Liam's 5.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

 Liam was SOOO excited for his birthday...what 5 year old isn't?! We did this thing once where we let the kids open up gifts leading up to their birthday and they have never let us forget it. So he of coarse he wanted to do the same and it does spread out the excitement. Me got the complete set of AquaPups.

On his actual birthday we had Nick and Brit over to decorate gingerbread houses and do dinner with cake and ice cream. It was a fun and different way to celebrate

Liam requested a air craft carrier cake

Happy birthday to our little buddy and the caboose of our family. We love you more than I could ever express

California Day 1-Arrival

 The day finally came for us to go meet Matt and head to San Diego. From there we would meet up with the rest of the family and get ready to go on our cruise. The weather was very unsettled and the flight seemed to mimic that...so that was fun but I have become a much better traveler over the years. 

The flight snacks almost didn't happen but Im glad they did because they are always a highlight.

The beautiful weather in California had left shortly before we arrived and when we landed in Long Beach it was rainy and cool. This is the first time we have flown into Long Beach and the airport was nice and little which made getting around super easy.

Our plan was to go to the beach for the day but it didn't take long to realize that was not the best plan so we grabbed lunch at Red Robin. After lunch we decided to hit up an ice cream shop we have wanted to try for awhile. It's called South Swell Ice Cream and they do ice cream different than any other that I have tried. 

Emy and Matt chose cookies and cream in a cone

Liam had an ice cream bar called the OG covered in sprinkles

Hallie had the same thing as Liam but in a cup. It was a little chilly to sit outside with ice cream but it was a fun stop. I had the Englishman with Heath bar and caramel drizzle. We ordered to much ice cream for sure.

Gracie had the smore bar AKA Da Bomb Fire

Then we decided to start the trek to San Diego. What should have taken us 45 minutes- 1hour ended up taking almost 3 hours. The weather was awful, there were so many people, and no one knows how to drive. It was so hard

We got to see the temple for a good period of time because we sat in traffic 

We had plans to get dinner with Nic and Kyle but by the time we got to the hotel we were exhausted and they were still stuck in traffic so I just ran to the grocery store and got us dinner and snacks for the next day and evening.

February Random

With all of the snow it has been hard to see if there's an end in site so I decided to bring back the scatter sunshine project. So on the last day of Feb we purchased a couple bouquets of flowers and vases and made our own smaller bouquets to deliver to all the sisters in the ward with a birthday in March. It was so fun to deliver them and see the smiles on faces. It was equally as fun to see the kids be excited about the whole process.

Emy and Liam's snowmen 

Parent teacher conference selfies

The amount of snow that we have is crazy and unreal. We are setting records all over the place and its been cool and depressing to be part of such a year. We had to stop using the four wheeler to push snow in Dec since there was no where to push it. Now we are running out of room to throw the snow.

Matt and I snuck away one night while my dad was here for work to watch the kids to the Jazz game. 

Matt has also been able to take his dad to several of the games. 

My car finally showed up and we got a call to come pick it up. After 18 months we were shocked and excited. It was a mess because our trade in was worth less and they wanted more for the car. We ended up getting kinda hosed but it seemed like the best option. I love all the new safety features it has.

Happy Valentine's Day

 Valentine's hair but this year Emy was the only one that wanted to be part

Gracie's class went on a field trip for their Valentine's party. I was asked to come and help. So Liam and I were happy to attend

Gracie with all of her friends

Our Valentine's Day dinner

Primary Children's Valentine's Preparation and Delivery

 This year we got the Activity Days girls involved. I ordered all of the paper hearts and picked up the candy. The girls all did a great job at coming up with things to write on the slips of paper. By the end we had about 600 total ready to be delivered.

Now all we had to do is deliver them. Nic decided to come visit for the weekend and we invited Maddi to join us and we all went to deliver them. We had lunch at Cafe Rio then headed up. We paired the kids up so they could deliver them on the level we were on. It went pretty quickly and the kids did a great job

We ended up passing out about 550 and I hope it brightened at least one persons day.