decisions, decisions

it's a new year and i'm ready for a change! i've been wanting to paint my living room/kitchen area for a while now and i think i'm ready to finally do it. i've picked out a color called "under the sea" that i'm kind of digging, but i'm not too sure...so help me out...place your vote to the left please! (blogstalkers are welcome to vote!)

this is the color it is now...



here's the paint chip

christmas fun

let's all exhale a big sigh of relief . . . christmas is over! i really like christmas time, but it sure is nice to be over and done with it! i do have to say though, the nice thing about having young kids at christmas is that presents are a cinch to pick out. there's virtually no guess work when you have a 3 year old girl. grab anything that has to do with disney princesses and you're golden.

we had a great time spending the day with family. hope all of you had a fabulous holiday!

this is elliot being a shepherd.

i heart new york!

it was FREEZING but it was fabulous! the whole experience of being in new york was so great! i especially loved eating breakfast at the "seinfeld" cafe and attending church three floors up from the manhattan temple. sadly, we didn't see any celebrities, but we DID see a razor scooter gang of middle-aged women yelling at a horse! HILARIOUS!

tom and i have to give a BIG shout out to jon and darby for showing us a great time and being so generous! i also have to give my parents, megan and jenny a HUGE "thank you" for taking such great care of our girls! it was so great, knowing i didn't have to worry about them!

because we headed home on my birthday and had some flights delayed, we ended up having to fly to vegas before flying home. so i spent my birthday in new york, chicago, las vegas and salt lake! i know, i'm quite the jet-setter!

a new 'do

okay, so as several of you know, i'm SO over my hair and am ready for a new hairdo. i was playing around on the internet, and came across this hilarious website http://www.instyle.com/instyle/makeover that let's you try out different styles.

these were just a couple of 'dos i tried out. what do ya'll think?

oh, snap! it's cold!

i've mentioned this before, but i REALLY hate the winter! i hate wearing socks and shoes, i hate having to scrape off my car to go anywhere, and i hate having to bundle up the kids just to run to the grocery store! but i DO think the snow is pretty and we woke up to a whole lot of it! tom and miss went out to shovel and i didn't think she'd last more than ten minutes, but she loved it and was outside for a good half an hour! i stood in the front doorway in my jammies and bare feet, snapped a picture, and scurried back inside!