February - Part 2

Kallie is obsessed with all the new babies in our family and is always putting their binkies in their mouths. Such a little mom already!

 

 See? Always climbing. Kallie is always the leader.

 

Love this picture!! Having fun at the store shopping for a birthday present for a friend.

 

Tyler is such a boy and loves cars and balls and throwing things and yelling. I love it.

 

Mckinley at her cute friend's super hero birthday party. She had such a good time and still talks about it a lot.

 

Cute kiddos all ready for bed.

 

I love this. I have been working out at home doing videos for 8 weeks now and the kids love to try to copy what I'm doing. It makes working out so much more fun.

 

That's about it. February is not our favorite month of the year. Good thing it's short! And we did enjoy some really good weather towards the end for a few days. We are so ready for Spring!

Valentine's Day

We are not big on celebrating Valentine's Day but here are a few things we did that were festive.

 

Mckinley and I heart attacked Brandon's side of the mirror in the bathroom.

 

My awesome friend helped me make these cute little canvases. We gave them to Brandon to keep in his office.

 

Valentine's Day pizza. 

February - Part 1

I hate catching up on my blog once a month but blogging is not easy, so this is as good as it gets.

 

Kallie has started climbing up on our kitchen table. All the time. We moved half the chairs downstairs and took out the leaf which helps a little but she is determined.

 

Kallie's first ponytail!

 

Kallie is such a girl and loves to wear dress up shoes and carry purses.

 

Relaxing in the bouncer chair that we got out for a baby who was over.

 

Cutest smile!!!

 

I think this picture came from Brandon's camera. Looks like they have discovered their noses.... Ha ha ha.

 

Cutest muscle pose ever!

 

Tyler is so good at kneeling and folding his arms when it's time for prayers. So cute.

 

Kallie was really concerned that Mckinley was asleep.

 

Tyler loves to run and hide under this table any time it's time to go to bed.

 

Sharing a smoothie.

Mckinley, again

I know I already did a post about Mckinley but I can't help myself from doing another short one. This girl is just A.MAZ.ING. She is so incredible. I wish I could really describe it.

 

Found this gem on Brandon's phone. Mckinley pretty much never wears normal clothes. She always wants to wear a dress or a skirt.

 

This is so Mckinley. Here's how it went down.

Me: Mckinley, should we clean up the blocks?

Mckinley: But Mom, I made a heart. It's for true love's kiss. You should take a picture.

 

So I take a picture and then she says take a picture of me sitting in the heart.

 

She has started "puckering up" for kisses and oh my gosh, that pucker is just too cute! I can't stand it.

 

I know every parent probably thinks this about their child, but I really think she is just extraordinary. She is so amazing and surprises us every day with the things she says and does. She is totally into drawing and is starting to draw some really incredible things. The girl's got talent! She is so sweet and kind and so obedient and helpful. Tonight she was drawing and Brandon said he was going to put a timer on the microwave and when it went off she was supposed to go to bed. A couple minutes later the timer went off and she said Dad, goodnight. I'm done drawing. And proceeded to walk to her bedroom to put herself to bed. We stopped her of course to get some goodnight kisses and hugs first but oh my gosh, she is just the cutest!

Dinosaur Museum

My sister-in-law invited us to go to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point with them for my nephew's birthday. We got invited once before but couldn't go so I really wanted to make it happen this time. Even though Tyler and Kallie had a well check with shots just before we went, we did it anyway and it turned out really fun.

 

 I didn't know if Mckinley really even knew what dinosaurs were but apparently she did and she was so excited to see everything! She kept saying Mom, come look at this dinosaur! Mom, come over here, walk this way, look at this one! Oh my gosh, look at this!! It was so fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She still talks about it all the time and says we should go back there again. She is at such a fun age! I just love her to pieces.

 

Trying New Things

Yes folks, that is me sewing!! Brandon's mom bought me a sewing machine for Christmas two years ago and I have just recently started using it! I made the kids pillow cases for Christmas. I also made Mckinley a little crayon roll up holder for Christmas. And then I have fixed quite a few things, shortened sleeves on some shirts, repaired holes in a few things, and fixed our two broken baby doll stroller seats. I have actually enjoyed it! And I am quite proud of myself.

 

 Kallie decided to try taking a bath with all her clothes on. Ha ha ha. I think this look is saying "something doesn't feel quite right."

 

The triplets (Tyler, Kallie, and Mav) playing the piano at my mom's house.

 

Tyler and Kallie love coloring.

 

We have been letting Tyler and Kallie feed themselves with a spoon. It is quite messy but they are learning and getting better each time they do it. 

 

 

We started having FHE for the first time. This was our first FHE. We had a 30 second lesson on service, and then made cookies for Mckinley's old nursery leaders, now that she is a sunbeam. Speaking of, Mckinley is a sunbeam now! She has the best teacher in the world and absolutely loves going to primary.

 

I bought yeast for the first time in my entire life and made dough. Twice. Both times we made some homemade pizzas and scones for Navajo tacos. Tonight I couldn't decide what to make for dinner so I ended up making stuff for four things. We ended up eating the pizza. :)

 

Mckinley is learning how to cut her own food with a knife and fork. Pretty much the cutest thing ever.

Dates

Brandon and I have still been getting out fairly often to go on dates. It is so good for us and we are so grateful for our family who watches the kids for us so we can go!

 

We went to Pizza Factory for dinner one night and I made Brandon order the Never On Sundae. Best dessert ever!!

 

 

My mom sent me this picture of Tyler while we were gone. Ha ha ha.

First signs of affection and playing in the snow

So, we bought a laptop! Super exciting and I am hoping I can blog more often now that we have it, but I can't get things quite figured out tonight so I am just on the computer once again. Anyway, the whole month of January passed me by and so there are going to be a bunch of posts.

 

Kallie and Tyler having a little Costco cuddle.

 

These guys have started giving each other kisses and it is the cutest thing ever!!!

 

I just die every time I see this picture. It's my phone background right now. Tyler has started making the kissing noise now too. So cute!!

 

Cutest picture ever of Mckinley helping Brandon shovel the driveway.

 

We let these guys play out in the snow for like five minutes once.

 

 

Mckinley on the other hand always asks to go out in the snow. She got herself all dressed to go outside. A skirt and snow boots. That is so Mckinley. I don't mind if she dresses like this because I know she won't last long out there. All she does is putter around making footprints in the snow anyway.