Lately...

I haven't been the best at updating this blog lately. Probably because I just assume that my life is way too boring to post anything about. Or perhaps I don't have time. Or perhaps I am too wiped out or too stressed out to sit down and just write. Whatever my excuse is (it changes daily), I need to do better. These are my memories and I need to record them. So here is a brief run down of what has been going on the last couple of months.

1. Thanksgiving in Winnemucca. It was cold.

2. Family Pictures

3. Happy 8th Anniversary to us! Best dinner ever, Wolfgang Puck's Postrio in the Venetian. Raspberry chocolate chip souffle to die for!

4. Ear Tube surgery for Brooklyn. She can hear now. Still snores and is still clumsy. I am surprised at how responsible she is with wearing her earplugs in the bathtub. I always forget but Brooklyn is always there to remind me.

5. Christmas at Home. Ava discovered the magic of wrapping paper and her big sister's new bicycle. Brooklyn put her in her place by shoving her off. Just a little drama which one should always expect on the most exciting morning of the year.

6. Mackenzie figured out how to ride her bike sans training wheels. Finally! As proof of what mean parents we are, we showed her youtube clips of 3 year olds riding 2 wheeler bikes to make her feel bad. It worked I guess.

7. Mackenzie finally discovered the difference between baby boys and baby girls. Abe's cousin (who has a little boy) was staying with us and Mackenzie said she didn't want a to ever have a baby brother if it looked like him. Trying to explain herself, she said, "Because he has a weird thing hanging down right there" (pointing to her private area).

8. Tax Season 2011. 3 days longer this year...Blah! April 18th, you can't come soon enough.

9. Night time potty training Brooklyn. So far, only one accident. She didn't exactly pee on her bed--she got up and sat on Mack's bed and let it go. Poor Mack.

10. Mackenzie's constant babble about Justin Bieber...or Justin Biever as she almost always calls him. If you buy a poster of him at Walmart, warning: Mackenzie has most likely kissed it.

11. Girl Scout Cookies! Their goal was to sale 36 boxes. Mackenzie (with the help of her wonderful mother, hardworking father and very popular dental school student Uncle Nate) sold a total of 254 boxes! That's over $1000 of cookies!

12. Brooklyn started her new school. No longer is she classified "special ed." It's a community based program where half the kids are normal and half are slightly delayed. A little more advanced to help prepare her for kindergarten down the road.