A Happy Valentine's Day

Holidays are really fun with kids. Anything to make the day a little more fun and special than usual is a nice change and a lot of fun.  I do think it is easy to get carried away with each holiday, so I try to keep it pretty simple.  The girls had a Valentine dance party where they handed out valentines, wore pink and red, and had a party.

On the morning of Valentine's we made heart shaped pancakes and drank pink milk.

The normally don't like the kids jumping on our bed, but I decided....what the heck it is a holiday.

Drake and Stella were playing with musical instruments and Josh was leading them in a tune of  Jack and Jill went up the hill. He even sang the second verse. I didn't even know there was a second verse??  He is my guy!

Later in the day after lunch we went to Temptation Cupcake and got cupcakes. I love their cupcakes.  They cake part is moist and dense, and the frosting is perfect cause it isn't too sweet. Yum!

We celebrated Valentine's a different day and Josh and I went out to dinner with Kelsi and Chris without our kids.  On the actual day of Valentine's we like to celebrate with our family.  I figure it is a day to celebrate love, so I want to spend it with the people I love the very most.

Little Women

My mom and I went and saw the musical "Litttle Women" at the Ellen Eccles Theater.  It was AMAZING.  Seriously it was so good and I loved every second of it.  Jay Richards that is from Cache Valley wrote the entire script and music and was awesome.  The actors they had in the show were so talented.  One of them was Marty Blair. He used to be in our Stake Presidency and now he lives in Missoula and is the bishop in Kent and Holly's ward.  He came down for a couple of weeks and learned his part and practiced for a week and then was in the show. I had no idea he could sing the way he did. It was one of the best musicals I have ever been too, and I was so happy I could go with my mom and enjoy the night with her.

Great To Be 8

I LOVE being the secretary in the Primary Presidency. I work with amazing ladies that are so fun and funny. Our Presidency meetings are really fun. We have lots of fun but we also work well together and get a lot done.  We run a pretty sweet primary and have awesome teachers to help us do that. We had our first Great To Be 8 as a presidency and it turned out so great. I was in charge of the decorations, playing the piano and making the cupcakes.

One of the Counselors talked about wearing white so we put up these darling outfits.  Two blessing outfits, a baptism outfit and a wedding dress.

 It is so fun being in Primary and seeing the darling kids every week. I have learned to love each and every one of them.  I thought I would miss Relief Society and miss out on feeling the spirit, but I don't! This is where I need to be right now in my life and I feel the spirit so strong every week with those sweet children.

Sick Stella

Poor Stella got the stomach flu and it lasted for a few days. It was miserable and we ended up washing everything in our house because of it. The poor girl tried to make it to the toilet or a bowl, but didn't always get there. She laid around and didn't move for like 3 days straight.

She  was just waiting for the throw up to come. I told her she would be ok, but she sat there with her head in a bowl for a good 15 minutes.

Once she started to feel a little bit better we took the kids on a bike ride so she could get some fresh air. She loved every second of it and brought her spirits up a bit.

She spend a lot of time watching the iPad while she was sick. I was cleaning and doing Laundry the whole time.

Is It Really February

It is the first of February and there is no snow on the ground and the sun is out. I can't believe it. We have been playing outside and meeting friends at the park.  The weather has been awesome!

Drake rigged up a pretty cool thing on his bike.  You could hear this coming down the road from a mile away.

Josh and Kaleb took the kids to Birch Creek to Chip and Putt. The kids had a great time and the Dad's probably had an even better time.

London and Stella are the cutest little friends. They have had  good time playing outside at parks.

Super Bowl Sunday

We were cheering on the Seahawks this year for the Superbowl. They didn't win, but that's ok.  We went to my parents house and had dinner and watched the game. It wasn't that big of a party and really laid back but it still was fun.

January 2015

The month of January was a good one. We had a lot of fun events, but these pictures are just of our every day life.

Drake got his first CTR ring from Primary because he is now a CTR 4.

Drake loves to paint and color pictures.

Taking a Sunday nap.

I was making dinner one night and Drake said he wanted to set the table. He did a great job and was so proud of himself.

Our kids love to eat at Angie's. We like to take them there because they always eat so good!

Gas prices went down sooooo low in the month of January.  It was so nice and made me so happy.  I filled our jeep for $33.78. It made me want to do a happy dance at the gas station!

This meal was so pretty I had to take a picture. It was really yummy too.  

These cute girls after dancing. They all love going to dancing and love being there together.

Kenz and I went to a Zumba night down in Provo. It was a lot of fun and a good work out. It was fun to go with Kenz and spend some one on one time with her. After we worked our butts off for a couple of hours we went to In & Out for dinner and it has never tasted so good!

These two have the same hat. Drake thinks his Uncle James is pretty darn cool!

Drake is obsessed with dogs, and sleeps on his big dog Ike every single night and has Pluto in his arms every single night.

I took a sewing class with my mom up at the quilt shop in Preston. We learned how to make these cute pouches. It was a fun class that was pretty easy and we finished them by the time the class was over. It is so fun to go home with a finished project.

Drake loves golf and wants to golf just like his daddy. He thought it was pretty fun to putt around at Al's while we were looking for some new shoes.

I let Drake pick one thing he wanted to do while he and I were out just the two of us running some errands. He picked going to the mall and ride on a couple of the toys in that creepy place!  Whatever floats his boat I guess?!