Silly kids

Sometimes trying to get out the door is such a challenge. Last week I was trying to get to the grocery store before the end of the morning but no one was working with me! Easton just wanted to sit in this crate and eat cheerios and Ella just wanted to be a princess! Just getting shoes on can be annoying! But we eventually make it to the car and we get on our way!

 This is a typical Easton face!

She insisted on wearing her dress to the store with the headband and it wasn't a battle I chose to fight so to the store we went with all of it! Of course the headband was in my bag before we even walked in the store because she was done with it!

Valentine's Day!!!

 Our Valentine's Day was relaxing and fun. It was Andrew's day off which was great! We started off by going to my Grandma's to heart attack her and to pick up our chocolates from the day before. I of course forgot the hearts from us but my sister had enough plus my grandma came home right as we got there. I just love this picture of the kids with her!

I really wanted to do the candy trail again with a little something at the end and to heart attack their door but I was so tired the night before from dipping chocolates and just didn't have it together so it didn't happen but I still wanted to do something so while they were eating dinner I just cut a few out and taped them to their beds with a two books and a box of sweethearts. It was perfect and they loved it! I still want to keep my other tradition going but if I can't this will work!

For dinner we got a heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's. It was perfect for us. We were glad to not fight crowds and it is all we needed just to spend time together. We watched Hotel Transylvania with the kids while we ate our dinner! I just love my little family and love telling them each day what they mean to me!

We also made and delivered Valentine's to Grandma and Grandpa Pond and hope to deliver Grandma and Grandpa Brown's this week when they are in town! Earlier in the week we made sugar cookies together and delivered them to our siblings. It was such a fun week!

Making Chocolates

My Grandma asked us a while back if we wanted to learn how to make and dip chocolates. We decided we wanted to learn and decided Valentine's would be a great time to make some for our husbands. The day before Valentine's Day we went over to my Grandma's for the adventure. It isn't easy to do with a 3, 2, and 1 year old! We got to work but not before my grandma took my kids out to play in the snow. She had a ton of snow since she lives on the bench, she had over a foot still! The kids loved it! Sadly we hadn't really played in it at all this winter, we just don't have the right clothes yet. She found them some gloves and they had so much fun. We had to force them inside for lunch! They warmed up with some yummy broccoli cheese soup, Ella had 2 bowls, I guess I will be making it soon!

 Jack wasn't happy that he couldn't go outside with the cousins!

 Before and while we ate lunch we all learned how to make different fondants and flavor and color them how we would like. We then got to work wrapping the cherries in it and then dipping everything else! We made chocolate cherries, orange creams, and mint creams! They turned out yummy and not to bad looking for first timers!

 

My grandma told us we just have to get our hands in it and get messy! It was fun to learn and I am grateful she would take a whole day to show us and teach us!

 Orange Creams

 Chocolate Cherries - Ella loves these when we give her one she always wants another! She wanted them for breakfast every morning because she could see them so we hid them so they aren't a temptation for breakfast anymore! Easton just wants the cherry!

Valentine's Activities

I had big plans for February. I had a list of fun crafts and activities to do with the kids. It started out great but then I got sick and was out of commission for almost a week and so we had two days in all that we did something. We did this craft, I cut out a big heart and then had ripped up some pink and red card stock and put some glue all over their hearts and let them at it. They really like doing this so we might have to do it for other holidays or just for fun!

 When they got done with that they wanted markers, so I found my dry erase markers and some coloring pages that were laminated and let them color. They did really good and didn't get any marker on themselves just on the counter, but thankfully it comes off!

Easton

The other day I hear Easton and he says bye mom and I hear him walking to the door. I go look and he had gone and found a pair of my heals and was ready to leave with them on. This will be funny to look at 12 years from now!

Super Bowl

We had my family over for the Super Bowl. We made lots of yummy food. We had Spinach Queso dip, Bacon wrapped little smokies (to die for, seriously so good!), regular little smokies, Fruit, veggie tray, and lots of treats! We were all so full but it all tasted so good! It was fun to have family over and the guys enjoyed the game!

The kids were being so cute eating their cookies!

 

 Ella is into this take my picture with you in it thing, she is a sweetheart!

Last week we went to my Grandma's house again. We love spending time with her and it is nice to not be at our house for a change! I love that my kids can get to know my grandma and that she gets to know my kids! We had an enjoyable day and the kids played great, except the few times Easton and Jack get in the same room together and go at it with each other! 

I love this picture of them! They do like each other most of the time!

 

My Grandma and Ella making bread! Ella loves to go and help her, and she loves that she lets her make her own little loaf!

 

She made us scones again for us for lunch! They are so yummy!

 

The kids had fun eating on the gingerbread house again! It was hilarious to watch all three of them trying to eat it! Then Jack decided he had had enough and knocked it over and it was toast!

Frozen Yogurt

 Last week I think on Wednesday (I don't really remember) it was national frozen yogurt day! Menchies sent me an email for free cup if you bring in the coupon. So off we went and each of us got our own cup of frozen yogurt! We also got free waffle bowls! It was really good and a nice treat! It was nice to get out of the house together and enjoy something and it being free was an added perk!

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Hair Cut

Andrew has Thursday's off this final semester and it has been really nice. He has been able to do a lot of networking and talking to different doctors, but he has also been home to help me and to run errands! A couple weeks ago Easton and Andrew had a nice Daddy-Son day. Easton has been in desperate need of a haircut and Andrew doesn't mind cutting it. Well the only thing we can't find from our move would be the hair clippers so we just kept looking and never finding them so he took him in. He loved it and the girl that did it commented on how well he sat there. It probably helped that football was on, this kid loves football and basketball.  He looks so much better and older! 

This kid is such a ham! His facial expressions are hilarious!

Eagle Scout

Last weekend we were able to go and see our nephew receive his Eagle. Colin is Andrew's brother's oldest boy. He did his project for Hill Air Force Base up in Ogden by where they live. He collected school supplies, he collected over 1200. He received it with two other boys in the ward. They had a lot of honors given to them. One from the Marines, a state senator, and the Mormon Battalion. It was nice to be able to go and see all his work he had done and let the kids see his great example! We are proud of him!

He is the one on the left with his parents!

 

Day Out

A few weeks back I went down to some new outlets in Lehi with my sister. We both had some Gymbucks to use at Gymboree and so we headed down there. We wanted to check out the new outlets, they just opened in November. We got some really great deals! I got a lot of next winters clothes for the kids taken care of. There were some great prices and I feel so blessed to get what I did! After we stopped at Johnny Rockets for lunch. I had heard it was a really yummy place and we were all starved so we stopped to eat! There food was really good! We can't wait to go back and take our husbands and maybe try a shake! It is fun to be able to do things with my sisters! 

Ella and I waiting for our food!

 Emily and Jack, he is busy!

 Easton and I. At this point he did not feel good and by the end of the day was really sick and had a high fever! He doesn't look good now that I look at this picture. I should have known he wasn't feeling good,  he wanted to sit in the stroller the whole time we were shopping and then wanted to sit on my lap while we ate.

A couple Sunday's ago was my cousin Ben's mission farewell. We ended up spending the whole day after the meeting back at their house enjoying yummy food! He gave such a wonderful talk and will be such a great Missionary! He has such a strong testimony! We enjoyed spending time with family all day! We didn't want to leave and almost couldn't it had snowed almost a foot while we were there! Our usual 10 minute drive home took us well over 45 minutes in the snow! It was such a great day!

 

Easton and Dahlia enjoyed dinner in the dining room with just the two of them!