But WHY MOMMY

I love this question. I think it is the first thing I hear out of my children's mouths. I once heard that Thomas Jefferson asked his mother a lot of questions too. Maybe it is a sign of smarts...or maybe not.
We have had a good week. Cold cold cold, but I had a lot of work and the kids always really enjoy school. I took them ice skating this week. Alma was very good for being on the ice for the first time. Ivy just let me drag her around like a rag doll. She thought it was a blast. I had forgotten how much I really enjoy ice staking. I am not really good either, but most of the time I manage to stay upright. I think that this may become a weekly activity for the rest of the winter. It is definitely something to look forward to.
last weekend we went to a friend's birthday party. It was such a blast. We played RockBand2 on the Wii. I have to admit, I really like the singing. And they have some pretty awesome songs.

Here is a picture of my closest friend here, Lisa Smith and I at our Christmas party in December.

Happy New Year!

Better late than never, right?

This is a picture of the girls in front of the tree at bedtime.

We had a wonderful holiday season, and I am so glad that we are finally getting back into our routine.
Christmas was great. We stayed at home and the girls were so fun. We had a blast opening presents, playing with presents, sleeping in and enjoying each others company. I didn't bother making a big Christmas Dinner this year. We had so many left-overs from a big meal we did two nights before.
In Stettler, we celebrate the night before the night before Christmas (the 23rd). The whole town gets into it. The theater plays a Christmas movie for free and the local train gave free rides. There was a big bonfire and ice skating. We watched "Elf" at the theater and went on the train . It was great. Then we got together with some friends and had a fancy ham dinner and played games. I think we are going to try to keep that as a tradition.

here we are at the train station.
This is my friend Lisa, her girls and my girls.

For Christmas Eve, we made a Gingerbread house, scattered "reindeer food" on the front lawn so Santa's reindeer had something to snack on, then we read "The Night before Christmas" and the Christmas story from Luke. It was great.

New Years was really fun too. We got together with a bunch of the branch and played games etc. We were all having so much fun that we missed the count-down.
Now we are all back at school and work and enjoying the freezing cold temperatures. A few nights ago our furnace went out. luckily it was only minus 20 (a lot warmer than it had been the week before) and the repair man was able to get it up and running again the next afternoon.
We also had some electrical work done and I am very grateful to know skilled people in our branch that are willing to help out.
Speaking of our branch, I have received a new calling. I am now the Nursery leader. I am excited, but I will really miss the Relief Society. Our nursery is very isolated, and you don't get a lot of opportunity at church to mingle. But I am am thrilled to work with the little ones, and the best part is of course snack time.
And now for the lighter side...
I wish that I had a recorder and I could make a list of all the funny things said in our house. Things like "Stop riding your sister" and "mommy, when I get to be a mommy, we'll be the same age" I love three-year old logic. I'll try to keep a better record of the funnies at the Scott household.