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Christmas Eve
Due to the weather, Uncle Mitchie ended up spending Christmas Eve/morning with us! So he helped us participate in important traditions, like reading Christmas stories before bed. We stopped short on...
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Christmas morning
As is tradition, we had to wake Daph Christmas morning. She then excited woke Mitchie- that’s a first, as the youngest Mitchie was always the one doing the waking. Santa did, indeed come! And he left...
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Christmas Day
After our traditional Christmas breakfast, we hit the road for Tooele! Where Daph was treated to even more presents! Her Youngs know her so well! She loved it all!
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Wilson family surf and turf 2012
Just like every year, the Wilson family Christmas feast was delicious and full of ridiculous facial expressions:
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Storyteller
Daph has really had a lot of fun writing stories, lately. Its adorable. Here’s a sampling: This first one she made while she was at Aunt Marla’s house over Christmas. Spring: Summer: Turtles:...
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SUPER!
One night a while back, Daph was up in her room playing and Daddy was downstairs watching The Avengers. Daph came down to ask Daddy a question and surprisingly ended up getting completely absorbed in...
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Wilson family Christmas trip!
This was the second year that we’ve headed up north for a weekend with the Wilsons and it was lots of fun! We wandered around city creek, grabbed a bunch of nummy cheeses, meats, and exotic fruits,...
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Her play: January 2013
Lots of playing with lots of little things. My little ponies, Lala Loopsies, Squinkies, Kitties. And this: And this:
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What she’s been saying: Jan-Feb 2013
While digging for dinosaur bones: Mom! I found a foot! And it has three toes so I know it is a therapod! That’s a dromaeosaurus. I can run up to 15 miles per hour! Mom: Daph, which dinosaur has the...
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True to form
Long, long ago, before Daphne was born, Mom and Daddy were trying to decide what to name our impending ball of cuddles and curls. While perusing the Ex Libris book sale at the USU library, Mom...
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VALENTIMES 2013!!!!!!!!
Daph was very excited to give all of her friends their valentines at school this year. She had them prepared well in advance. At school they made their own valentine holders: She was very proud of...
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Violin GRADUATION!
She’s growing up in every way! And doing a marvelous job at it. Proof: she graduated from the twinkles! She’s also done with book one! Mrs. Shauna is very impress with her quick skill at fingering...
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One last snowball fight
It looked like better snow than it was, but the truth didn’t deter them. Lucky for Mom, in Daph’s head playing in the snow is for her and her Daddy. Mom’s job is to make hot cocoa to warm them when...
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Her play: February 2013
More of the same, really. And who doesn’t want to see more of the same when it is this cute?! Keeping herself entertained while shopping: Routine checkup, routine playdough play:
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Grandma getaway: St. George
The timing was good, the timing was bad, but we made the best of it and had a great time with Grandma Julie in St. George. Daph had never been and was very excited to see the red rocks. She was set...
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Signs of spring
In more recent years, Mom has decided she hates spring. It is such a tease of what it to come. One day it is beautiful, the next it is awful. And after several months of winter, that kind of abuse...
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Papa Rue! We miss you!
For his birthday this year we made our traditional pillow mints and told stories about Papa Rue. We miss him everyday!
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Poppies, poppies, poppies will put them to sleep.
Lately our house has been all Wizard of Oz, all the time. Daddy read her the book, we watched the movie, and, AND… she had the part of a poppy in Center Stage’s performance of the ballet! So fun and...
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Easter: 2013
We stayed home for Easter this year and it was really nice to spend it at home with our own yard and all that. Mitchie came down, the Easter Bunny came, we had an egg hunt, a delicious dinner, and...
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