I am so lucky to work with such a great group of people! This pic I stole from Mary's blog. It was taken at the chamber dinner a few weeks ago. RMC got the beautification award and Dr. Z got the medical professional of the year award. There is no one that deserves this award more than him. I enjoy going to work everyday. Don't worry my good ER friends I still miss you too! Our family is staying crazy busy as usual. Ella is going to turn 3 next week. Where has the time gone? Joe is getting back to work and that has been good for him. I am very ready for summer! I can't believe in april we are still shoveling snow. I am ready for the sunshine!!!

Catch up

I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted. Life at casa Jeppesen is very crazy and busy. Getting back into a routine after xmas took some time. Now I think we are back to normal for a while. Bailee is busy with her piano and dance. She is really enjoying school this year. She has a wonderful teacher who has pushed bailee and her reading this year. Bailee won 4th place in a local poetry contest and got to recite her poem in front of an audience today. That was fun for her. Ella is full of mischief as usual. She has all sorts of new phrases. The funniest is, " Mom I am going to laugh my beebs out." When asked where her beebs are she states in my armpits or in her belly button. And don't worry if she laughs a beeb out she has more to replace it. That is our ella, full of it. We don't know where she came from. She is also becoming a very independent little girl. She comes out with some really great outfits lately. The girls both started skiing this year. Bailee is onto the chair lift and keeping up with the other kids her age. She is really enjoying it. Ella went with us up to Targhee a few weeks ago and got to ski on the magic carpet. Which is for those of you that don't ski like a moving escalator up the little hill. She was very proud of herself that she could do it herself. She was skiing down the little hill by herself by the end of the day. It was a little out of control, but she could do it. The great thing about little kids is they have no fear! Joe is getting ready for spring work. He is ready to go back to work (and I am ready to have him back to work!) I am staying busy with work and kids. Work is starting to pick up at the Medical Center. I am working a few weekends a month at the ER at EIRMC. IT is so great. I am learning a lot and it is out of control busy, which I love. I feel very grateful for a job this week. I hear of people every week that are getting layed off. Also in light of the terrible earthquakes and tsunamis that are happening all around us I feel grateful for a safe place to live. As much as I complain about the weather here, I guess we are lucky to live in Rexburg Idaho!

Christmas time

I have not been very good at blogging the last 2 months. Life just never slows down for me. Joe finished up farming and now has been doing a lot of playing. He left today for mesquite motorbiking. I guess he has to stay busy somehow. Ha Ha! The girls are getting very big. Bailee had a BD on the 29th. She is 7. I can't believe in one year she will be getting baptized. She makes me feel old. Bailee has lost both front teeth. She looks funny. Ella is a handful as always. She really has an attitude lately. We added a new addition to our family about 10 days ago. We got a maltese. He is about 12 weeks old and we love him. The girls named him ozzy and they call him oz. He has brought a lot of joy to our lives. It gives me someone to hangout with while joe is gone playing. Work is starting to get busier which is nice. I have also started picking up some shifts at EIRMC in the ER as a NP. That has been fun. I can't believe xmas is almost here. The weather sure reminds us it is winter. It is funny, even thought I have spent almost every winter of my life but 2 in rexburg I am still amazed how cold it is here! I hope everybody is staying warm and also enjoying the holiday season!!