Christmas Day 2010

Looks like Santa came this year! We got up about 9:00 am Abby didn't quite know what to do when she walked in to the room. She had found a pack of Smarties somewhere and had a hard time opening presents because she wouldn't put them down. The first thing she did when she walked into the room was feed her new stuffed animal dog the smarties, then fed the "Elephant," (It is a slide then when Santa wrapped it, it looked kind of like and Elephant.) She opened the slide first and we could have stopped there. She really didn't want to do much else, but play on the slide. So we let her play on it and Stu and I opened our Stocking and the couple things we got each other. Stu got a case and screen protectors for his ipod Touch, I got the new Josh Groban CD, and David Archuleta CD. We finally got her to open a book that Santa left, but that wasn't very exciting. We took a little brake and went upstairs to have some breakfast. After we ate, Grandma and Grandpa Curtis came down stairs so we could open the presents that they gave us. They gave Abby a Dolly, she was so excited to get that. She loves dolls right now. Then we opened the gifts mom and dad Curtis gave us. Stu got a little travel kit for out trip to Mexico, full of stuff we will need for our trip. I got a black turtle neck and some tights and we both got new down pillows. Abby opened a few more things, a Little People Car and some doll bottles and a doll stroller. She was really excited about the stroller.











In the afternoon we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Jensen's house. Abby had a hay day there too. She opened her present from my sister's family first. It was a ZuZu pet. She loved it. He very own ZuZu. We all took turns opening presents. We got some towels from Emily's family. We really needed some new towels. They are so soft. I am super excited! Stu got Harry Potter Clue, a camera case and an ihome. I got some clothes, a coat and a Pottery Barn bin to put all of Abby's toys in. Abby got a Little Tikes Car, a shopping cart and a puzzle. She made out like a bandit. We gave both of our parents the same gift. We have been working for months digitizing all of our old home videos. So for Christmas we compiled all of the Christmas videos and made two discs of all of the years of Christmas' we had. Stu did a great job editing all of them. They turned out very nice. It was really fun to watch them.

We had such a fun time with Abby. It was a wonderful Christmas.
Thank you Everyone for your presents!

Christmas Eve

This year we spent Christmas Eve at Stuart's parents and we were lucky to have his entire family there. We started with the end of a treasure hunt that was started a few days ago and then we ate delicious homemade Mexican food for dinner. After dinner we did our own production of the Nativity. I bet your nativity didn't have a chicken and a skunk. I think the chicken was the cutest. Next we exchanged gifts with the Bolke Family. We got cute Tie Dyed shirts and Abby got a Tie Dyed outfit, all done by Michele and Dan. Last we all hung out around the piano and sang Christmas Carols. We got Abby in bed and finished some last minute Christmas stuff.

Jensen Family Party

My whole life we have spent Christmas Eve night at my Grandma Cleo's house, but all of the families are getting to big. So this year we decided to start having a party with all the the Jensen's before Christmas. We had a great time, it was so fun to see my cousins that I only see a few times year. Everyone's kids are getting so big.

Santa came and all of the great grandkids sat on his lap and got a present. Abby didn't seem to mind sitting on Santa's lap this time. She was really excited to get a present. She got the book Jane's Great Adventure. We played a few games, the men stayed in the basement for a while watching the little ones... and the Utah football game. I hope this new tradition continues.

To all our Family and Friends...

Interpretive Dancing

Tonight Grandma and Grandpa Curtis did a treasure hunt for all of the grand children. The kids had a great time. One of the presents they opened was a pair of Christmas Jammies. The mom's opened real treasure, they were necklaces made from plates found in sunken ships. After the treasure hunt we all gathered around the piano singing Christmas carols. While we were singing Abby got up on her stage and did some interpretive dancing to our singing.

Always getting into something...

First she emptied the blanket cabinet...

Then crawled in...

Then shut herself inside...

Hi Mom!

She was determined to sit in her high chair on the floor, then she pored all of the brand new bottle of Puffs on her tray.

She found the baby powder...

She is just catching up on her newspaper reading. She really like the paper with Yo Gabba Gabba on in.

Abby's First Experience at the Symphony

We took Abby to the see the Lolly Pops Symphony last Saturday. We got there just in time, sat in our seats and Stu ask me is she poopy. I take a whiff and boy was she poopy. I pick her up and it was on her pants too. So I go running off the the bathroom and of course Abravenel Hall doesn't have a changing table. So there I am changing a diarrhea diaper that is all over the place and I reach into the diaper bag and there are no wipes. I never leave the house without wipes. Abby must have taken them out. (I found them in my bedroom when we got home.) Thank goodness there were plenty of paper towels. I felt so bad for her, there she was on hard cold granite, with a horrible diaper rash and I am wiping her bum with cold wet paper towels. I just took off her pants and she finished the symphony in her dress and a diaper. She seemed to enjoy the symphony, especially runny up and down the aisle with her cousin Josh that is about her age. Thanks goodness it was a kids symphony.

A visit with Santa Clause

Last week we went to the University of Utah Bookstore for there faculty and Staff night and they had a Santa Clause there for the kids. Abby really want to go see Santa but as soon as we put her on his lap she wanted to get right off.

Our Tree This Year

We are all decorated for Christmas. Notice there is no train around the tree this year and it is only decorated from half way up... You can guess why!