Thank you for the Christmas presents. The girls absolutely LOVE their doll house. We couldn't get them to stop playing it to go to bed. Jonas is still a little small for his, but he loves to look at all the lights and watch the balls roll down...he kicks his legs like crazy wishing (im sure) that he was just a little bit bigger to play with it more...we will give him another month and he will be there I am sure!!!
Thanks again!! We love you!!
So while we were at Aaron's sisters house this Christmas I was reading her People magazine and there was this picture and Emma said "look its papa". Apparently Emma thinks Ricky Martin looks like my dad:) Sorry dad, but I thought it was funny!!
...bet you wish yours was this awesome!! We had a good group of friends get together to make gingerbread houses and even though ours turned out sooo "beautiful" I am proud to say that the girls did it all by themselves!! 
We had our very first parent teacher conference for Abby yesterday. Abby is right on track for everything. The only thing she talked about that still concerned her was that they are still having a hard time understanding her when she speaks in longer sentences, but said to just wait until they test her again when she starts kindergarten before we worry too much about it. Abby just likes to use a lot of "filler words" and I think is having a hard time getting her mouth to catch up to her brain. She said that Abby is good with playing with the girls or the boys or even by herself. She says however she has a "you can play with me as long as you don't touch my stuff or come in my space" attitude. She loves to dress up and has a thing for the train conductor hat...so now daddy of course is on the lookout for a train conductor hat. The teacher said that she also loves to wear a silver dress and HAS to wear the silver high-healed shoes to match and is NOT in a good mood if she is left with the orange shoes...what can I say the girl is particular and just likes to look good (I think we might be in trouble for the teenage years:)) Naps are another issue for Abby (although we aren't surprised since Abby stopped taking naps since she was 2). She said that Abby never sleeps and just likes to talk to the other kids and has moved Abby's nap spot so many times she just doesn't know where to put her anymore. Overall nothing that surprised us to much. Abby just loves school and her teachers. She writes notes to them at home to take to school. Just yesterday while waiting for the bus she was writing something and gave it to the bus driver. Oh ABBY!! 
The picture is of abby as I still think of her...LITTLE!! She was sneaking things into the toilet and would hurry and shut the lid and then look at us like "Im not doing anything" when we would catch her doing it. Oh and by the way the pajamas she is wearing are the same we had jonas in the other day...oh and he is only 4 months old!!
Jonas: Has mastered rolling over. It's becoming a good and bad thing...Good, because he is learning new things...Bad, because I can't just lay him anywhere now. He HATES to be on his belly so that is fun!! And it makes me realize that he isn't just a teeny baby anymore. He is in fact getting bigger and that makes me a little sad. Jonas also LOVES LOVES LOVES to spit and blow bubbles. That is why he is always soaked with slobber. He now will have to wear a bib at all times!!
Emma: Emma will sing the "tommorow song" from Annie at the top of her lungs and sooo beautifully. We love it!! She is constantly making us laugh and is sooo happy. However we have learned from a recent trip to Utah that any adjustment to her sleep does not make for a happy Emma:)
Abby: Abby is learning to spell and will always have me help her spell things so that she can write notes for her friends at school. She loves to go to school and is doing much better. No more recent notes from the teacher about playing dead on the playground because she doesn't want to go in in awhile now. Abby loves to cook and is always begging to help in the kitchen.
Aaron: Aaron is awesome!! what can I say other than my husband is the BEST!! He just had two really big tests at work and did VERY well on both of them. I'm not surprised he always does well:) He will keep his same bonus pay for the scores on his DLPT and because he passed his other test (his CDC or something like that...I cant keep them all straight) he is now a level 7 (not sure exactly what that means other than he is really really awesome) At home he is just as awesome. He treats me like a queen and I am so lucky to have him! He is so thoughtful and helps so much around the house...THANKS AARON!!!
Me: I have come to the conclusion that I say "awesome" way too much so hopefully I can work on that. I have been staying very busy with my calling at church and well mostly just being a mom to three crazy kids who constantly keep me moving (who needs a gym...seriously) I put up the Christmas tree all by myself (I think that is something to be proud of..okay Aaron might have helped a little...but I put it together and that is the hard part)
THE END
Our trip to Utah was short, but we still had a lot of fun. The kids and I flew there last Tuesday and Aaron met up with us Friday....ummm don't ever try to fly with 3 kids by yourself, not very fun!!!
My parents sold their house so it was sad not to be there this time, but the lady who bought it made it into a photography studio so we had our family pictures taken at the house while we were all together.
We took the kids to the dinosaur museum and got to see the temples (two new ones for me to see). Abby was sooo excited to see snow and would tell me the whole way to Utah how she was going to make a snow-angel and for the first time NO SNOW!! The only place was at the very top of the mountains. I think she got over it and was just as happy to see the temple!!
I also was able to go see my grandparents since my grandpa hasn't been doing very well and that really meant a lot to me.
We also got to eat at Buona Vita (my parents restaurant) which was FABULOUS!! Best Italian I have ever had and so pretty inside (and I am not just saying that to make you happy mom!!) So for those of you who are able to...I would HIGHLY recommend going!! SOOO YUMMY!! Thanks again for treating us mom and dad!!
Twilight was sooo fun too. I had to take Jonas, but he slept the whole time. I wasn't happy with the movie, but I think it was so fun because of how into the "party" everyone was. My aunts friend rented out the whole theater so they had a bunch of contests like best costume and who read the books the most. We also got some chapstick that makes your lips cold (so its like you just kissed Edward) and I got a little charm bracelet. So it was fun!!
So Overall a fun trip and the girls are already begging to see grandma lisa and papa again!! So start planning your trip to Georgia:)
p.s. Thanks for everything mom and dad and thanks grandma for letting us crowd your house just a little bit more!!!
The girls love to get into my make-up and put it on. Aaron and I were getting ready to go out and just as I was on my way out to pick up the babysitter I went to find Abby to see if she wanted to come with me and this is how I found her. Isn't she just GORGEOUS?! I must say that other than her color choices...she is getting better at her make-up skills:)
