A Princess Dream Come True

My friend told me about this princess tea party that the festival of trees puts on every year. The tickets sell out really fast but we were really lucky to snag some this year. We took our girls to this tea party last Friday and it was absolutely adorable. I got Paige all dressed up and took her in and they had all the tables set with a magic wand, a princess hat, our water glasses had pink sugar around the rim, they got pink yogurt, pink milk and a cupcake with pink sprinkles. They had singing and a princess parade where all the little girls got to go on stage and do a curtsy for everyone. Paige had so much fun and after the party we went and saw santa in his workshop. We had such a fun mother daughter date and Paige has been talking about the tea party everyday since then. In fact she was in tears the other night because we weren't going back there until next year. My friend Melanine who watches my kids a day a week (and went to the party with me), said that on Tuesday the girls had all the sippie cups out and were having a tea party. I guess I will have to get her a set from santa. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen, and we will have to do it again next year.

A Night on the Town

Dave is still in Salt Lake doing a rotation so we decided to go visit him again this last weekend. We met some friends down at Temple Square. I don't know what possessed us to try and do that on a Saturday but we made a huge mistake. We got stuck in traffic for about a half an hour until we finally decided that we weren't making any progress and flipped around and took some side streets only to circle temple square like four times looking for anywhere to park while Ethan is crying and Paige is crying because she has to pee. Dave had to crawl into the backseat and put a diaper on her because we had absolutely nowhere to pull over. Finally we parked clear up on the hill and walked down to the lights. Needless to say that it was packed and you could barely even get a stroller around, so we made a short walk around and called it good. It was a wonderful way to get into the holiday spirit let me tell you. After that fiasco we took the kids to the Mayan restaurant. I don't know if anyone has taken their kids there but my kids absolutely loved it . It was so fun. My picture is terrible and doesn't do it justice but it was like eating in a tree house by a waterfall, and every fifteen minutes they have people come and dive off the cliff into the pool below. It was so fun I can't wait to take them back there.

A Fun Thanksgiving

We had the best thanksgiving. We had it with my family for the first time since Dave and I have been married. Not because Dave is unfair or anything, but because my family has always been so small that we have always just gone to inlaws or whateve. Well this year we decided to surprise my dad and not tell him that we were flying my sister Julie and her husband out from Chicago to spend thanksgiving with us. We told him on his birthday which is November 15th that we bought him a present but it hadn't arrived yet. So Julie got to my house tuesday night and my dad came wednesday afternoon. When he got there we put Julie's new baby Madison in a big christmas bag and told my dad his present arrived. He looked in the bad (as it was crying) and was shocked. At first he didn't realize what was going on, but then Julie jumped out of the back room and he was so excited. It was so fun to have everyone together. We made so much food, did the crazy early morning shopping at four in the morning, played a few really loud crazy games, and had so much fun. I was so sad to have it end.

A Fun Visit To Dad

Dave had to go to Utah this month to do a pediatrics rotation at Primary Children's hospital. We absolutly hate it when he is gone. The kids really struggle when dad is out of town, and I hate to have him gone because he truly is my best friend. It feels really empty without him and we count down the days to him coming home. So to make time fly by we went to visit him last weekend and had a lot of fun. We took them to this fun park and the kids had a ball. We only have two weeks left but I don't think we will see him at all, and that sucks.

Paige's Many Outfits

This girl changes her clothes at least five times a day. It drives me crazy, because her laundry pile is outrageous. I can't help but laugh at the hilarious things she comes up with though.