Festival of Lights

Last Saturday we took the girls to the Festival of Lights on Spanish Fork. We didn't tell them where we were going, and of course we went at the WORST time and had to wait a good 45 minutes to even get in. LAME!!! Elwyn cried and complained the whole time, then she was quiet while we looked at the lights, and then cried and complained the entire drive home. That night she puked all over Rich while i pretended to be asleep in bed. haha:)

Getting ready to leave

Elwyn pretending to sleep

Cute Willow

Words of Wisdom...from Elwyn

Elwyn: "Can i watch TV?"

Me: "If you go poopy in the potty."

Elwyn: In a very whiney voice...."But....I went poopy ladd (last) year."

Glad to know she only has to go poopy once a year:) Thanks Elwyn!!!

Annual Christmas Card

It's that time of year again. Christmas Cards. I don't mind sending xmas cards...and i especially love getting xmas cards, but i do hate writing our annual christmas letter. When we lived in Wisconsin, i didn't mind writing it so much, because i was mailing it to people that lived very far away from us, and didn't always know what was going on in our lives. Well now we live alot closer to many of the people (family) that we send this stupid letter to, so do they really need all this information??? Anywho, Rich wants to send a lame letter every year, and he claims he will help write it...HAHA. If pigs could fly...right.

Anywho, i thought i would post our lame letter on our blog along with the VERY CUTE card that we sent this year. This isn't the exact card, but i forgot to save the one that i had printed, so this is my second attempt at recreating it:)

If you feel you should be receiving a christmas card from me each year...there may be a reason why you don't receive one. a) you live too close to me...as in my neighborhood or ward, b) i don't like you that much or c) you were on my xmas card list at one point, but since you never sent me one in return, i have removed you from my list. There are actually many people still on my list, which i would LOVE to remove, but since they are FAMILY or OLD, i am apparently obligated to keep them on my list:)

Happy Holidays!!!

I cannot believe it is ‘that’ time of year again. It seems like I was just writing last year’s Christmas letter!!! Life is speeding by faster than I ever imagined.

Elwyn is continuing to cause trouble around here. She turned 3 in October and has grown up quite a bit this past year. It breaks my heartJ She is very animated and loves to make people laugh. She even laughs at her own jokes…which makes me so proud!!! Elwyn doesn’t listen to anyone but herself. She and I have a good time laughing while Willow is at school. She is more of a problem causer than a helper…but I think we will keep herJ. Elwyn started preschool this year. A few of the other mothers and I are taking turns teaching once a week. Elwyn loves it and she loves to learn. I love it because I only have to teach once a month!!!

Willow completed Kindergarten in May and is now in 1st grade. It is weird…but mostly nice to have her gone all day. She is doing so well in school. She is reading on a 5th grade reading level and loves to learn. We are so proud of her. She is our little performer. During her Kindergarten graduation she decided to do the ‘robot’ on stage. I about died of laughter. She is our little mommy. She helps me around the house and takes care of Elwyn when I need her to. She is very caring and loving. We are so lucky to have her and she is such a great example to her little sister.

Rich switched departments again at Sam’s a few months ago and now oversees the Fresh departments…somewhat of a blast from the past from his first year with the company. Rich’s business continues to grow which means one step closer to financial independence. If anyone wants to get out of the rat race and achieve time and money together, Rich has the perfect opportunity. Contact him anytime to get details (http://www.spthd22.acnrep.com/) about his business. Rich went to his first scout camp in almost 15 years this summer as Scoutmaster…what a way to get back into the game. He also helped me with the landscaping around our townhome complex. He did all the weed whacking…because let’s face it, that is not a job for meJ

I am busy yelling at the kids and putting them in timeout. Just doing the regular mom stuff. I have been doing the landscaping this past year at our townhome complex. I love it!!! Don’t worry that I broke my first lawnmower and had to buy a new one. Then I ran over a tree stump with my second mower and took out the front end. Why would I waste my time going around the stump??? I am slowly learning and I love being outside. I have only hated the past month or so because I have to rake up the leaves…and it is butt cold outside!!! I have had a few opportunities this past year to use my dance experience in judging and choreographing solos. I am grateful for these opportunities because apparently I’m not getting any younger!!!

We have had a wonderful year. In March we went on a super fun vacation to San Diego. The girls and I were able to go to the aquarium at UC San Diego. We also went to the San Diego Zoo as a family. In June we took a short…but needed little trip to Park City. We did a lot of shopping and a lot of staying indoors. It was FREEZING!!!

We miss you all and wish you a Happy Holiday!!!

Rich, Liz, Willow and Elwyn Wilson

Wowsers!!!

This might be a long one...watch out:)

So i had wanted to go to the Forgotten Carols last year...but ended up not going. So i made sure to buy my tickets early this year. I was excited to go, but hoping that it wasn't too 'churchy' because i'm not really into that type of thing. Anywho, it was butt cold outside and i had decided to buy myself an actual pair of shoes. Well...most of you know that i don't wear shoes, i either wear flip flops or flip flops with socks...so as you can imagine i couldn't walk fast enough in those dang shoes. Plus when i tried them on the size 6 felt a little snug...so i went with a 6 1/2...bad idea, the 6 1/2 is huge on me...i can hardly walk!!! Then we sit by the most annoying couple.

Dear couple that i had to sit next to at Forgotten Carols,

Please stop talking, you are bothering me. I don't care that you are on your third date and you guys think you love each other. I just want to sit here and wait for the show to start in silence. How often do i get SILENCE!!!! Can't you ignore one another...like my husband and i do. SERIOUSLY!!!! STOP TALKING....did i mention you are bothering me!!!!

Sincerely, ME

Whatever....Rich and i left during the last scene because i didn't want to get stuck in traffic. I wonder if i missed anything. I thought the show was great and funny, but not exactly what i expected. Oh well. When we got home Willow was awake on the couch crying. She ended up with an ear infection. I felt bad for her, and i felt bad for our babysitter:(

Saturday was my 24th birthday. Gosh i am getting old:) Willow had been up the night before with major ear pain, so i knew i would be taking her to the doctor. Now to find out if your doctor is available on Saturdays??? We decided to get up and go to our ward xmas breakfast. Willow was feeling better and she and Elwyn were great for me. Of course Rich was working, so it was all up to me. Anywho, i got Willow into the dr around lunch time and she has an ear infection (2nd one in a month), and an eye infection. LOVELY!!! Since i had to take Elwyn with me to the dr, i'm sure she will be coming down with scurvey or some other deadly disease this week. Anywho, my bday was busy, but wonderful. I love FB...and that so many people tell you Happy Birthday...it just made my day so much better. My sister and her fam drove down and spent the afternoon with us...which was also a wonderful suprise. Rich got me the new Dan Brown book, which i am excited to read, and he got me a $100 gc to a spa...YIPPY!!!!

Sunday i woke up feeling like garbage. I get migraines at least once a week...usually they are bearable, but sometimes i get them so bad that i can't even get out of bed. Let's just say that i am so glad that Rich was home. Oh and since he wasn't home that much on my birthday, Sunday was a continuation of my birthday. He didn't like that very much...but hello...make me feel special!!! He and the girls put together a gingerbread house for his work. All of the managers were asked to make a gingerbread house, then it will be auctioned off for charity.

The ending product. Obviously these pictures are not in the right order...but i get so frustrated with the way you have to upload your pics on your blog.

Rich working on the gingerbread house...by himself. He is a perfectionist and doesn't want help.

Look how sick Willow looks. Poor little thing.

And last but not least...my adventure this morning.

So when i got up this morning, i didn't feel all that great. I wasn't sure whether to send Willow to school or not. She said she was fine, but with the weather outside... i didn't want her getting sick again. Anywho...Willow took her SWEET time getting ready. I told her i wasn't taking her because of the snow, so if she wanted to go, she needed to get on the bus. When we opened the door to run outside, the bus was already there picking up the kids. I told her she just wasn't going to go, but she informed me that she would run, and make it. Well i let her go and she ran as fast as those little legs could take her. The bus pulled away and she missed it. There was a dad out there that finally flagged the bus down and she was able to get on. I felt like the worlds greatest mom at that point. Well i turn around to go inside and Elwyn had locked me out. There i was in my flip flops and pj's and 3 inches of snow...with more coming down. She couldn't unlock the door. I was yelling and screaming at her, and i just know my neighbors think i beat my children:) It was 15 mins before she finally let me back in. I dragged that little troublemaker up to her room and she spent a good 30 mins in her bed. SERIOUSLY!!!!