Recent Videos

The girls are hilarious. The older they get, the more they can express themselves, and it is so funny. I am posting a few videos to show them off.

The first video is of the girls pretending to feed thier "babies." They were super cranky a few days ago and Marc decided to try showing them how to feed their dolls. They absolutly love giving the dolls a bottle, so this was a natural fit as well. They fed their dolls for over an hour. It is by far the new favorite activity.



This next video is of Claire. I turned the monitor so she could watch herself and she decided to perform "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes."


The last video is of Alice showing her range of emotions.

How many blogs is too many?

So I decided that I needed yet another blog. There are so many amazing desserts out there and nowhere for me to share them, thus, a new blog. Check it out at tastiertreats.blogspot.com. Let me know if you are interested in contributing. I would love to have you!

2002 Olympic Memories (copied from my Mom's blog)

My daughter Frances and I volunteered for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. It was right after 9/11 so we needed to do extra training for security. Here are some picture memories:

We were assigned to the Peaks ice arena in Provo Utah. We took tickets, stood in the vomitory (French for entrance to a ampitheater, we liked the new name), showed patrons to their seats. Smiled and smiled and smiled.

traded Olympic pins

Frances and Janae hanging out with the mascots

My home town newspaper did an article on us

Frances and I helped people exit. We were at the handicapped exit and Frances got a kick out of calling all of the guests "celebrities". Two old gentle men from Europe went to practically every game. On the final game we grabbed their arms and escorted them all the way to the street with a real celebrity flair. They loved it. We had a fabulous time. Worst memory: eating over my limit (1) of hot dogs for the year. Best memory: Sharing it all with Frances!

Alice's Latest

Click here for the latest trick. This is what Alice has been doing the last few days. Very exciting! After 16 months, kids are considered late walkers, she is 16.5 months. When we asked the pediatrician about her slow progression, she told us not to worry until she turned 2. So, for a kids with feet problems, we are so proud.

They grow up so fast

Today the girls went into nursery for the first time. Last week we were extended a calling to teach the 5-year old primary class. We tried to tell them we wouldn't be able to do it for 2 more months because the girls are 16 months old and we wouldn't be able to handle a primary class and our girls. They quickly retorted that it had already been arranged for us to put the girls in nursery early. Shoot! Oh well. Our primary class has 3 boys and 1 girl. The girl wasn't there today, but the boys were pretty funny. There is one kid who is silent, one who is super loud, and another who is very good and likes to participate. I think we'll enjoy the class, we'll see. This is a definite change for Marc who has been in the Elder's Quorm presidency for the last 5 years. He is looking forward to having a "Sunday only" calling.
Back to the girls. Claire had a little fit when she realized I was leaving her there, but I left first and Marc calmed her down before he left. Alice jumped right in playing with the legos. We were told that they did great. When I went to pick them up they were happy and playing, so I think they will do great. This is another benefit of twins. In a new situation where we aren't there, they have each other so it isn't so scary.