Ski Trip

Jeremy and I love skiing. We are also pretty cheap when it comes to getting tickets, so instead of buying full-price tickets to the Canyons we instead opt for the Warren Miller passes. You pay admission for the movie to see some extreme skiers and awesome stunts, then get a lift ticket for free. Pretty good deal. This year my mom picked some up for us and recruited the neighbor kids to be our proxies at the movie. Anyway we had to use the passes before December 19th. There hadn't been much snow, but we HAD to go. There were only three lifts open, but you know what? It's better than nothing and we had a great time-like always!

Can you tell it was blizzarding and cold?

Warming up in the lodge during lunch. Festive group eh?

Snow bunny

Maybe it will be a white Christmas this year after all. Today it has snowed, and snowed, and snowed. On our last trip to Utah, Cambrie played in the snow a little, but it melted away by the afternoon. Today was different and there's plenty of the white fluffy stuff to go around. She loves playing with Ryan, but she couldn't figure out why he was laying down in the snow.She also played on the slide with grandma. You can't ask for a softer landing than in powder.

Lights on Temple Square

It's been years since I've seen the lights at Temple Square. My mom's Young Women went for mutual this week so Cambrie, Camille, and I decided to tag along. It was beautiful yet cold. I just love the lights. I wanted to get some really cute seasonal pictures of Cambrie next to the lights, but she was sooo exhausted that I couldn't even put her down without her crying. She looked so cute all bundled up in her new winter gear that I couldn't help but smile anyway.

Philadelphia Christmas

We will be going to Utah for the holidays but it gets kind of crazy when we haul our presents to back and forth across the country; so this year we decided to have Christmas on December 14th. Merry Christmas!

It has been so much fun buying presents for Cambrie this year. She is old enough to really get excited about the toys she is receiving and I love seeing her smile. The first toy to greet Cambrie this morning was a new doll stroller. She loves "lollers" and I've been making her wait until Christmas until I got her one. The baby has already received a lot of rides around the house. Other toys she got from mommy and daddy are blocks, a new baby, baby bottles, Disney's 101 Dalmatians, magnetic fridge animal toys, a Christmas book, and a new dress. Of course why would she want to play with her new toys when she can play with the leftover wrapping paper rolls instead? Jeremy and I were really bad about taking pictures this year. We got all of Christmas morning on video, but nothing on still shot. It wasn't until after we were done and had cleaned everything up that we realized our mistake. So here are some posed pictures after all was said and done. Jeremy received a new golf bag for his clubs. His last bag...well...it has completely fallen apart and wasn't doing its job anymore. He also got a Sarah Brightman CD, new shirts, Jenga, J.K. Rowlins' "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", scrubs, and ties. Jeremy spoiled me this year. It was a very good Christmas. I ended up with a new work-out shirt, insulated ski pants, black high-heeled boots, the Twilight soundtrack, a Belgian waffle maker, and a massaging pillow. Yea, I was pretty excited about everything. Here is the picture of our tree with our unwrapped presents below it. Too bad we didn't get a before shot. Oh well, there's always the next year, the year after that, the year after that, and this coming December 25th in Utah. Thanks Santa for visiting early!

Daily Memories

Here's a glimpse into our lives when we aren't at parades, the North Pole, or in Utah...

Sometimes we go to the park.

Sometimes we look for lost balls under the couches.

Sometimes we clean up the tissues that magically appear on the floor.

And sometimes we play dress up.

Luckily for us, no matter what we do, we have fun doing it.

A Cullen Christmas

All right all you Twilight fans out there, you have to check this out! Jeremy's cousin, Danylle, absolutely loves, loves, LOVES Twilight and is even president of Salt Lake Twilighters Anonymous. She's done TV interviews, Twilight retreats, field trips...you name it. This year SLTA created a tree for the Utah Festival of Trees, "A Cullen Christmas." Check it out here. It is pretty awesome!

Santa pictures

This is Cambrie's Santa picture from Utah...ahh memories...

Christmas pictures

You know it's Christmas when it's time for the annual Kiddie Kandid Christmas pictures. I think they turned out great and once again I had a really hard time deciding what to bring home. Enjoy!

Maybe they'll go away...

Today while we were shopping in the mall, Cambrie did something I've never seen her do before that was really cute in a sad sort of way.

I was holding her on my hip and holding shopping bags on my other arm. The bags started to slip so I set Cambrie down to readjust. As soon as I put her down she sat on the ground, covered her eyes with her hands, and started crying, "Mom. Mom. Mom." She looked scared and I couldn't figure out why. I picked her up and she buried her head into my shoulder. I looked around and saw what was causing this reaction...mannequins! There were four mannequins standing behind the store window that terrified Cambrie! I felt so bad.

Then it happened again. While we were in KB Toys she was so excited about all of the toys that she wasn't paying attention to where she was going. She turned a corner and ran into a man in a wheelchair. She took one step back-but didn't dare turn her back to him-covered her eyes and started crying for me. The poor girl. I guess that's her way of coping with scary things; "Maybe they'll go away if I hide."