Take the Time to Watch

I love this speech. It still gets me motivated every time I hear it. I wonder what ever happened to true conservative principles, Reagan was such a great president. I hope we all take the time to think about where this country has been and where it's heading as we approach this election. Posted by Stew :).

A Very Merry Christmas

We had such a great Christmas this year. Christmas Eve we went over to Stewart's family for dinner, it was delicious. We hung out there for a while and were excited when we got a visit from Santa Claus. All the kids were very excited to see him and he handed out candy canes, which was the only thing that Ella was happy about when Santa was there. Maybe next year she will like him. Then we headed over to my mom's and opened our Christmas Eve PJ's and then put Ella to bed. Then we put together her new baby stroller which she loves. Christmas morning came very early, we opened up lots of presents and I had so much fun watching Ella. She was so excited about everything she got. She loved everything. She even got a Winnie the Pooh- she is obsessed and has liked him forever so I finally got her one. Then we had a yummy breakfast, talked to Stewart's brother Andrew who is on a mission, visited with Stewart's family some more, played wii all day long, and even had a sweet football game outside. It was two hand touch so we all survived- although I bit the dust and now I am all scratched up with some bruises but it was a great time. Everyone but my mom and of course Ella played because they were getting dinner ready- which was also very yummy. We were sad when the day came to and end, it was a very Merry Christmas. We love our family very much and had so much fun with the. I hope you all had a great Christmas:)

Gingerbread Cookies

So the first picture has nothing to do with cookies but I thought it was so funny. She was mad for no reason really, I think just because we wanted to take her picture. Anyway, I made Stewart make gingerbread cookies with me yesterday and we had so much fun. We listened to Christmas music and seriously had such a fun time. We were being so dumb and laughing so hard, it was a great. Nobody wanted to help make the cookies but when it came time to decorating everyone was in. We made them at Stewart's moms so his little brothers helped decorate them. They turned out delicious and it was fun to do right before Christmas. I hope everyone is having a great Christmas.

Chubby bum:)

How cute is this little bottom? Poor girl will hate this picture 10 years from now, but I thought I would get a picture before she runs off all of her cute baby chub. She loves to get in the bath and when she gets out she HATES to get in her pj's so she runs around until I can catch her to get some clothes on her. She is so cute, too bad the chubbiness is only acceptable on babies:) and not so cute when your older.

Let's just get over it!

So, it was my day off today and since Ella was sleeping I decided to be lazy and just watch TV. I watched The View, and sometimes it gets a little crazy.
I have never understood why exactly racism exists, especially in this day and age. I hate it. Everyone is put on this earth for a different reason and to do different things. It should not matter if you are White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, or whatever. You could be green for all I care. Ok, maybe not green, that is just wierd. Anyway on The View today they were talking about of course, how Barack Obama is a black man running for president. So, just in case no one knows, there is a black man running for president.... and? I thought it was interesting because they bought up that his wife is "very dark skinned," as they put it and were talking about how it would be different if his wife were white. A few girls said that they thought it would make both white people angry as well as black people. WHY? Can we not just get over that God made people different. What kind of world would this be if we all looked alike. BORING!!!! I guess I should make it clear that I think what matters when we elect a president is, what they bring to the table as far a what they stand for, what there plan is to make this a better country, and safer country to live in. I say we should make me president:) Just kidding- but really people can't we just get over it and get down to what really matters..... What candidate is going to make the best President. I say lets start fresh with all new candidates..... I'm sick of all of them. How much longer until elections?
I hope I didn't offend anyone.

Here's to a better Christmas for Ella this year!

Yay for Christmas this year. As you can tell from the pictures, last year was not the best "first" Christmas ever for Ella. We were in the hospital for 5 days over Christmas. She had RSV and a urinary track infection. Yuck. We tried to be festive and decorate but it's still the hospital. This year we are all ready and can't wait for Santa Claus to visit. Although Ella only likes Mr. Clause from a distance. We took her to see Santa, as expected she was not a fan. Mostly screaming and wanting off his lap. I will post the picture soon. So funny. She loves our Christmas decorations and loves to say, "ho,ho,ho." We always go outside to look at our lights because she loves them. I love Christmas time, and I can't believe how much more fun it is with a Ella. I'm sure she won't even care about her presents, but oh well. I am so excited.

Happy Sunday:)

Not to much to report here. I don't have to alot to write about but wanted to put up a few cute pictures of Ella. Today was pretty laid back, Stewart has been sleeping all day. We went to church and came home and he slept till dinner because it's the end of the semester and he has been pulling all nighters. And we still have two years of school, ugh! My Mom and Trent came over for dinner and then we were going to go the the Christmas devotional but I guess they decided not to re- broadcast it at our stake center, lame. So now I am just hanging out and Stewart is working on home work again and will be up all night long, poor guy.

On another note Ella has decided she loves candy canes. I was eating one and gave her a taste thinking she wouldn't like it, but sure enough it has sugar so of course she likes it. She has also really loved Stewart's guitar- she like to play it and when Stew plays she dances away. Her new dance move is twisting her hips back and forth- pretty dang funny. Anyway, hope everyone is having a great day:)