February

I love when I see my kids cuddled up together!

Sweet Viv loves getting dressed up for church! She gets all her jewelry on and has to have a dress that will twirl.

But she also love to get play outside.

We went to a Utah Stars game with our Get Out Passes.

We had a lot of fun!

Who doesn't love decorating Valentines boxes? 💁

Wesley made his without me even knowing it and made an awesome vending machine.

Wesley had his 4th grade rendezvous. His group was the 3 musketeers. It was a fun day!

We love our Valentines traditions, and Brody joined up this year.

As Viv would say, "Happy love day!"

Bensen had a Birthday!

Bensen had a birthday! How is he 6 years old already?

 Bensen loves Minecraft, and Mario.

He loves to give big hugs and has the best facial expressions.

We sure love this boy! He is so funny and so much fun. He says the funniest things. He loves playing with his friends and cousins, and playing the Nintendo switch. He is always humming of singing some tune, usually something from Mario of Minecraft.

Jaycee made the basketball team at Highmark. She even was a starter! It was so fun to watch her play, she has improved so much.

We've been running around a lot. The best part of not having time for a nap is the snuggles at night.

January

Happy New year! We started the night off at the Borgstroms playing games, and ended at Trevor and Katies.

 It is hard to believe that it is 2020. That means I graduated from high school almost 20 years ago! That is crazy.

 We made it down to see Grandma Allred. It was a good visit. Look at these cute cousins!

 Jaycee worked so hard and earned her Young Women's Personal Progress Medallion. She has only been in Young Women's for a year, so that was pretty impressive! She earned it with 4 of her cousins, Mae had to leave before the picture, and her Aunt Jaime.

 Wesley had his 4th grade program. I have to say it was one of the best school programs that I have been too. They sang the cutest songs and did cute little dances. It was fun.

 Me and Mike, mostly Mike, created a Book of Mormon reading chart.

 We were able to go to a Jr. Jazz party at the Vivint Smart Home Arena. We had a lot of fun.

 The kids got face painting, and balloon swords.

 We got pictures with a few Starz players and the Jazz Bear.

 I have been working on some earrings. I made some of them by pouring resin and the others I cut with the engraver.

Sarah Got Married!

Sarah go married on December 26! She met Jim sometime in October and instantly felt like she knew him.

 They were able to get married in the Salt Lake Temple before it closed.

 It was a great day! Not only did we gain Jim, but he has 4 kids.

Truman, he is on a mission, Lindsey (15), Hyrum (13), and Brigham (9).

We are so happy for Sarah and Jim!

December Catch Up

I wore two shoes for the first time in months on December 3! It was pretty exciting I had to document it.

 This year instead of decorating a gingerbread house we did snowman sugar cookies.

 The kids had fun and we didn't have to try to get anything to stand up!

I made my first ornaments with our laser engraver.

A set with the names of Christ.

 For neighborhood gifts this year I made ornaments with my neighbors last names. That was a bigger job then I thought it was going to be. And I forgot to take pictures of them, but I made some for the kids and remembered to take pictures of most of them. :)

We took our annual family photo in front of the fireplace.

Me and Mike decided to go to the Salt Lake Temple. They are closing it for a couple of years for renovations.

 As always we love getting together with our families and at Christmas time we get together a lot. Lots of parties = lots of fun!

I love this season, and being able to focus more on the Savior and Lighting the World.

I hope the kids remember why we celebrate Christmas.

Christmas morning is always fun, and this year was no different.

 I think I was more excited about this gift then the kids were.

 The kids were so cute this year, all month they were putting gift under the tree. This one was to me from Bensen.

 Around 10 we headed over to my parent house for Christmas breakfast.

Then we went to Mikes and played games for a bit. We got several new games this year and they are all pretty fun.

 Mike is the best gift giver, this year I got a shiplap wall! 

I know we did a lot more during the month of December, but I am back blogging (its actually February 23) and I can't remember what all we did!