…is brought to you by Little Miss J. I’ll preface this by saying that I seriously don’t know how many things are running in her 3-year old mind at a time. She is seriously one of the funniest little girls I have ever met who always says the most random things.

Little Miss J: Teacher! Teacher! Teacher! TEEAA-CHERRRR!

Me: (slightly startled as I see her hand furiously waving in front of me) What is it, J??

Little Miss J: WHATTT ARE TEEEETH FOR?!?!?!?!

…we get this. If there were awards for Best Christmas Card, Jenny Willardson would win. Every time. We have received numerous Christmas cards, which we have absolutely loved! Every single one of them has been very cute. But, we just received the most ridiculously amazing one ever. Jenny created hand-made personalized cards for everyone on her list. We were lucky enough to get a card with TWO pictures! See the genius that is J.Willardson:

Me taking care of the children while Christopher puts meat on the table. And lights the candle in the tree since I certainly cannot be trusted to dirty my dainty delicate hands doing that. Oh, and please note my perfectly coiffured hair. I almost burned the pie I was baking while getting it done just right.

Us with our good friend, Nick.

And to top it all off, she sent us  lots of delicious homemade treats.

Dear J,

Can we ALWAYS be on your Christmas list?

Thanks.

Love, The Joneses

(Picture found on Google Images)

Whenever I come across something that I love, I feel like I need to pass it along. Especially when it comes to food. There are very few things Chris and I enjoy more than good quality, delicious food. My latest find: Chobani yogurt. It. Is. Delicious.

I am a big yogurt person. I absolutely love it. It is one of a few things that I will eat for breakfast. I normally stick to Yoplait because they have such a wide variety of flavors and textures. Oh, and it’s cheap. I was introduced to Greek yogurt a while ago by my mother, who could eat Fage brand Greek yogurt every day (and I’m pretty sure she does.) Greek yogurt is a lot thicker than normal yogurt, and definitely a lot more expensive. I tried the strawberry flavor today, and it was so so so good. It tastes almost like a dessert. And $1.50 for a dessert is totally okay! And it is a lot healthier!

Not only does Chobani taste like a dream, but it is all-natural, has no fat, AND Chobani donates 10% of their proceeds to charities worldwide.

Yum. Go grab some Chobani

Just ordered our Christmas cards. They’re pretty cute if I do say so myself . I love the holidays

Funny moments of today’s Spanish class…

Me: Okay everyone. You need to settle down. When someone else is speaking, we must be respectful and not talk out of turn. Look at Edward! He has been sitting very nicely and has been quiet while everyone else has had their turn. Good job, Edward!

Edward: (Does a fist pump) Yesss!! That means I get to go to level three!

Me: Um. Yes…?

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Me: We are going to go over these words until we know them inside out and backwards. I know that you can all do it.

Bella: (Really strained look on her face) Sanago? Sango? Airozana?

Me: (I have no idea what she is saying, but I decide to ignore it. I figure she’s just jibbering and being silly.)

*We continue working on the words for a few more minutes…

Bella: Songo?  Zanama? UGH! I can’t DO it!

Me: (I am so confused at this point and still have no idea why she has been jabbering to herself.) What can’t you do??

Bella: (At this point the poor girl is so frustrated and obviously beyond exasperated)  I DON’T KNOW how to say those words backwards!!

This is what our Netflix cue looks like at the moment:

• Home Alone
• Home Alone II: Lost in New York
• Four Christmases
• The Polar Express
• A Christmas Story

You could say that we are just a tad bit excited

  Chris with Princess Sydney

 Emmy and Uncle Joshy  

 We went out for some good ol’ Texas bbq. Little man obviously approved.  

  After lunch we headed over to the park. Emerson kept asking to go higher and higher.

 Little Collins  

 The whole fam. If our kids are ever tall, you know who they’ll get it from.  

 The girls right before we headed to New Moon. I totally loved it.

 Ask Sydney to “strike a pose,” and you may get something like this.

  Ask the girls to “make a silly face,” and you will get this.  

 We (and I mean not me) watched the BYU vs. UofU football game. These guys were really excited when the Cougs won.  

 So sad to say goodbye to our nieces and nephews!  

  See you all in January!

…in Dallas was amazing! We loved being with family, and we took lots of pictures. However, they are almost all of our cute nieces and nephews. So, get ready for some cuteness overload

The Joneses

Sydney shows off her leaf.

The Hatches

Cute Emms

Future heartbreaker. For sure.

This little guy could not be any sweeter.

I know. Cute, right?!

Tia and Princess Emmy. She is adorable. Whenever she wants to be held (which turns out to be lot, and I LOVED it) she will raise her hands up and say, “Hold you? Hold you?”

Easton and Uncle Chris

 More pictures to come.

To kiss these cheeks.

And to play and play!

Dallas, here we come.

Of our place…

The only time I like to have roses is when they are dried out.

Bathroom

Kitchen

My recent obsession with bottles.

More will come when I get around to it And a few more things get hung up.