Seeing Santa

The other night, we headed to St. George to finish some shopping. I toyed with the idea of taking Linc to see Santa, but was not sure how it would go. On the way, I asked him if he wanted to go see Santa. He quickly said, "no." and that was that. I casually asked him a couple more times while shopping and got the same response each time.

Near the end of our shopping trip, we found ourselves at the mall. We walked past Santa on our way to a store and Lincoln was not impressed. He didn't want anything to do with the big red guy. I was not about to make my son see Santa and induce a tantrum. I was not in the mood for that. I took his answer and didn't push the issue.

While walking through the mall to return to our car, Santa spotted Lincoln and kindly asked Linc if he would like a candy cane. Lincoln responded with a lispy "Yeth." and proceeded without me (!) to visit with Santa. Lincoln walked right up to Santa, looked him in the face and said, "cuz I want a spaceship." (Lincoln frequently starts his sentences with "cuz.") I was so proud of him. Aparently, so was Santa.


He handed Linc his promised candy cane and pulled him up on his lap quickly enough for me to snap a few pictures. It was perfect. Thanks Santa. We hope you come visit our house soon. :)

Happy Visit to the Dentist

Yesterday, I took Linc to his first dentist appointment. Leading up to the day, if he were asked "do you want to go to the dentist?" he would reply with an enthusiastic "YES!" and then he would proceed to tell you that Kate's mom is going to count his teeth.

However, on the actual appointment day, I asked him if he wanted to go to the dentist. He totally changed his mind about going. He did not want to go to the dentist at all. Darn!

After some talking, I finally convinced him to go. We saw Kate's mom (Janalee, who is also a Joy School teacher) there. She called him back to start the visit. He didn't want to sit in the chair alone so I held him on my lap while we moved up and down. He said, "It's kinda like a roller coaster!" After a bit, he asked me to take pictures so I slipped out of the chair and started taking pics. He was willing to smile and show his pearly whites.



Janalee showed Linc all the cool tools and counted his teeth. Lincoln was really brave the whole time. Then, Dr. Hatch came in to take a quick look. He counted his teeth as well and did a spot check to see if there were any problem areas we needed to keep an eye on. He said everything looked great, gave Lincoln a toothbrush and toothpaste and let Lincoln choose a prize.
Lincoln chose a plastic camel out of the treasure box. He was so happy with his toy and his first visit to the dentist.

Dancing Aubrey

While Joe was in the hospital recovering from his kidney transplant, David and I took care of the girls for a couple of days. One of the items on the itinerary was to take Aubrey to her dance recital. This was David's first ever dance recital he attended. The look on his face when I told him that we were going was priceless.

Before the recital, Aubrey must have been feeling a little nervous because she was not in the mood for pictures. That's not like her. This is the best shot I could get.

She did a wonderful job in her dance. She remembered all the steps and she smiled so big the whole time. After the performance, she was back to herself.




Good job Aubs. We had a great time watching you and Jocey!

Joy School Program

Our Joy School kids performed the Nativity and some Christmas songs last week at Heritage Home in Hurricane. The elderly people loved seeing these adorable kids and the kids loved it too. :) Aubrey was filling in for Bridger, who was sick. We are missing Mary and our angel in this picture too.





These kids really are cute. We had a great time.