Finally! A New Entry

For all those that have complained, and you know who you are, I am posting a new entry. Since I last wrote I have spent most of my spare time writing parent/teacher conferences or baking Christmas goodies for the neighbors. Since Monday I have baked 13 loaves of pumpkin bread, 4 loaves of apple spice bread, and 12 small loaves of challah. When I am done with this entry I will begin baking 2 to 4 loaves of banana bread. I haven't had much time for anything else.

It has been a busy month with the ward Christmas party, family Christmas parties, and family birthday parties. I was excited to celebrate Kennedy's first birthday. It is hard to believe that she has been in the family for year. She was a cute, but sick, ice princess in her pretty pink outfit. And like any 1 year old, she lost interest in her gifts, especially all the clothes she received. A great weakness of mine is buying baby clothes and it requires a lot of restraint to walk into Meier and Frank and not look at cute outfits I could buy for Kennedy.

After Kennedy's birthday party, Chloe had a sleep over at my house. We took Trax downtown and went up to the observation deck at the LDS Church Office Building. We met my mother at the top. She is a hostess there, taking people on tour. We were able to see the top of the Salt Lake Temple and look at all the ant size people and cars. Unfortunately the fog was so thick we could not see the mountains or take any decent pictures. Afterward we went into the Distribution Center. Chloe saw postcards of all the temples and wanted to find the temple where Kennedy was sealed to Jared and Tara. We found a picture of the Manti temple and she wanted to purchase it so she could give it to Kennedy. She thought Kennedy would enjoy having that picture in her room. What a thoughtful cousin!