Sad Day, Pretty Dresses

Today we went to a funeral for Bill's cousin. It was very sad (he was only 18). The funeral was beautiful and the speakers did a great job.

Sandy came, too, giving her a chance to wear her new dresses I bought at The Children's Place outlet in Park City on Monday.

I say dresses because between the funeral and the luncheon she had a blow out, giving her a chance to wear the other dress (also from The Children's Place on Monday). Here is a picture of Grandma Buhler holding Sandy in her second dress of the day.

Catching Up

I've neglected my blog for the last month or so due to Christmas, some church projects I'll post more about later, and other interruptions. I've been trying to catch up and I'm getting close. However there are a few pictures I missed as I was catching up.

On January 6 we had a lot of snow and I snowblowed the driveway. The sun was out and Sandy loved watching Sage run through the snowblower spray.


There are always those moments when I do something as a mother that shocks even me. When we came in from snowblowing, I grabbed a candy stick. Sandy saw it and wanted it so I shared.

She loved it and sucked it down to almost nothing. I bit off the skinny end and handed it back to her. She had a blast!



Here is Sandy in a cute red dress my mom got for her. We took these pictures Sunday, January 11. For a while we were taking pictures every Sunday, but we haven't kept it up very well since Bill got called to be ward clerk and had to start staying late to do tithing.


Her best smile of the photo shoot was when Sage came up to her. Too bad she wasn't looking at the camera.

Look Who's Talking

Sandy has started talking a lot more. It's mostly just babbling, but there is one word she says very clearly and repeats often.



I keep responding to her when she says it hoping she's trying to say Mom. So far, I'm not sure she is. What do you think?

The Stuff We Leave Behind

We seem to leave stuff everywhere we go. We try to get it all, but it seems like we always end up leaving something. Does anyone have any suggestions? I seem to be getting worse.

We left a blanket at the New Year's Eve party and went back to pick it up. Sandy got a chance to play with Michelle again while we were there.

Play Date

We had a play date today. It's always nice to get out of the house! Here are the kids playing on the toys at the indoor food court (at Gateway).


We went back to my house and Elise found her favorite spot in the house: the dog bed. Here is Sage sharing her bed.

Sandy's New Dress

Sandy is now in 6 to 9 month clothes, which is very exciting because it means we get to start wearing a whole new wardrobe! Here is the dress she wore to church today, complete with leg warmers, and maryjanes.

Happy New Year!

We rang in the New Year with some friends.

Here is a short video of Sandy playing with the other kids at the party. At one point she and Michelle (just 1 month apart) each had one end of a rattle and were shaking it together. I tried to get it on video, but missed it.




Happy New Year!