My Stay in Princeton

After my stay in Colorado, I decided to help Mickie fly back to New Jersey with the two boys.
I had so much fun playing with the boys, celebrating my birthday, and touring Princeton University.

The Shnells know how to treat a lady on her birthday.

Chicken en Salada Pizza from Teresa Caffe, and 

the most delicious cookies 'n cream ice cream cake from Halo Pub.

Shnell gave the best tour of Princeton, which got me thinking:

forget your doctorate, you should become one of the Princeton tour guides.

The Shnell's like to believe that this was Einstein's classroom.

It was beautiful. What I wouldn't give for those chalkboards.

Probably the most beautiful church I have ever seen.

The stained glass windows were phenomenal. 

I am ready for my next visit.

Some Pictures of the Last Month

After the wedding, we flew to Colorado on December 30th, and I stayed until January 24th. So this is what I was doing. . .

Somebody found Grammy's makeup.

I love when he sticks out his tongue.

She is her Grammy's girl.

I know this picture is blurry, but I just love it so much.

Shnell held Hank on Pete in the bouncer and Pete thought is was hilarious.

I think this picture sums up Hank's thoughts.

The National Western Stock Show

Whenever we are in Denver in January we try to go to the National Western Stock Show. It is an Olson Family tradition and I absolutely love it. This year we actually went twice, but I only have pictures from the first trip.
This was Abe and Olivia's second time to the Stock Show, and they seemed to love seeing the animals. During the second weekend we were able to go to the petting zoo, which was a blast.

You have to see the Snell boy's outfits and a few more rodeo pictures on their blog.

What happens when your roommate is a two-year-old?

At 7:00 am you have to fit three in the bed, but we didn't mind.

You mean I have to leave Idaho and go to Arizona for Christmas?

Deal!

Sam and Victoria were married over Christmas, so the entire Olson brood rented a house and headed for sunny Arizona. It was so much fun. We swam in a heated pool almost everyday, watched movies, and just played for a week.

One of the highlights for me was making brown paper bag puppets of each character in the Nativity story. We drew our character assignment out of a hat and then got to work. I had to make Mary, and yes, she had a very pregnant belly. Mark had to make the Inn Keeper, that he named Li, and probably gave everyone nightmares. After everyone made their puppets, we acted out the story for the kids.

We also played the bells, which is the only picture of Christmas I took.

Another obvious highlight was Sam and Victoria's wedding on December 28th. They were married in the Mesa Temple that morning and then had a reception at Tori's house that night. These are the only pictures I have.

For better pictures of this trip go here, here, and here.