Life After My Birthday Morning.

I kind of wasted away my morning. After presents, I got ready, Played with princess and SamMan,and watched TV. Then the babysitters came, and we got ready to go. "Today is my birthday." I told myself. "I'm going down to Gateway to get an iPod!!" I have been thinking and writing and talking and hoping about it all morning. I wrote down on a paper how much each kind would cost, how much memory it held, color availability,Pros,Cons, and so forth. ( I know I'm a dork. An organized dork, but still.. A DORK!!) Me and Mo had big discussions. I was debating Classic and Nano. By the time we were driving there, I was debating Touch and Nano. We spent 15 minutes finding a parking spot!! But luckily, it was all worth it. We decided not to buy an iPod on an empty stoumach,so we walked in to a crowded CPK. We branched out of our usual orders. We got Avacado Eggrolls for an Appitizer. Jogus branched out of his Cheese, Pepporoni, or Hawaiin pizza and got the Original- BBQ Chicken. Mo and Daddy split the use- Tostada. Babooshka slept. And ate. And cried. hmm. We were full, but the desert menu was tempting. We had to consider if we wanted dessert at Lunch or Dinner. Since the Mexican Resteraunt that we would go to that night probably wouldn't have great options, we decided to eat dessert right there. We got a Chocolate Banana Cake. Mmm. It tasted great. One of the best desserts you can get. (It doesn't top homeade cakes, of course.) We walked through the crowded outdoor-mall to the Apple store. The guy gave me a Sale's Pitch on each kind. There were many Pros and Cons to both. But I got the King of everything Ipod-y - THE TOUCH!!! It was just a good balance of everything I wanted. Sleek design, no speakers or headphones needed, screen great for renting movies. It's essentially the iPhone without the phone. I was quite nervous it wasn't going to be a great option. But I love it. so far. Aftere we bouth THE TOUCH, we went to El Farol. My day ended with a few reruns of the Simpsons.

Thanks Mo and Daddy. I had an awesome Birthday

Happy Birthday To Me!!

I woke up later than I usually do. Grandpa has Season Tickets to the Jazz Games, so me and Dad got to go for Boy's Night Out. And we got amazing seats!! So anyway, we got home at about 10, so I was tired. I heard a lot of hustle and bustle downstairs, so I decided to leave them be. So I relaxed with a Roald Dahl book, and I was excited. Today is my birthday. Luckily, it was an interesting book, so I calmed down and was engaded by his writing. The door gently cracked open. There was Dad. I was ready to come down. There was Breakfast Sandwiches from McDonald's on the table. I sat down at my special seat with the "special plate." We ate our breakfast. I took in the streamers and baloons. We looked at the clock and waited until 7:58, when I officially was 11. We decided this was a good time to open presents! I excitedly unwrapped the first box. I want what was in the box to be a Grand Finale. So on to the second box. I got another Comfy Sweatshirt and a church belt. On to the first box. It was dun,dun,dun,DUN.... a paper. Can you beleive it? I've always wanted a paper! And then I read what was on the paper. And this was even better!!! In multicolored letters it said IPOD!!!!!!! Today, after Dad is done with work I'm gonna buy and iPod. I then pampered myself with a long, PRIVATE bath. I put on Jeans and a T-Shirt and now I'm blogging. I now must be finished with this post so that I can see what IPOD!!!!! I want.


a very excited and 11 year old jogusboy.

YAY!!

Thanks,Grandpa!! I love the video camera and ski stuff. I love the Wii game too. I'm so excited to try out the camera. I bet we have a lot of fun with it at the party.


THIS WAS AN AWESOME PRE-BIRTHDAY PARTY!!

December Days: We Celebrate

I'm recapping all the great fun we have had and will have during our December Days.


DECEMBER 7- Princess turns eight. Her face is priceless opening her camera (from Jogus, by the way.) She will be baptized Jan. 31. We are so happy that she is eager to be baptized.

DECEMBER 19- Last day of School + Winter Breakfast = Happy Jogus.

DECEMBER 24- The anticipation builds as we eat pizza, sing carols, put out gingerbread cookies, and read books. We even got some new books to add to the collection. We are bouncing off the walls as Santa's visit comes closer. It is.... dum,dum,dum, DudududuDUM- Christmas Eve!!

DECEMBER 25- I don't need to esplain the excitement right here. It's the best day of the year

DECEMBER 28- Birthday Dinner at Grandpa's.

DECEMBER 29- Jazz Game

DECEMBER 30- Jogus's BIRTHDAY!!

DECEMBER 31- New Year's Eve

JANUARY 1- New Year's Day

SamMan's Early Faith.

SamMan has already started to pray and read the scriptures.

But, he doesn't accept help.

So, here is a Collage o' Hilarity about what we've heard during Scripture and Prayer time.

PRAYERS

During prayer time, (pre-dinner prayers especially,) SamMan often mentions what he's been doing in the last hour, (ex- playing with princess, or watching Dora) or what we're having for dinner. The results are funny, and it's hard not to laugh. He then blesses every family member, and finishes the prayer. I'll be sure to post if he does anything else amusing during prayer time.

SCRIPTURES

Sam now wants to help during our family Scripture study. But we aren't allowed to help him, that would be to convenient. He now wants to do it himself. His two best verses are:

''And It Came To pass that.... Jesus of the Church.

And then:

"And it came to pass that we ate some dinner.

So,there you have it. SamMan now has learned to pray, one way or another.

X-Mas By the Sections: Section 3

( PLEASE READ SECTIONS 1 AND 2 BEFORE THIS POST. IF YOU HAVE READ ON.)
Brunch at Grandpas!! There was Sausuge Soufflet, Raspberry Bread, Cheesy Potatoes, and Sausage and bacon Platters. It was quite the spread. After Brunch/Lunch, Jeff (the original Jogus) helped set up the DSs. We spent a long time playing Mario Kart. Then it was present time. Jogus got a beautiful new Bike. Princess got an American Girl doll. SamMan and Babooshka got a lot of fun stuff. I'm so excited to talk about the final gift of the day. Grandpa gave us tickets to the best Show on Broadway. It's coming to SLC. The one and only.... WICKED!!!! Not only that, he gave us the best seat in the house. I am so excited!!! The rest of the day was pretty relaxed. We talked and sat down at grandpa's. We made some crafts from our X-Mas presents. We watched the first half of It's A Wonderful Life. I said a special Christmas Prayer and looked at our small Ornament tree. And we had a great Christmas.

Hope you had as good of a time as I did!!

X-Mas By the Sections: Section 2