Andrew's Birthday

Andrew's birthday was March 3rd. I have really failed the last couple of years when it comes to his birthday! Two years ago I had a newborn and just wasn't really doing anything but surviving and then last year we all had the flu the week leading up to his birthday and then he got it the night before! I really wanted to make this one special! His first gift he got for the day the UPS Man was nice enough to deliver just in time before we left town! I went to pick up Ella from school and told him if he beat me home he couldn't go inside! I got home and we surprised him with a smoker! My friend Cara had just got one when I was at her house in November and thought that would be perfect for Andrew! He loves it!

After we surprised him I went and got my hair done (he is so nice to let me do this on his birthday but he is never home for me to go!) I got home and he had the car loaded! We got in and headed to St George for the weekend! We had been trying all winter to find a time to go down and about a month before I found a listing for a house big enough for all of my family and it ended up being about half the price of a hotel per night per family. It was awesome!! We got to St George at about 8:30 and got to work on a party! I had made Tres Leches the night before. We sang to him and enjoyed our cake while he opened presents! 

This picture is out of order but that morning he took Easton to the driving range and they hit some balls together! Easton loved it!

He got some money from my family, I got him a game, some wood chips for his smoker, a few new shirts, a new U of U sweater, a bigger version of the Eye book by Dr Seuss, and a model eye ball! He was pretty excited about his eye ball! 

Random

Love the sunsets from my back porch! Pictures don't do them justice!

We headed out for the morning to get our car washed and hit up Costco before the kids had to be picked up from school only to realize the roads were to wet to not make a car wash worth it so we went to the new waffle luv that had just opened next to Costco while we waited for Costco to open. We shared a yummy waffle with biscoff spread and strawberries and raspberries and a cup of chocolate milk! It was amazing!! My date thought she owned the waffle though!

Ella fights being tired and refuses to nap! She is my sleep in child so morning Kindergarten has been rough on her! I told her we had to have a 30 minute quiet time while Addie was napping. I went in the toy room when it got really quiet and found her like this! I love seeing her sleep she is so beautiful and a very peaceful sleeper!

She loves to dress up! I got her this mask at Home Goods a while back, she was begging for it and I gave in for once! It is the best $3 I have ever spent! She wears it daily!! She came in and sang me some song she had made up, microphone, pom pom and all!

She found some lipstick and came up to me and said "wips mom!" She was in heaven to have lip stick on!

Our primary gave the kids glow sticks for Valentine's Day. Easton's was broke and sat on my table overnight and promptly ruined the finish and leaked out and made another spot too! I was not happy!!! 

We have had voles/field mice making trails all over our brand new grass all winter. We had snow on our grass for over two months so we had no idea it was even going on! Here's to hoping it all comes back!

They beg all the time to have a "sleepover." We finally said yes when we didn't have anything the next day. Easton lasted until about 1 and then wanted his bed! 

My neighbor watched my kids while I went to the dentist one day. I came back well past nap time and then we chatted until she had to go get her kids from school. I took Addie home and she was out cold before I could shut the shutters and take her dirty diaper out! 

It is really nice to have three mornings a week with just Addie! She is my pro errand runner! I especially like to hit up costco with just her! This day as we were getting in line she said pizza mom? I couldn't say no plus we had 30 minutes until Ella was done so I obliged! She is pretty fun to hang out with!

Helping me wrap Andrew's birthday presents! They fought and complained more than they helped!

We finally made it in, in the last month to get the kids well child check ups our old office by our house in Sandy was just to far and they opened a branch close by recently so we finally made it in! Here is to hoping that this is our last pediatrician switch for a long time if not forever! I think we have had 6 or 7 now I am done going to new places! Ella is my tall and way skinny girl! Easton is just a big kid. Big hands, mouth, feet, and so on! He is growing so fast! I can't keep him in clothes! He is trying so hard to pass Ella up but she always manages to be slightly taller, this time barely by a half inch or so! Addie has started to thin out. She is tall and skinny thing too! She has always been in the 75th percentile for her head or bigger. She doesn't seem like she had a big head but I don't remember my other two kids ever being that high!

This Girl.............

We have a serious case of being 2 going on over here! This day she was taken out of Sacrament because she was just so tired and couldn't handle herself! 1 o'clock church is seriously hard when that is when your used to going down for a nap. We have since learned to put her down for an hour before we go, it helps a little!

This is what she does when you tell her no, she bows her head and pouts, and sometimes if she can kicks her shoes off! I miss boot season already she couldn't kick them off! 

She was assuming position for her morning I Pad session while I showered! 

YW Ice Skaing

The end of February we took the YW ice skating. We had such a fun time. I love activities like this it really brings the girls together and helps them bond! We laughed so hard and really got some girls to stretch their limits! I love working with these girls! 

Cute Mikayle in the middle would not leave the wall but these two managed to get her to go around with them a few times!

Donnell and Eva

Afterwards we treated the girls to ice cream cones at Pace's. We had way to much fun and laughed until we cried! We got the girls home really late but they were having so much fun it was hard to get them to go! 

They wanted to see how many straws they could drink out of at one time, it was actually quite hard they said! 

Donell....Eva stole my phone and took lovely selfies of her and Donell that I found after I got home!

Biffy tried the straw trick first it was really funny to watch!