Hershey

This nice size bar cost a mere $39.95

We spent Saturday in Hershey, PA. It was a quick 2 hour drive and the whole place smells like chocolate! The streetlights on Chocolate Ave. are hershey kisses and with Aubrie's sweet tooth she was in heaven. We had a great time on the great American chocolate tour followed by spending money on crazy good candy in the HUGE gift shop, and finally a swell lunch at a cute little cafe in the museum. Such a fun day!

Easter

In March we had a blast in Utah. We celebrated Aubrie's 4th Birthday and got to catch up with lots of family and friends, (so fun)! Easter was wonderful with conference (although I must admit I felt a little strange NOT going to church on Easter), the day before we had a great Easter egg hunt organized by some friends in our ward at a local playground. I'm not sure if Aubrie had more fun running around the playground or hunting for eggs! Aubrie greeted us at 6a.m. with the news that, yes the Easter Bunny had come. I went downstairs with her, admired all "the goods" and then she helped me hide jelly beans for a living room egg hunt while Dad caught a few more minutes of sleep. It was cute, she hid about 10 in a cupboard and then as soon as the hunt started she dashed for that cupboard. BTW Dad did not win the prize for the most candy found - Aubrie did and here is her chocolate bunny reward! Then as soon as breakfast and all the fun was over I went back to bed until conference!

Snow Days & Aubrie is Getting a Brother

We are all shocked by the news of.... our new family addition will be a boy! Luckily I was able to make it to the hospital for that appointment, but church, work, school, pretty much everything else has been cancelled or postponed around here for the last few weeks. We have had one snow storm after another. I know I made fun of Philly in December for freaking out over snow, but even us local Utahn's must admit these latest storms have been BAD. In one night and a day we got 28 inches of snow, and it was a TOTAL blizzard outside. The average time of digging out your car here was 1 1/2 hours. The main problem is there is no where to put the snow. Plows sometimes come through and push the snow into parking spots, which has created fights over spots, nasty notes for taking people spots, and my personal favorite- saving your spot with a table or chair. (We laughed at first, but of course joined in). Here are some pictures of playing in the snow and my favorite part- the hot chocolate after!

20 WEEKS!!!

Yes! I have made it halfway through this pregnancy, which has been SO very different when I was pregnant with Aubrie. I just wanted to announce that my ultrasound is scheduled for Friday and I am DYING to find out. Aubrie is certain it is a girl, Brent says he doesn't care either way, I must admit I would love another little girl to make bows for and play dress up. I feel so incredibly blessed and for some reason most of my other cares are on the backburner. People keep asking me if I am counting down to Dec. for when Brent will be done with school and honestly this little one is all that matters to me right now. I am thrilled. Having said all of that, I want to know your guesses. BOY or GIRL?????????????????????

Christmas in Philly!!!

After 2 cancelled flights we decided to stay in Philly for Christmas. Neither Brent nor I had the heart to tell Aubrie about not getting to see Grandma for a long time yesterday... Poor kid! We have been trying to keep her busy ever since. Today was such a fun day. We took the bus into Center City. First we saw Christmas Village shops, stopped at Reading Terminal for lunch (yummy!) then we went to Macy's. I'm pretty sure it is the biggest one in the nation? Anyway they have the neatest light show, A Christmas Carol Village, Santa, and then we headed to the Comcast center which does have the biggest TV screen in the nation (it is also the tallest building in Philadelphia) they had a 3D Christmas show. That was Brent's favorite. My favorite was the light show in Macy's and Aubrie said her favorite was the "scary part in Dicken's A Christmas Carol". What a perfect day and the best part- all the shows were free!!!

This Halloween Aubrie decided that she was going to be Snow White. So we found a Snow White dress and all of the other items that make Snow White who she is (i.e. red bow, red slippers, etc...) As you can imagine, we watched Snow White the movie over a dozen times. After one of these occasions, Aubrie decided that she was going to act out the near ending seen where Snow White eats the apple and falls. Fortunately, Julie was close by with the camera and grabbed a snap shot just as the seen ended. We are proud to present to you the blond Snow White in action.

I was just about to say that I love Philadelphia because of the weather, but that statement has been redacted. With our 20 inch snow storm that we just had, my flight has been canceled and we have missed my wives family party. I am continually amazed at how this city shuts down when ever it snows. One of these days Philadelphian's will have to get used to snow. They shut down the airport and people drive like they are on pain killers (HULK SMASH!!!!!!!). Julie thinks that I am being negative. I suppose she is right. I just get a little frustrated some times. Other than that, Julie is 3 months pregnant, I am a year away from graduating PA school and we got a Nintendo wii for Christmas. I guess things are pretty good. Merry Christmas everyone!