Dear Kendall

I am sorry I have taken so long to write again. Its just that if I don't have anything to say, well... I don't say anything. I will try to piece together this uneventful blog though, just so you can have some entertainment at "work".

Lets see.... there is snow on the ground. I missed it. I am not going to lie. It is sort of comforting you know. We experience winter up here, full blown and I am okay with that. Today is very nice. I even hung Christmas lights on our roof. My homemaking skills are amazing me, I am not going to lie. I never imagined I would do some of the things I have done! I am taking on man jobs so Brian doesn't have to. I think the temp is 35 and the sun came out, which is so rare here and brings me to my next point. I am not sure if you have heard or not but I lost my leopard Oakleys. It is probably the worst thing that has happened to me all year (which speaks to my quality of life). It is terrible, I mean, I am pretty sure I am in the 5 stages of grief. I have passed denial, but I can't even shop for new sunglasses yet. I can't possibly replace them with something as equally great. I have attached the last known photo of the glasses at Disneyland. I bought my first pair in 2001 and then bought an exact replica in 2006. So as you have all heard "only the rich can afford to live poorly" and my sunglasses are proof. $85x2 over 10 years is nothing. That equals out to $17 a year spent on sunglasses and who doesn't spend that????? Not to mention I had a very high quality product. Sadly, inflation really does exist and dang- prices have gone up!! Not to mention that they don't have the same style glasses that they made back then. UGGGGHHHHH. It's terrible I tell you terrible. It's as if part of me has died. My friend Jessica called them a member of the Young family, and the Barton family for that matter. Anyways, its terrible.

I have also posted a pic of our new Christmas tree that we bought last year on closeout. It is HUGE. I was shocked. Our old hand me down tree was about 3ft tall and very pathetic. We had to go buy more ornaments b/c the 10 we own couldn't fill it. I have also embraced decorating the house more this year. Baker loves Christmas decorations. We helped put up the tree at my parents house this year and now he is obsessed with Christmas ornaments. Its great.

Lets see...you should be receiving your Christmas card soon (except I need Tom and Sharon's address, thank you for the buck eyes). It again was an uneventful letter this year, but I think that is a good thing. I almost left it out b/c well... you will see if you read it that if you write about 3 people in the family well you can't leave yourself out. So I had Brian write about me b/c when I did it I made myself sound so lame. Seriously, and then what he wrote couldn't possibly be sent out in a letter so you will see. It may sound lame, but... it's who I am. I love book club (it actually deserves its own blog) and I love my friends and church and that is about all that can be said. It just doesn't sound so awesome on paper. We had a good laugh about it though. I am sure it will detract some of my friends from carrying out with motherhood.

Anyways, hope I provided you with a short escape from work and we will see you soon!