2 first time things

"i looked out the window and what did i see....

...snowflakes falling right on top of me!!!"

another first time thing we saw this morning, president elect obama

iiiiiiiiiiii vOted!

mom, what are you doing?
i totally matched the voting booth, but not on purpose

they gave me a fancy sticker!

this may be my most exciting day this week! i have never voted before this morning. it was fabulous! i had such a wonderful feeling of civic pride. i have been walking around all day with my chin held high, wearing my "i voted" sticker. have you been doing the same thing?

4 nielson's:

claire, ollie, jane, & gigs

i am still promoting the fundraising event 11.18.08 for the nielson family. if you are just reading about this family for the first time you can read on in my blog to hear about their story. these amazing faces have two parents who were severely burned in a private plane crash mid-august. their medical bills, after insurance, are climbing into the multi-millions, with no sight in end. if you live in the salt lake area you can help! you can attend the event i'm promoting in sandy, utah on 11.18.08 from 7-9pm absolutely FREE!!! $5 will be donated just because you were there! to make sure your attendance counts, register for the event (listed as salt lake city, utah) at www.complete-wealth.com.

leave a comment if you're coming!

are you voting today?

i hope so!

i'm watching one of the presidential candidates cast their vote right now, and it has me feeling so patriotic. he's not even the candidate i'm voting for! it just makes me feel so excited to be an american. i can't wait for brennan to wake up from his morning nap so we can go to our assigned precinct to cast my VOTE!
hurrah for america

introducing...

meet & greet monday!!!

that's right folks, a new genre of my blog. be looking forward to mondays b.c they will bring a new person for you to get to know. if you would like to apply to be featured in the following week's "meet & greet" just leave me a comment for consideration and tune in each monday night!

(inspired by none other than ms. stephanie nielson herself).

family and friends, meet & greet mr. sean d. gibson

full name: sean david gibson
age: 27.1
birth place: orem, utah
resides: utah
happy place: me anywhere with em and brennan (awwwww)
favorite color: blue, just blue...i don't have shades of blue
disney movie you love: sword in the stone
what tool would you be: anything but an allen wrench, i hate them. i'd be an electric drill.
why? b/c it's useful to screw in everything you want me to screw in
languages: english, spanish
family background: sister natalie, brother landon, sister ashlie
sport: basketball
one word to describe you: i hate these things honey
that's five words dear, nevermind.

tune in next monday for an aussie from down unda'!

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p.s. this pic is of US at ann marie's disco party. the massive disco ball was brennan's favorite part (should have posted a pic with the ball in it...)

i saw my first christmas commercial today. it was the hallmark card commercial, where if you buy 3 cards you can buy their two snowmen for $9.99 or something like that. i've always thought it's funny how they market their yearly item, "buy 3 of our things, and you CAN buy 2 more!"

here we go folks, the commercial christmas season is upon us. by the way, i've decided to make most of my gifts this year. it makes christmas feel much more exciting! need ideas? i'll be posting some soon...

it rained yesterday...

so we opened our door and sat around watching the rain drops puddle

that got old, so brennan played with some leaves
that got old, so he tried to reach for some more leaves
doesn't he look different today? i love the way he changes everyday.
he got so excited when he thought there was another baby sitting right beside him, lol

have you ever heard of the story about the camel and his owner? well, there was this camel and his owner in the desert. as they were walking a sandstorm started, so the owner put up his tent and went inside, leaving his camel to stand outside the tent. the camel asked his owner (yes, this is a fantasy story b.c the camel talks), "owner, may i please just put my nose inside your tent, so i can breathe air without sand?" the owner felt badly for his camel and agreed. then the camel asked soon after, "owner, may i please just put my head in so that my eyes won't get sand in them?" the owner felt badly and agreed. then the camel asked soon after, "owner may i please put my neck in so the sand won't sting me on my neck?" the owner felt badly and agreed. finally the camel had inched his way in little by little, leaving no room for the owner. little by little the owner was talked into giving up his warm tent...i thought of that story today...

mint & choc are M-A-D-E for eachother

these mint chocolate chips were on sale saturday, aren't they a pretty green!?

so i bought them, not knowing what i would make...
and then i thought...MINT and CHOC are

M-A-D-E for eachother
sean thought so too
(he said we were made for eachother too, awwwww)
they were declicious!!! i think they'll be great for christmas goodies as well, wrapped up in some red paper with a big red bow.


em's choc choc mint chip cookies:
1c butter
1 1/2c sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2c flour
2/3c cocoa
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1c milk choc chips, 1/2c white choc chips, 1/2c mint choc chips
cream butter, sugar, and eggs. add vanilla. slowly stir in cocoa. add flower, baking soda, & salt. add choc, white, & mint chips.
bake 350* for 10 min.

6:40am daylight savings time

thank you brennan, you slept until 6:40am daylight savings time. does this mean you could have been sleeping until 7:40am standard time? i love you nonetheless. i found this picture of you sleeping from when you were just a few weeks old. you are so adorable, all curled up. you still love sleeping on your side. dad and i think you are the cutest baby ever born.