Snow Day

We have been having crazy weather here and last week there was a snow day!! Oh, the girls (and rex) were really excited! We were up eating breakfast and outside playing by 8:30. It really wasn't that much snow, but you would be surprised what they will close school for around here :) So we played with friends and built and snowman and were able to have Rex home for the day, which we love.

Holding hands walking to our friends just across the street. CUTE!

Annie rolling the head for the snowman

Macey just being cute, I love her little one piece snowsuit!

All done!!! Whoo hoo, it was already leaning by the time we were heading home :)

Baby belly at 35 weeks! Wow, starting next week appointments every week! This baby loves to camp out in my ribs, but still very wiggly. At this point in pregnancy you for get you can't tie your shoes, eat hardly any food with out feeling stuffed, or even fit into the cute maternity clothes, but I am feeling great and getting so excited (so are the girls)! Can't wait to meet her :)

Heart Shaped Cookies

We love making sugar cookies here. I am not gonna lie, we love eating them more but for Valentines Day we made and decorated cookies for friends and family. The girls LOVE to help in the kitchen, which I love. I would love it more if our kitchen wasn't tiny, but oh well. We had a great Valentines Day at home.

I cut all of Rex's breakfast and lunch foods into hearts :) then we had a yummy dinner at home, opened gifts that we can do together (games, movies, candy) and shared delicious chocolate fondue after the kiddies went to bed. I love my man, he is so good to me!


My little cooks with aprons and all.... we did a great job on totally making a huge mess together, but it was fun!

Annie is really into decorating.....

Macey is really into eating all the cookies she has licked

Yum, dessert anyone?

It finally happened....

Yep, we got a mini van. Ok, 10 years ago you would never have heard me say that I would ever drive a mini van, but recently I have secretly been so excited about getting one. I love it!! I am in van heaven. This is the car that I really wanted and Rex looked everywhere to find it. He is so good to me and very sweet for taking so much time to find me a "cute van".... (there aren't many out there :). The girls love the "magic" doors that open at the touch of a button and can't wait to use the sun roof. I am one happy mama. I am excited about the trunk space and tinted windows (so we are not draping blankets all over to keep the sun out of kid eyeballs). We tested it out last weekend at Brianne's when we went to visit. We put all 4 car seats in, drove it to the grocery store, loaded it up and it was wonderful! Whoo hoo!



Don't mind that Macey is totally picking her nose....sorry and Annie is playing around in there.... but cute right?

A Bench to Remember

Just the other day Rex told me that they put in this sweet thoughtful bench for mom at Cal Young Middle school(where dad and Rex work). I was so touched that we packed up a lunch and went to eat there in memory of mom. The staff at Cal Young is so amazing and they loved mom, they truly feel like family. Thank you Diana, we love you!!

We miss you mom and love you tons!



Later on in the day, we got home from the grocery store and had locked ourselves out. Thankfully the downstairs bathroom window was cracked open a bit so I had Annie climb in the window (which she thought was so cool) and unlock the door for us. I called her my hero and she was beaming the rest of the day.

All this went on while my moo slept in her car seat with food dried on her little face....cute!

New Room for 3....

Ok, I didn't know if it would work out putting 3 girls into one room, but it totally does!! Over the weekend (Rex had Monday off) we totally redid the girls room. I mean TOTALLY redid. Colors, beds, decor....the works, and I LOVED it!! It turned out so good, better than I thought and now it is my favorite room. Rex (with a bit of help from my dad) made a trundle to go under this cute bed we got from a coworker of his. It is the perfect solution for our situation! We worked hard all day and after it was complete, we rewarded ourselves with dinner out to Red Robin....yumm!! Here it is.....next makeover: my room.

The before. Nice, I know.
Yeah, all done! I am not sure what Annie is doing, but both the girls are so excited about big beds! I love the banner and the window... ok I love it all! We already had baby bedding to match too, score!
Both my girls happy as can be. Now if I could just keep them from jumping on the bed :)
This is about 11:00 p.m. at night. I have a really good flash apparently.... but a shot of them both sleeping..... so cute!

Christmas Time!!

On to the Christmas photos..... We had a great Christmas, not the same without mom of course, but we did our best:) All my siblings were here and the kids had a blast! We made gingerbread houses, decorated sugar cookies, ate a lot of food, looked at Christmas lights, played games, watched Christmas movies and sang as many Christmas carols as we knew words to. I love the feeling of Christmas and the spirit that comes along with it. We had all the kids sit down on Christmas Eve and read about the birth of the Savior. Thanks to Papa who let us invade his house all week, we love you and appreciate all you did for use this year!! It was a great Christmas....can't wait until next year :)

Annie, Macey and Ezra decorating (actually just eating the candy) their gingerbread houses
Macey is very proud of her house
My brother Bryce and his cute girlfriend, Lauren
Annie and Ryan love each other and were decorating cookies together
Papa had some presents that were lost behind the chair so since Macey was the smallest she retrieved the gifts
Christmas morning! Macey and Annie loved opening thier stockings from Santa
Annie was really excited about her new electric Hello Kitty toothbrush!
Wearing the pretty Christmas dresses from Uncle George and Aunt Marlene, so cute!!
Macey loves to lay on my lap, so we were just chilling after all the presents were ripped open at Papa's house. She is such a snugglebug :)
And of course a belly picture update! Here I am at 27 weeks!! Wow, almost in the 30's, yeah! Baby girl is kicking a ton and Annie loves to feel her move. I am loving this baby so much!

Our 6th Anniversary

I really need to catch up on the holiday blogging and photos so first we will start with our 6th anniversary!! Rex planned a really fun trip up in the snow where we stayed at a little cabin and went snowshoeing. It was so much fun!! I have never spent a night away from the girls, so my mother in-law came over to watch the girls. Thanks Donna!
This is how the trip went.... got to our cabin
changed and went snowshoeing for a couple of hours
came back and watched a Christmas movie
ate dinner
went for a night hike
played cards
slept
woke up
had muffins, fruit, and hot cocoa for breakfast
when snowshoeing on a beautiful trail
drove home
played with the kids
cleaned up and went out to a delicious dinner!

What an great couple of days! It was so much fun just to spend all my time with Rex. He really is my best friend and we had a blast together and I love that I feel the most myself when I am with him! Thanks honey, for everything and for planning this great trip. I love you! Here's to a lifetime together!

Hiking right by lake Odell
My cute hubby
Our tiny snowman
Isn't this cabin cute! It was so much fun!
We hiked up to a little shelter in the snow with a fireplace to warm up!