Things I love

about the Birthday Boy (in no particular order):

32.  His Princess I. and Prince L. stories

31.  His compassion

30.  His humor

29.  His wink

28.  His chocolate eyes

27.  His singing voice

26.  His guitar skills

25.  His CRAZY laugh

24.  How he yells at the t.v. during a Wizards/Redskins/D.C. United game

23.  How he will give someone his tie right off his neck 

22.  His intelligence

21.  His love of other cultures and travel

20.  His hard work in his career 

19.  How he is a connoisseur of fine sodas (Jones or Orangina anyone?)

18.  The way he honors his Priesthood

17.  The way he is friends with ALL the staff at his job (in the lunchroom, janitors...)

16.  His taste for fine foods

15.  How he looks good on my arm (my trophy husband)

14.  His knowledge about current events

13.  How he will let me have the remote (okay, sometimes)

12.  How he brings out talents in me

11.  How he wants to get Nay out of her crib when she wakes up

10.  His sexy Spanish voice

9.  How he gets after the kids if they talk rudely to me

8.  His calves and biceps (seriously, like 5x's the size of mine)

7.  That he beats me in Dance, Dance Revolution EVERY time (well, I love to hate it)

6.  That he loves me even with my imperfections

5.  How he loves his family, my family and respects his parents

4.  How he doesn't care if the house is a mess

3.  How he gets me Pain le Quotidien croissants or flowers for no reason

2.  How he builds forts and "jumping things" with the kids

1.  That he chose me for eternity

Rocking in the New Year

Happy New Year!

Ingredients for a fabulous New Year's Eve Party (Switzerland Theme this year):

1. Fondue (Cheese, oil, broth, Toblerone, Orange Chocolate)

2. Kids (okay, debatable)

3. Rock Band (Eye of the Tiger, Baby, and can they come out with the Beatles Rock Band already!?!?!)

4. Noise makers (see, #2)

5. Apples to Apples

6. Family

7. Awesome brother, Craig and sis-in-law, Jod, to host even when they're going out of town the next day.

Is St. Nick Santa?

In the states St. Nick comes to your home if you were born/lived in Belgium (or some other European countries). Lucky for us, I was. We were good this year so we got some loot instead of switches. St. Nick Day confuses the kids a little bit, but they still love it.



Mary, Joseph and an A. I mean donkey.



Two of the Wisemen (apparently I missed taking pictures of the cousins--only sis, Jeannie's kids. Granted, we had to do the story three times so all who wanted to be Mary could be).



Gazing at the loot.



Still happy on Christmas, even with double ear-infections.

Boo is the Dancing Queen

Here is Boo's latest performance. She is AWESOME! She is seriously better than the older girls. Her stage presence is amazing.


Note: When she is just standing there she is waiting for her solo. Mr. Mud just focused on her for the whole time so you don't see the other girls doing their solos.

P.S. I totally get nervous for her.

HSM 3

So, I followed my friend, Vanessa's advice and got myself a five-year-old (and a 10, 8, 7, 6, and 4 year-old) and went to High School Musical 3 over the Thanksgiving holiday. I LOVED it.

Singing. Check.
Dancing. Check.
Cheesy. Check.

After watching it I wanted to sing and dance and felt I could be ANYTHING I wanted to be (Doctor? Sure. Basketball player? No problem. Broadway? Here I come...).

After the show we were in the lobby and Boo thought I was a little weird when I started dancing some of the moves from the movie. Oh well, won't be the first time she'll be embarrassed by me.

P.S. Is it a little weird I got misty-eyed during the movie?

Thanksgiving Happiness

I didn't take many pictures of Thanksgiving, but this picture pretty much sums up the day.

We hung with the Muds and then headed to the A Team to close up the day. Always good to have two Thanksgivings.

For Mr. Mud

Just so Mr. Mud doesn't miss us too much when he's working, and something to make him smile amidst all that boring law stuff.

We love you (and miss you)!

ps--this is why I want another, and another, and another.