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I haven't updated the blog in awhile, so here are a few highlights from the past few weeks to catch ya'll up.

1. We flew up to Utah on December 14th and got to spend FOUR weeks visiting all of our family in Utah and Idaho. We are seriously going to miss these long school breaks when Joe graduates! While visiting, we got to go to a close friends wedding (Congrats Michelle and Jason!), and meet a future sister-in-law (So excited for Dan and Clair!). There was lots of fishing (Joe), shopping (Me), and eating (everybody). We had Christmas a few days early with the Eagar family and then spent the 25th with the Christensens. While there we discovered a great love for the game "bananagrams." We also made some seriously awesome resolutions for 2012: Eat right. Exercise more. Read the scriptures. (I know, so original, right?)
2. We got a new car! My parents upgraded and very graciously bequeathed their old car to us. We feel so blessed/loved to have this new, much bigger, car. Our old car (the "white eagle") has been good to us, but is just too small for our family of four.

3. Joe had a birthday! In light of new resolutions, I made him a sugar free jello "cake" shaped like a fish. I put raspberries in it to look like scales.
He thought it was pretty funny. His birthday was on a Sunday and we had committed to taking the youth in our Branch to a youth fireside in Monahans (2 hrs away), so we had a party for Joe on Monday instead. Unfortunately for the diet, Another fish cake was made and consumed...this time of the confetti breed.
4. We have begun potty training in earnest now. I finally gave in and decided to buy Jadyn a toddler potty. Up until now I was hoping to just use one of those kid potty seats that goes on the big potty. I let Jadyn pick out her own chair on amazon.com. As soon as she saw the "froggy potty" she started shreiking with delight, squealing "the froggy potty!! the froggy potty!! I need it!! I need to POOP in it!!!" Well, that sealed the deal for me. I bought it and we both waited anxiously for it to come in the mail. Jadyn absolutely LOVES to get packages (who doesn't?) and so she was pretty excited when Joe brought in the huge box from amazon and we opened it together. The potty arrived last Tuesday and Jadyn has been AMAZING!! She has only had a few accidents this whole week, which is a huge improvement from our last potty training adventures. Yea Jadyn!!