A Day in SLC

We went to Salt Lake a few weeks ago with some friends of ours from our ward, Landon and Tessa Taylor.  They have two little boys Hunter and Will. Hunter and Drake are the same age and have a lot of fun together.  Tessa and I needed/wanted to go to IKEA so we decided to make it a fun day for our whole families to enjoy.   

We stopped at In & Out Burger on they way down for lunch.  Hunter and Drake thought the hats were pretty cool. 

After lunch we went to IKEA to look around and grab a few things that we needed.  The guys stayed out with the kids.  Drake and Hunter watched a movie and didn't move from this position.

After IKEA we went to Scheels to check it out.  It is an awesome store.  There was a lot of cool stuff and a fun place for the kids to play. The kids really enjoyed riding the escalator and seeing the animals upstairs.

Stella and I had a diet coke break while the other went to see the animals and hunting stuff.

We made a stop at Trader Joe's while we were down there and then went to eat at City Creek. It was a really fun day with friends, but also a fun day to spend as a family!

Drake's First Prayer in Primary

Drake was assigned to give the opening prayer in primary's opening exercises.  When we told him about it he was really excited and practiced the whole week.  While we were in the car driving he started to pray, blessing Curious George and his friend Hundley the dog.  He did this all week.  Sunday rolled around and Drake was really nervous and wasn't so sure about saying the prayer.

Josh was so good with him and sat with him and talked to him about the importance of prayer and how everyone has to say prayers in church.

Drake stood up there but didn't want to say it, so Josh ended up giving the prayer while Drake stood by him.    After the prayer was over Drake looked at me with this huge grin on his face!! He was pretty proud of himself :)

Drake's First Purchase

Drake has been saving up his coins so that he could buy a toy at the dollar store.  He was so excited to go there and buy something with his own money.  He brought his coin box and picked out a toy very carefully.  He went back and forth on things for at least 20 min. 

When all was said and done, he picked a zebra figurine that he named Mailman!

And I have to put this picture of Stella on here because look how cute she looked running errands today!

Stella's First Valentine's Day

Our Valentine festivities started with a girls night that I hosted at my house.  There are a group of us in the ward that get together once a month at someones house.  We eat food, talk, paint nails, stay up really late and laugh a lot. It has been a lot of fun and I have really enjoyed getting to know some of the girls in our ward better.

Josh and I started a tradition that on Valentine's Day we spend the evening with our kids.  Josh and I try to go out another day that week just the two of us, but we think it is a fun holiday to spend as a family. 

We started the day with heart shaped waffles and strawberries.  Drake thought this was really cool and told me he wants all of his meals to be in the shape of a heart.

For lunch we had heart shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

This was Stella's first Valentine's Day and I was very excited for her to wear her heart leggings that I bought for her last year at this time before she was even born.

I had a little photo shoot with my kids, and did the best I could to get a good picture of the two of them. I think they are the cutest kids I have ever seen!

Drake and I went to the ladies I visit teach and to a few friends to drop off some valentine cookies and Drake's Valentines.

My Super Hot Valentine!!

We invited Lauren and Chapman over for our valentine dinner. We had heart shaped pizza with heart shaped pepperoni and green salad with heart shaped carrots, and chocolate dipped strawberries and cookies for dessert.

Drake adores Chapman! He was so excited for him to play with him in his room.

Stella loved the sugar cookies that Grandpa Kevin gave her!

We were lucky to see Grandpa Syd and Grandma Barb on Valentines too!

Valentine's Day ROCKED this year!

Sick Kids

In February I went with my Mom, Hannah and Elli down to Provo to watch Lauren compete at State Drill.  When we got out of the car to go into our hotel Stella decided to throw up ALL over me.  It went down my shirt, in my bra, down my pants, in my shoes, in my hair, in my purse, and all over her. It was a mess.  We finally got her all cleaned up, but the next week was a miserable week at the Wood's.

The only good thing about sick kids are the snuggles that come with it.

We thought Stella was doing better so I went with my Mom and Lexi to Brigham to go to lunch with my Grandma Davidson...

...She threw up all over the floor, herself and table at Maddox.

And then again later that night at my parents house.

And one more time all over the floor just as we were leaving the house.  It seriously was a long few days!

Drake kept us plenty entertained and was feeling great and I thought we were lucky and he wasn't going to get it.  And then...

The poor kid got it!

He was going to have a sleep over at my parents house and while he was there he started to feel yucky and he threw up. The next few days were not fun for him and he did a lot of sleeping!  Notice how his hands are the same in every sleeping picture.... he is so dang cute!