Awards Assembly

Lexie & Joseph both got awards this trimester at school.

We are so grateful that they are good kids & are working hard in their classes!

Quick Trip

We picked up Rick from the airport late Friday night. It was great to have him home. We survived our 2 weeks without him without many problems (the kids are amazing!), but I'm very grateful that he doesn't have to travel very often.

Saturday morning we made a fun breakfast & asked the kids what they wanted to do for the 4 day weekend & gave them some options. We mentioned go to Kansas & immediately they all began shouting that they wanted to go there. They hurriedly got their trip bags together & we quickly packed & headed out to Grandma's house!

Unfortunately, I did a terrible job of taking pictures, but we really had a great time. The kids had a blast playing with their cousins & Eliza started warming up to other people. I went on a fun walk with Janae & Lexie & was surprised to see so many buds on trees so early.

On Sunday afternoon we headed down to Emporia to see Uncle Nathan for a bit.

On Monday afternoon we went over to the Great Wolf Lodge to stay the night. We played LOTS in the water park. The kids loved all of the water slides & sleeping in their own little cabin.

Here's Lexie meeting Wiley Wolf after story time.

And after playing for a few hours in the water they slept really well only to get up & go swimming again! Then we headed back to Grandma's for a bit & then began the long drive home.

It was a really quick trip but we are glad we did it & had lots of fun seeing everyone!

Rick's California Trip

Here are a few highlights from Rick's trip out to California. He had 2 weeks of classes out there. He visited the Newport Beach Temple,

the Los Angeles Temple,

Manhattan Beach,

and (his words) a basketball temple for a game.

He had a great time but is super glad to be home! It gets boring being by yourself after awhile.

Snug Fit

Lexie is the best! She loves to help everyone & finds ways to make life fun for others. Eliza really loved being pushed around in the lego tub while reading of course.

It's Valentine's Day & I'm amazed that we got all 80 valentines made for the kids classes. It was fun also watching them look through the valentines & share with each other. These kids sure are sweet & I'm grateful for them!

Weekend Fun

Rick is enjoying sunny California & going to the Newport Beach & Los Angeles Temples. We had lots of fun with crafts. Joseph made this dinosaur creation out of 3 pieces of paper. He was quite excited to show it to Dad.

All Wet

I guess Eliza didn't get the memo that she was supposed to staying in her pajamas all day today.

As I was letting the water warm up for my shower as I brushed my teeth & turned around to find Eliza standing in the shower just smiling as the water soaks her. This girl loves her showers!

She was not thrilled that I took her out of the shower, as the pictures show so well.

Snowed In

We had a great snow day yesterday! The kids had a lot of fun helping Dad shovel & playing outside for what seemed like hours!

Today the kids played out back. We got LOADS of snow & are grateful that we had the weekend snowed in with Rick before he takes off to sunny California for 2 weeks!

At least he was here to help with the shoveling instead of my by my lonesome.