Ali's Hair Cuts

Ali cut her hair last week because it was, "tickling my face". It wasn't too bad and I love her hair, so I decided to just hide it. Every time I looked at her this week though, she was missing more hair until last night when I found another wad of hair on the ground I knew it was time to cut it. It was looking pretty mangy. I know, "why does she not take away the scissors?" you ask in an incredulous tone. It is because I know that using scissors is an important fine motor skill needed in a child's development. I want them to have access to scissors. Plus, Lydia would be crippled without her full crafting capabilities. Anyway, it is a cute style on her and of course she still looks adorable, but I will miss her long wavy locks. Here is her cute new do.

Soldier Hollow

This past Saturday was a free day of cross country skiing or snow shoeing at Soldier Hollow. It was the Olympic venue for the cross country ski events for the 2002 Olympics, so they are nice facilities. We thought we would go snow shoeing, but the girls wanted to try the skiing. We also went with my cousin and her girls that are close to my girls in age. This cousin lives very close to Soldier Hollow. We got all outfitted and then someone showed us how to do it, and let us practice on some practice tracks.

Lydia LOVED it. She did very well and had no problem manuvering where she wanted to go. Ali liked it at first, but she tired of it after a while, and Tim tired of towing her along. Bryant was strapped in the snuggly, and he slept most of the time. We would love to make it an annual event.


We had a blast! Have you ever been cross country skiing?

He's a Pedersen!

After spending a little time with the Pedersens, you quickly notice that they LOVE having their head scratched. It isn't just Tim, most of his siblings as well as many of his nieces and nephews are this way. Don't get me wrong, I like having my head scratched too, but not like they do. So, a little while ago I started to scratch Bryant's head and I noticed he seemed to like it. One time I tried it while he was a little fussy and he immediately stopped crying. Now I use it to help calm him down. This is how he looks when I scratch his head!


Ahhhhhhhhhhh. He's definately a Pedersen. So cute!!

Great Reactions

Lydia can really turn on the energy. While opening her stocking and some presents for Christmas, she flipped out with every present she got from her Christmas list. Her eyes light up, she starts jumping around, and usually starts to scream. We captured a few moments on video this Christmas to share. Priceless!

My Amazing Husband

When we moved into this house, we got a dining room table and chairs off of KSL.com classifieds. At the time we had a 2 year old and a 5 month old. I didn't think much about the white fabric on the chairs except that it looked nice. A few months later, I realized that the white was a problem and that it no longer looked nice. I started to recover the chairs with new darker fabric, but by the time I got to the third chair the first one was filthy again. I thought about making slip covers that I could take off and wash, but I'm not a seamstress by any stretch of the imagination. So, I asked Tim to make new wooden seats for the chairs. Now he has never done anything like this project before, but that doesn't stop him. With a little asking around and the borrowing of a few tools that he now desires to own, he made me some beautiful new seats for the chairs for Christmas!! I love this man. Here are the stages of his work and the final product!

The raw maple.

Cutting out the shapes.

The seats cut out.

Routing the edges.

Staining and finishing.

The before and after.

All done! Thank you honey, they are just what I wanted, and you are amazing.

The Camera is here

We didn't mention this in our last blog but our new camera/camcorder has arrived! Hence, we can post pics again. Yeah!

Choir and Dance!

Lydia's school choir had a concert this week. There are only 3 kindergarteners, but I think she holds her own. She loved being on stage and getting all dolled up for the performance. This song is the one she sang around the house everyday.



Ali had her first dance recital today. The theme was "T'was the Night Before Christmas" and she did a tap dance to "Suzy Snowflake". Two of her best friends are in the class with her, and she loved putting on makeup and getting her hair done too. My girls are prima donas. Here's Ali's dance.





After the performance, Santa came. Here are our three little ones. Bryant tried to pull Santa's beard. I hope that doesn't mean he gets coal now.