magnus' diary

Dear Diary,
Today I ran some errands with my mom.
Whenever I hear her keys come out of her purse I RUN to the door in hopes I can come too.
Sometimes she puts me in my kennel and sometimes she takes me with.
And lucky me....she took me with her today.

After we ran errands I cuddled by her feet for a little nap.

and then I ate the remaining pomegranates from the tree.
I just waste them.
All I like to do is peel them apart and go get another.

And then when my dad got home from Scout Camp he gave me a
much needed bath.
And by the looks of my face you can tell...
I just LOVE bath time.

BUT,
Mom says clean boys are easier to love...
so I have to stay clean.

Love,
Magnus

A Very Merry Christmas!

Once again Romney had to work on Christmas!
Boo.
But people do call 911 everyday....



So...we celebrated on Christmas Eve morning!

We had fun opening presents.
It's always so exciting to see all the surprises we have had up our sleeves.
We like being sneaky!

Magnus enjoyed being a part of the festivities!

and I enjoyed my new iPad.

After our Christmas eve morning we had to clean up our mess super fast
because the whole Ellsworth clan was coming over for breakfast!
It was a Merry Christmas over here.
I look forward to the new year and have high hopes.
Hopes that next Christmas we will have a little one to add to our party!

sunshine in December

Only in California would the doors of our candy houses melt in the window sill.

???????

Two Very Exciting Things....

NO,
none of them revolve around us getting a baby....for those curious ones.


Anyway....

1.) I made whipping Cream.
Yes you read that right, I just whipped up some cream.
I have NEVER turned on my Kitchen Aid for whipping cream and by golly I liked it!

2.) After 4.5 years of living in our house I finally used a Pomegranate from our
Pomegranate tree.
We usually ignore the huge red bulbs on the tree.
This tree just came with our house and we let our friends come and take em.
I found a recipe that called for pomegranates.
It was fun to go out and pick a piece of fruit off our tree and actually use it!

and dang it...
It was delicious.

See I told you,
exciting things over here at our house.

I'm thankful for....

1.) My sweet HUSBAND.
Oh how I love Romney. He is good to me and works really hard for us!

2.) My cool SISTER!
Alison is pretty boss.
She taught me to dance for my first dance.
If you have seen the movie HITCH then you can picture my first dance lesson.

3.) Being an AUNTIE.
I love all my little babies.

I loved hiking with them daily

and hearing them laugh all week.

4.) MAGNUS' great behavior this past week.
Magnus did awesome on his dogcation.
He was a hit with all the kids.
They never left him alone!

5.) My loving MOM!
I enjoyed hiking the emerald pools trail in Zion with my mom.
All the little ones ran up the mountain and it was nice to walk and laugh with just her
and take in the beauty.

6.) SURVIVING our spelunking excursion with lots of little kids!
we went deep into the bowels of the earth with glow sticks, and neon light rings.

we went into the pitch black holes of a cave. gulp.

we wiggled our way through tiny holes

and some of the kids crawled right through them.
I'm grateful that Romney welcomed me to the other side of the hole cause he was able to
catch my pants before I was really embarrassed.

and,
7.) CHUBBY CHEEKS to kiss all week long.

What a great thanksgiving week in St. George.
We had a blast exploring the red sand everyday.
Everyday we experienced something new.
It was beautiful and we can NOT wait to go back!
We haven't been together in a very long time.
It was so nice to have all my siblings in one room.
It was fun to hear laughter from all ends of the table.

I am grateful for my family
and so grateful I was able to spend a great week with them!
Happy Thanksgiving!

This is one of my F A V O R I T E preschool items!

Romney thought of and created this brilliant little number.

It's just an ice cube tray with little grooves cut out of the sides.
Paper plates weren't cuttin it anymore!
You should make one too.
You'll love it!

.

BIG PROJECT

It happens to be raining today.
I took Magnus on a walk in between storms while Romney worked on the garage.
This is our BIG project at the moment.
He is building custom cabinets and things are looking awesome!
Romney loves all the fun tools he "had" to buy for this project.
I like the tool that makes all the tiny holes in the wood,
I just love being able to adjust the height of all the shelves.
Pretty soon there will be a place for everything.
and EVERYTHING will be BEHIND doors.

I even have a CRAFT cabinet now with a pretty counter top out there.
It's glorious.