Curious George AKA Julia Jeppesen

I have a cousin who kept calling Julia Curious George , and when I asked her why, she said Julia looks like him. So Finally I decided to buy and watch the movie. First of all, it is a very cute movie with a great soundtrack. Second, all I could think about the whole time was that I should some how be making money off this movie since they obviously used my daughter as a model for George! She does look like him. And the funniest part is that she acts like him too! There's even a part in the movie where he snuggles up to sleep and Julia sleeps the same way! So if you want to get to know my daughter better, watch Curious George the movie!

kids are gross

For those of you who don't have kids yet, those of you who just had your first (Meg and Jen), and those of you who do have kids and have probably experienced the same as me:
KIDS ARE GROSS!!!!!!!
Last night while Julia was bathing, she pooped in the bathtub and then threw the her turds all over the bathroom!
And this morning she wouldn't let me brush her teeth, she wanted to do it herself. She was mimicking me. She would put it under the spout of the bathtub (pretending to get water on it) and then brush and then spit. It was way cute. Up until pretend water wasn't good enough and she lifted the lid to the toilet and dipped it in the toilet water!!!! Luckily I caught her in the act and snatched it away from her before she put it back in her mouth!
GROSS!!!!!!

Snowboarding Slide Show

I made a slide show of Nathan, my brothers, my cousin and I going off this jump he built up at Wolf Creek. It was fun. Nathan is obviously on a different level than the rest of us, though!!!

I was still recovering from my back accident, but there was so much powder that it didn't really hurt when I biffed it off the jump! (I didn't put up the picture of that one ;))

Backboarding

Who knew when I went to Brighton to snowboard, I was going to take "boarding" to an all new level??? It was only my second run of the day and I stopped to wait for Nathan, who had taken the scenic route through the trees, when it hit me. Literally, HE hit me HARD! Not Nathan, but some punk teenager who was going fast and out of control. He hit me right in the back and I tumbled about twenty feet down the mountain. After about 45 minutes I was able to try and sit up, only to black out. Ski Patrol had to backboard me and pull me down the mountain. Then, from there, I was put on an ambulance and transported to a hospital. By the time the Doc let me get off the board I had been on there for over two hours! It was so misserable. My back was killing me and I could hardly walk. I'll shorten up the rest and just say that there was no spinal damage, but a lot of soft tissue and muscle damage. Also, the guy had hit me so hard with the edge of his board, that even through three shirts and my jacket I still have a cut on my back from the board. But the worst part is the depression. I waisted a whole day in the ER that I could have been snowboarding, and hopefully I will be able to get on my snowboard again, soon, bc we are in Colorado now and supposed to go again the end of the week. I have been looking forward to this trip for so long and hopefully it won't be waisted!

Temple Lights

We hadn't been to see the Temple light's yet, since Nathan was gone, so we decided Christmas Eve/ Family Night was a good time to go. Aparently many other people thought that as well, since it was very crowded. Well, anyway, they looked great and Julia was so excited to see all the different Nativity scenes and lights. She kept saying "WOW!". It was pretty cute. She did a great job leading the way through the lights and covering all the grounds. My only complaint about the night is that I wanted to try and get a few pictures of her and us as a family. Well, for those of you who have seen past blogs, you know Julia does NOT like to have her picture taken. So I had to either sneak a picture when she wasn't looking, or she was screaming in it. That's ok, though. At least I'll be able to laugh about it later, right?
Julia is a little adventurous.





Walking on the ledge...







Jumping off the stairs...



We decided to give Julia a break and leave her out of this last one. And, of course, her back is to the camera.

Santa Claus

Last Monday night we had our annual Larson Family Christmas party. And, lucky us, guess who stopped by?! Santa! Julia was so into him. The moment he entered the room she didn't take her eyes off him. She followed him to his seat, and then anxiously climbed onto his lap. And, unlike most children her age, she wanted to sit there for a very long time. Sadly I had to get her off because the other cousins needed a turn, but I was so pleased that my daughter was not afraid of Santa!

Family Pics

We attempted to take family pictures Wednesday. Things did not go anywhere near as planned. First, our photographer, my good friend Heather, was not able to make it to take our pictures. We were already dressed up and ready to have them taken by this time, so I called my Mom to have her come and take them.
Next, as you can see in the above picture, Julia was not in the mood to have her photo taken. She just wanted to run around and play. Anytime we tried to pick her up she would scream and fight me.
Finally she started to get a little better, but then my Mom's battery on her camera went dead. So we only got about three useful pictures.
Nathan leaves today to go back to New Mexico and won't be back until Christmas time, so I guess we'll have to try again then. It shouldn't be this difficult to get family pictures!