachael is demanding I post this even though I was holding out for the smallest of miracles- blogger actually letting me upload my video. I suppose there's always tomorrow...

1. Kids slept in until 9:15 and we ate brownies for breakfast.
2. Carson showing some major enthusiasm for having dogs on his pajama pants.
3. On-line chatted with sister, sister-in-law, and cousin, while simultaneously conference calling with same sister, and sister-in-law.
4. Having Aubrey spend, what feels like, the 32nd weekend in a row at our house.
5. Making spur of the moment plans to head out to what we thought was a Pacific Science Center Expo, only it was more of a Family Expo, with some cousins.
6. Listening to Colton and Spencer try to explain to each other how brick buildings are built.
7. Eating out for lunch, and dinner, making three very healthy meals today.
8. Hanging out at Rachael's with cousins, and our kids.
9. Playing the most ridiculous game called Lightning...? Help me out, Josh...where we essentially set ourselves up to be shocked.
10. Almost getting to play Beatles Rock Band, with my cousins.
11. Going to see Leap Year, with more cousins.
12. Shopping at Walmart at 11:30 p.m., with again, cousins.
13. Knowing that I didn't do a single chore today.
14. Realizing that from the moment I got up, until the end of my day, there was at least one cousin with me, whether it was one of my kids' cousins, or my own. It was super fun spending the day with Aubrey, Colton, Josh, Sarah, Lydia, Katie, Kimmie, Mallary, and of course the rest of Rachael's crew and all of mine.

Making a Comeback

After reading Rachael's post, I got excited about making a real effort to blog again. Like her, I am super sad about all the little details that I've neglected to journal or share that will hopefully someday mean a lot to my kids. We've decided to help each other along by suggesting ideas and topics to blog about. So, here's my 8th picture from my December photo folder.



These two kids crack me up when they head outside to play together. Spencer always has a plan, whether it's spying, or adding on to their playhouse/swing set, or chasing his sister around on his bike.

He was pretty proud of the rope swing he made by wedging one end of the rope through the slats in the fence, the other end is tied somewhere on the swing set.



Sophie was in awe of the chunks of ice. She was the first to go down the slide and break them all up. She was pretty upset though that her snowsuit got all wet and tried to convince me that she needed to go inside to change!



Aside from freaking out once I realized that there was actually water in the squirt gun that he was aiming at me and the camera, this picture turned out kinda cool. He was not happy when I confiscated the gun knowing that I couldn't trust him resisting the urge to soak his sister!



While I was outside taking pictures of the kids, we all thought Carson was securely, and very unhappily, stuck inside the house. There was ice everywhere and I was trying to be super careful in my slippers not wanting to fall with my camera. As I was taking pictures of Spencer, he starting running past me yelling and as I turned and looked, Carson was walking down the sloped sidewalk that was just a solid piece of ice, barefoot. It was one of those split second moments when you have to try to figure out how to rescue your child, save your camera, and somehow remain standing yourself. I somehow managed to get all three of us (Carson, the camera, and myself) back to the house safely. I'm not sure what it must have looked like, but Spencer couldn't stop laughing.