Accomplishments

My weight watchers meeting today was wonderful. We talked about some of the things that we have accomplished since joining, then we went around the room and shared some of our small victories not related to the numbers on the scale. One woman was thrilled that she can no longer wear plus-sized clothes, another ran 5 miles, another has been coming faithfully for the entire year. I shared that I've been able to drop my cholesterol level into a healthy, normal range. I've also gotten rid of almost all my "fat" clothes and that feels GREAT!

Along the same lines, I finished my yearly scrapbook pages for our Christmas party this week and I've been looking over my year in review and it's exciting to see all that we've done this year - more than I would have thought! While the year isn't quite over yet, it's still inspiring to look back and review what 2009 has meant to me and to my little family. Here are our highlights! (just click on the image to enlarge it.)

A sleepless night

The night before Thanksgiving, Isaac's two cousins Jesse and Owen came over for a little sleep over party. They had lots of fun eating pizza (although my pizza evidently is not as good as 5 Buck Pizza) and watching a movie. The boys had a little bit of a rough time calming down enough to fall asleep - that should shock no one - but within an hour, they were all out. Here are the boys in a row watching their show and Emilie trying to get in on the action. In the morning, I was very impressed by the mountains of pancakes those boys ate! And I was so thankful to have a little girl - three boys are a lot of work! They had a great time though, and the best part was when Jesse was hiding and we couldn't find him (he was hiding from his dad in their car), Isaac said that he'll just have to sleep over one more night.

Helicopter Santa

A few weekends ago, we went down to Provo to watch Santa arrive at the mall in a helicopter. This was a new activity for us, but it was so much fun, I hope we can do it again next year!

Here is the crew waiting for Santa to arrive. (He was about 20 minutes late though, I thought that was a little rude.)The helicopter landing. Man, did that create a lot of wind! Emilie didn't approve, but the boys thought it was neat.
The Big Man himself. Isaac made sure to yell out that he wants lots of trucks for Christmas! Emilie was intrigued, but I think a little bit scared of him. At least she got in a good wave! (Her hand is the one with the white coat.)