Dec. 2011, Jan 2012, Feb, 2012...quick catch up :)

Brother/Sister gift exchange.

Did you know that I love poinsettas?

Taylor's BIG 14...he wanted banana cream pie, which was a great idea, except that I made it gross with yucky GREEN bananas.

Christmas.

Did I mention we have puppies again? Probably not. It has been interesting to see the psychological damage that occurred to me during our last puppy experience! I haven't done one thing with these cute little buggers and it's been great!

"Kelcie's" puppy has the CUTEST face!

One thing that makes Kansas beautiful...the sunsets.

More Christmas. Lexi got a little fish tank. She had five fish that lasted 5 days. I think something was wrong with the water :). I just emptied the tank yesterday. We'll try again.

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Taylors b-day gift from Kelcie. She colored him a cute "card".

Cotton candy anyone? Lexi is pretty good at custom colors and flavors.

Jessie needed a new ipod screen protector, for the professionally fixed ipod she got from grandpa. :)

Tay's favorite Christmas present were these headphones. When you put them on, you can't help but bust a move. Beats, by Dr. Dre'.

Kelcie has enjoyed this easel, to help her share her creative talents.

Jessie has had fun with her dessert maker with interchangeable plates...she has made brownies, cookies, mini bundt cakes.

SLIPPERS :)

Indoor soccer game---wichita wings----family fun.

Well, there's the "catch-up" post. I will try to do better. :)

DC TRIP

Our hotel lobby.

Riding the Metro. We were pretty good at it.

The beautiful DC Temple.

This is where private Draper served in 1967

The Capitol rotunda.

The Mason Memorial!

At the JFK grave site.

The Vietnam Memorial, Allen Dale Gailey was one of my friends killed in Vietnam.

Four tourists!

D said it looked like a good shot from here. Meaning a photo of course.

World War II Memorial.

In front of the Ford Theater.

Small side walk in a tunnel.

Flying with first class kids in coach.

A special Ben Franklin Exhibit.
There was so much to see, it was awesome!

Five

How do the years fly by when often the days go so slow?

I found these cupcakes on Pinterest and they turned out OK.  Cute enough for 5 year olds, that's for sure. 

The highlight was going to Jump On It.  We hit it early enough that there weren't may people there.  By the time we were ready to leave it had definitely filled up so I was glad we had a little peace and quiet.  Here's some pictures.  I'm hoping these will want people to go there so next time we need some entertainment we can head here with cousins.  

It was a good birthday.  Thanks for the birthday wishes.

Our week at Aunt Heaths!!!

The girls and I had alot of fun at aunt heaths house this past week. Josh had to work from 7am to 10pm so he stayed at the parents house and then Danen was out of town all that week so Heather and I decided to make a party out of it. We just let the kids play and we just hung out. Lilee did not want to go home at all! The next day she asked if we were going to go and play with Blakers....Thanks again aunt heath we love you!

Winter Finally Came

It took until March, but we finally got a winter week that produced some snow to play in. 

The kids had a great time playing in the snow.  D and I also played in the snow up American Fork canyon with our snowshoes.  It was so beautiful!

Anyone else want to come next week?

Gpa Snow Shoeing

D taught me how to do this pose.

Looking up Bells Canyon.

Bells Lower reservoir.

Heading up the canyon for a little solitude.