Bring on the STEAK!

People have been telling us for MONTHS that Elizabeth "must be teething" because she drooled, chewed on things, whatever. . .Well, it finally happened--and a lot quieter than we thought, too. Elizabeth was drooling RIVERS last week and acting only slightly crankier than usual. Last night Holly checked for the umpteenth time and was shocked to discover a sharp, rough little *something* poking out of Elizabeth's gums. We finally got a better look this morning, and sure enough--there's the tiniest white speck of a tooth poking up through a purplish spot in her gums!

Note to Aunts Hootie and Bootie: Remember, just because she has a tooth does NOT give you carte blanche to feed her bits of your pizza, cookie, strawberry trifle, buffalo wing, and so forth. ;)

Naptime

Elizabeth has decided recently that she's too big for naps. Dad is trying his best to convince her otherwise. . .

Thirsty, anyone?

We made these bags at Mutual this week. Very cool, very functional, and very easy. . .The hardest part is finding someone to drink the 20 pouches of Capri Sun.

Got some time to waste?

I stumbled across perhaps THE coolest crafting forum ever: Craftster.org. Sarah, you're going to love this forum! Earring holders made of old records, purses made of Capri Sun pouches, decoupaging on every flat surface available!

(We're actually making the Capri Sun purses for Mutual tomorrow night. . .I'll post a picture of mine when it's done!)

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!

Congrats to Dan, Clare, and big sisters Fiona and Bronwen on the arrival of their new baby girl, Sinead. . .We can't wait till she and Elizabeth are big enough to play together/beat up on each other. ;)

Welcome Back, Potter

In case you've been in Mars, in a cave, with your eyes shut and your ears plugged, the 6th volume of the Harry Potter series was released yesterday. And surprise, surprise, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is actually shorter than the previous two volumes!

(Speaking of which, who's got our copy of Volume 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? We can't remember if we loaned it to the Eppersons or the Olsons. . .)

Our 3rd Anniversary

Saturday we celebrated out 3rd anniversary. We didn't get home until 1:30 AM, but not because we were out together celebrating. In fact, it seems every years there's something to prevent us from going out together and celebrating our anniversary. The first year Holly had school meetings and Jared had job training. The second year we had our ultrasound and a neighborhood party hosted by our circle. This year we had the valley-wide Day of Celebration. As youth leaders (Jared is first counselor in YM, Holly is the Laurels advisor), we were involved in this gathering of about 20,000 Young Men and Young Women from the Salt Lake Valley. It was several months in the making, and last night at Rice-Eccles Stadium all our planning and practicing came together. Singing, dancing, chanting, a special message from President Gordon B. Hinckley. . .It was incredible! The attached picture is the result of our "scarfing"--one of the highlights of the evening. Each person in the stadium had 3 scarves in the Primary colors. We worked together to display this message: "Choose Light", which was the theme for the Day of Celebration.