I'm Back!

Ah technology. When it works it's wonderful, but when your internet is not available it feels like your sixth sense has disapeared. What did we do before blogs and email?! Anyway, here's a small recap of our past couple of weeks.

-Brent's been studying like crazy and took his final on Tuesday. He's been completely in the dark about how he'd been doing in the class. Bah on unresponsive teachers who don't post grades from important tests. But we found out tonight that he got a B+ in Advanced Engineering in Corporate Economics class!!! WOOHOO!!! Just don't ask me what it was about. Merry Merry Christmas!!! I am so proud of him. Did I mention my husband is smart! S-M-R-T!!!

-I get to play with the NewAmerican Philharmonic Orchestra and this year I was able to play in the pit orchestra for the Nutcracker, produced by a ballet school based out of Ogden. It was really great being able to play consistently again. It's a little frustrating though because I expect myself to play at the level I did in college when I practiced a whole lot more than I do now. But it was a great experience. We had a rehearsal on Tuesday night, dress with the dancers on Wednesday, and then performances Thursday, Friday and two on Saturday. Brent was awesome and has put the girls to bed every night. What a man. Now if I could only get the stupid sugar plum fairy tune out of my head.

-Laura has been herself lately. The other morning I was trying to get a few minutes of practicing in, and I thought the girls were doing so playing in the other room. But then Laura tried to sneak by me with a pen behind her back. She was honestly doing the side-stepping shuffle past with an innocent look thing. Luckily my Mommy-radar went off and I caught her because she needed the black pen to compliment the red pen she'd used to draw all over the wall above the stairs. She was being the teacher teaching all the little kids. Of course. Let me just say she went to time-out and I love magic erasers. Thank you Devony for teaching me about these wonderful lifesavers.

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I love my backyard. It may be roughly the size of a postage stamp, but it's fenced. and the kitchen window looks out onto it. I loved it in the summer, and I love it in the winter. I can bundle up the girls and send them into the backyard for the approximately five minutes they'll stay out before they get cold, without having to go out too. Yea!!!

- I can't wait for Christmas. It almost seems like it's coming too soon! Just a mere week and a half away. Christmas please stay!