Nina doesn't want to sleep...

The past few nights have been hilarious as we’ve tried to put Nina down to bed. Usually she loves bed time and goes right down after she brushes her teeth, reads a book, says a prayer, and sings a song. The past few nights however, have been a little different… No screaming, no temper tantrums, no wrestling her to keep her in bed. Instead, she talks and talks and talks about anything that pops into her head. The second we try to stop her, the talking just gets louder and faster. Seriously, this girl didn’t breath for nearly 10 minutes while she tried to keep us occupied with her stories so we wouldn’t actually shut the door. Her strategy seems to be working, as you can tell from the video below…

(video quality is kind of bad, but this is still pretty funny)

A Year in Review

Wow! Not even one post in 2010. I did not mean for it to be this way. Whenever I would think about blogging it was too overwhelming to go back and talk about all that had happened in the year...so instead I did not post at all. Sorry for the long time away. 2010 was a really great year for our family though.

The first bit of BIG news is that Bill got into the Johnson Business School at Cornell University. Woo Hoo! All of that work on applications really did pay off! We are so excited. We will be moving to New York in Late July. Crazy Right?! But we are so excited for the opportunity.

In an attempt to sort of catch you up on our year...I think I will give you one highlight picture from each month last year:

December:

Hope you all appreciate the fact that this $16.00 photo was supposed to be of just Nina and Santa...but since she was petrified after standing in line for an hour...we decided just to sit in. She was a little less than thrilled about actually meeting Mr. Claus...but she does insist that she is going to marry him in the temple.

November:
Bill at Cornell University interviewing for their MBA program. He got to stay with his grandparents in Syracuse...and then after this went straight to London and partied there. (Okay really he went for work...but a pretty awesome month of traveling nonetheless.)

October:

Halloween...oh the joys of dressing up in embarassing costumes...Peter, Wendy and of course our little Tinkerbell.

September:

Uncle Tanner left to the Toronto Canada East Mission!

August:
Lots of Hiking and Fishing this month. Our Favorite was driving up to the Uintas and Hiking to Cuberant Lake. So beautiful!

July:
Happy 2nd Birthday Nina!!

June:

Love this Picture of Nina with her cousin Agnes. Nina is obsessed with Agnes and every baby doll she owns is "Baby Agnes."

May:
Just a cute springtime shot. (Aunt Amber also left on her mission this month...to the Belgium Brussels Netherlands Mission.)

April:

March:

The Beginning of our Hiking Year

February:

An early 4 year Anniversary for us Skiing at Sundance

January:
Happy Half Birthday to Nina!

Like I said...a really great year for our family! I am very sorry that I have not been great at keeping this blog up to date. It is a resolution of mine to do better...and hey...even this one post is better than last year. Thanks for reading!