February

My family (my mom's side) does this fun things where all the cousins and aunts get together and have a craft/cooking day. It is fun to learn new things as each family takes turns teaching new skills and it's a great time talking and hanging out outside of family reunions and the holidays.
We have done origome (sp?), cake decorating lessons, drawing, etc.

Happy super late birthday to my little sister on Feb. 12th. She turned the big 14 and is so beautiful and so grown up. She finally chopped her hair off to her shoulders (it was to her waste about) and donated that, so it's fun to see her new dew for the school year.
My sister in law, destiny and her husband Tad got married on the 18th of Feb. and that was amazing being able to be to their sealing and reception .They are an amazing couple-great examples and it was so fun to be there to be part of that. Thank you love birds!
I love love and it was great to spend this Valentine's Day with my hubby, Andrey. We have so much fun together and it's always nice to be together without the kids (whom we love and adore) but to find out again that he truly is my best friend. Happy February to you all.

Bun in the Oven

Ok so i missed the last 5 months on here and i promise i will catch you all up on life...it's been crazy full of camps, weeklongs, new job for Holli, Andrey losing his job, and the latest news: we are expecting baby number three. I am due Feb. 18, 2011 (date may change as I am further along) so I am only 2 months along right now, and it's a whole lot different than when I was pregnant with Emma and Ellie, so Andrey is hoping ...so badly....that it's a boy. He has been waiting FOREVER for a son. His name is picked out and everything. lol So that's our latest news. The rest is yet to come.

FOREVER

Ok life has been crazy crazy crazy. I am going to promise to get on here the next few days and update from FEB to now. lol so look out.....

Go Jazz!!!

Our friend, Zach, gets us free tickets to the jazz games about once a month . We are big Jazz fans and are willing to take these tickets off his hands. We have had so much fun watching the games, seeing the Crazy Bear go sliding down the stairs, ride his motorcycle, etc, eat good food (discounted thanks to Zach), feel the fun energy all around us, scream till our voices are gone, watch the Nu skin dancers/cheerleaders (andrey's highlight of the night lol), and then, after a win, head over to Mc Ds for a free Big Mac. Life is good with Jazz!

Happy 50th Year Anniversary Grandma and Grandpa Simonson

We were able to celebrate, with our family, Grandpa and Grandma Simonson's 50th year anniversary. That is amazing and they help motivate and get me excited to have that many great years with Andrey. It was a nice lunch and great company while we had cake and visited. Thank you for sharing your love grandma and grandpa!

New year

Happy New year everyone. So many fun things went on during the new year week:
cleaned church-girls learned how to clean windows. but saw that the cleaner freezes when it is below 32 degrees. lol so we had fun writing designs on the window.
We had a late christmas party with the wolfs and big wolf's family. exchanging gifts, having an auction (that i was able to put together with the help of friends and family), breakfasts, lunches, christmas talent show, etc.
We had a hair cutting, dyeing, trimming party at my mom's house with cousin Nicole, eating dinner then all getting pampered and getting a new look. Emma and Ellie got a trim and I got my hair dyed again a red, black, purple color. It's always fun to get a new look for the new year.
New years day breakfast at Mc donalds. good food good company and had fun watching the girls play on the playground.
I got a new counselor in my young women's presidency. Lana Ricord. She is also the coach for basketball and volleyball .She is amazing and i am so grateful and blessed to have her in the presidency now. The young women will love her and i know there will be many great changes this year.
I have a new look. I got glasses after finding out that my eyes have an allergy to the de-protein in contacts,so i have to only wear the day-wear contacts and will wear those part time, and then wear my "daisy fuentes" brand glasses. I love them. They are black on the outside and then pink on the inside with pink gems on the sides. They are so fun and i am so grateful to be able to see after being blind for 3 months. Thank you Kathi and dave for the christmas gift!
We are starting a craft night that we hold once a month with all the girl cousins and aunts in my family. We had our first one in Jan. where nicole taught us origomi and we had brownies and other treats. It is nice to sit and visit-to get to know each other, and have a great time. I am excited to continue on this activity each month.

Merry Christmas!!!

ok so it's very late, but now that the holidays are over, it's time to play catch up.
Our christmas was amazing. going to the glover's christmas eve and doing dinner then a gift exchange, only to be surprised by Destiny's boyfriend proposing to her by singing the 12 days of christmas and with the gift, surprising her with a ring. It was a sweet moment and we all felt so grateful to be part of it. They are getting married in March and Andrey and I had a great time going on a double date-bowling with them last week. They are amazing and we are so excited for Tad and Destiny.
We then spend christmas morning waking the girls up (not the other way around) and seeing that Santa had come and eaten his cookies and drank all his milk, and the reindeer had eaten their carrots, and led right into the wrapper wripping fest while they opened gifts getting princess toys, barbies, dora doll, babies, games, clothes, new shoes, barbie computer, princess Leap frog computer, movies, clothes, candy, bike helmet, etc. It was so fun to watch and to record that morning. The girls were so fun and so appreciative of all they got.
We headed up to Spanish fork, being so grateful that there was no snow storm, and enjoyed our time opening presents after a great lunch. I got money for getting new glasses. Andrey and the girls got some fun gifts and it was fun visiting with his mom, step dad, and siblings since we don't see them very often.
We then headed to my families where we opened presents while waiting for andrey's #2 turkey to fry up. We had fun opening up the presents in the stockings, getting toys and gift cards to our favorite restaraunts. We had a fun dinne and enjoyed watching the movie "Up". It was a great night and the girls are still getting into playing with all their new toys, and still finding quarters that grandma and grandpa sampson hid in their coloring books. We hope you all had a very merry christmas!