My Old Treasures Are Now Emma's Treasures

My mom sent us a box of my old things--things I played with when I was a little girl. She also enclosed a few new things.

She made Emma's baby some clothes. Here, Emma was trying to get on her pajamas. My uncle made the cradle many, many years ago.

She fed her baby some juice and...

milk.

She gave her a binky and...

put her to bed. Emma's great grandma made the cute little quilt. Night! Night!

Sundance 2012

Even though we didn't get any tickets to films this year, it's always fun to walk Main Street and do some people watching. On Friday night, a friend and I went to the Music Cafe.

It's always fun to feel official! This is what got us into the Music Cafe.

We saw Josh Kelley perform. (He is married to Katherine Heigl.) He sings country, which I don't usually listen to, but it's still fun to watch performers live.

I took my friend, Dawn, to Main Street on Saturday. It was a snowy, snowy day, but still fun to people watch. We saw Richard Gere and we think we saw Clay Aiken. It was either him or the scary guy from Lost.

Playing Mommy

Emma absolutely loves her new baby doll from Grandma Sherry. It cries and makes noises when you give her a bottle. Although Emma takes her clothes off most of the time, she is a good Mama to her baby doll.

Go Badgers!

Okay, even though they lost the Rose Bowl (great game, though) we still support our Badgers...

I also will be posting some photos of Emma playing with all of her fun Christmas gifts she received. She loves her cleaning set from Aunt Tina.

Christmas Afternoon 2011

We had so much excitement on Christmas Day that I broke the posts into 2 parts: afternoon and morning.

We spent Christmas afternoon/evening at Uncle Jim and Aunt Robin's house. I brought along some fun games for all to play...

Who can pull out all of their tissues first?

Who can shake out all 10 jingle bells first?

Who can get their puffball to stick to their nose first (with the help of vaseline)?

Who can fan their ornament (using a gift box) to the finish line first?

Of course, it wouldn't be Christmas at the Whitneys without a little Beatles wii.

Another Ringo Starr in the making?

helping me sing some lyrics

Christmas Morning 2011

What a wonderful Christmas it was! After opening one round of presents, we gobbled down scones and bacon for brunch, followed by opening our stocking stuffers.

Andy's mom got us all cute aprons. Emma's and mine match!

Where did it go?

a new hat from Nana Kim

Emma's new wagon...perfect for those concerts at Deer Valley

playing with Aunt Whitney's iPhone

Christmas Eve 2011

We went to Nanny's (great grandma Abbie) house on Christmas Eve for a wonderful dinner and time with family.

Andy, Kim (Andy's mom), Ralph and Dottie (Robin's parents)

Uncle Jim, Cousin Grace, Aunt Robin

Uncle Rick

Whitney (Andy's sister), Cousin Claire, Great Grandma Abbie (Nanny)

looking through her new purse from Nanny

Winter Solstice Parade

We read about this parade in the Park City newspaper. We hadn't been there before so really didn't know what to expect. Having been to many other Park City parades, however, we expected something pretty big with lots of people. We got to Main Street a little early so we decided to enjoy a tasty hot chocolate from Cows. Then we walked down and back up Main Street, not seeing anything resembling a parade. Darn...we thought we missed it, but wait...then we heard sirens. In total, I think there were 7 vehicles (including the cop car) in the parade. It was still a blast to be out in the cold with many other Parkites. That is small town life, for sure!

Grandpa Rich Comes To Visit!

Grandpa Rich flew to Utah to spend some time with us. We had a really nice visit: walks every day, Zoo Lights, Ikea (Dad's first time), In and Out Burger (Dad's first time), dinner with Andy's family, opening presents, filling up Emma's bank, and just hanging out.

**On a side note: I saw Hugh Laurie (Dr. House) at Whole Foods last week!

Zoo Lights

Jen and I took the girls to Zoo Lights at the Hogle Zoo. It was a bit chilly but still fun to see all of the fun lights.

Avila is about 7 months old and Emma just loves her!

Avila was all smiles for the camera. Emma...not so much.

Snow"Ball"

Our staff Christmas party had the prom theme this year. While most couples chose to go the more modern route, Andy and I chose to be a bit different.

Margery (librarian), Julie (2nd grade), Tina (2nd grade)

all the ladies...

Renee's date was a "hot stud."