catch-up.

Jayne started taking a dance class from a sweet lady in our ward.  She looks forward to Mondays so much! 

Lincoln placed third in the school science fair!  Now I get to cut my apron strings a little bit and let him go to the next round by himself... on a Saturday... to a giant expo center.  Not excited about that.  (There will be teachers and chaperone's and they are all traveling together... still not thrilled.)

We had to say good-bye to one of our favorite sisters.  She got transferred to another ward in our stake.  We love her so much! We got to see her at a wedding on Saturday and it was a very happy reunion.

The do the strangest thing with the snow on our cul-de-sac.  They will plow it in front of our houses like normal people... and then they come back with big truck and move it all to one big pile in front of one of the houses... and then they bring another giant truck and load all of the snow into that truck... and then they take it who knows where!  Peter loves watching all the excitement.

We got some new fun curlers.  They make you look like a Lalaloopsy!

The girls look super adorable after they have them in.  They hurt just enough going in that they don't let me do it very often.  I wish it could be a nightly routine because I think they are amazing!

We have had a really rough, freezing cold winter.  I am kind of done with snow... expect for the glitter snow.  That kind can stay... as long as it rains the next day.

These two.....

They spent one afternoon recording each other doing scenes from Frozen.  I laughed so hard I cried.  Jayne is so dramatic!  And Gracie has an incredible voice.  I need to get them in some kind of acting lessons.  They have been such good friends lately.  It makes my heart so happy.

hen-hen.

This little guy... we are finally figuring him out.  He has had a yucky cold that brought a cough and wheezing.  Poor thing.  He is going to take after his mommy and older brothers and will most likely have asthma when he's older.

He is crying less and less and has longer stretches of happiness.  He is such a light in our lives!  We love our Sunday afternoons by the fire with him (and the other children)...

He is learning to love toys.  He loves soft, squishy things that he can suck and chew on.

His favorite thing to play with is a blanket.  So easy to please...

I have started laying him down awake in his cradle for naps.  He usually goes down with little to no fussing!  Now if we could just get him to sleep through the night... mom and dad are exhausted!

uncle nate.

My little brother, Nate, recently returned home from his mission to Jamaica.  We flew him out for a visit last week.  It was so nice to see him again!  I can't believe how much he's grown.  He's about a foot taller than I am now and I can see his testimony radiate from him.  It was so fun to have him in our home.  We stayed up late playing rockband a few nights.  

He gave my boys haircuts while he was here.

He missed a few spots... but we still love him.

My sister and her family came up from Georgia to see him while he was here.  We had a pretty lazy time while they were here.  I feel kind of bad about that.  Petey enjoyed the cousins so much.

We went out to see The Lego Movie while they were here.  Such a good flick.

I cannot wait to see this movie!  It comes out two days before my birthday!

It was so nice to have another hand to help with the kiddies.  Henry got lots of  bonding time and learned a few new tricks!

 This loveliness was posted on facebook while he was here.  I still laugh everytime I see it.

 We got a sitter and went to Texas Roadhouse one night.  Jeremy was laughing at me for getting the Chicken Critters... until he tasted them and then he wanted them over his steak!  I can still taste the rolls and honey butter.  Yummmmmm.

 The best part of having him come visit was watching him with his big sister.  These two are hilarious.

fun times.

We went to the temple with another family in our ward.  It was so nice to be in the temple with my sweetheart.  It was my first time going with the new changes in the endowment session.  It made the trip even more enjoyable.  

The kids made Valentine's for school.  We had to get a little creative because they couldn't bring food.  I think they did a pretty good job.  We even came up with two of them on our own without pinterest!

These three are so fun during the day.... they made a train together one afternoon.  My favorite is the little caboose.

Natalie started teaching a dance class for little girls ages 6-8.  It is so fun to watch her use her talents.  I never thought I would have a dance studio in my living room!  I love it!  They are learning a ballet dance to Let It Go from Frozen.  By the end of the lesson I am usually done with that song for another week.

Jayne earned another cotton ball date with me.  The girl loves to serve.  She is always asking me for ways to earn them.  We went to Claire's and she scored on their 10 for $1 rack.  Clip on earrings galore!

I gave her a few quarters... she was so excited.

She opted for little trinket toys instead of candy.

This is so Jayne.  She decided to get one for each of her siblings instead of getting them all for herself.  I love her so much.

One ride on the Story Teller and our date was done.  She is so easy to please.

We had a baptism preview for our Graham.  I cannot believe he is getting baptized in a few short months!  He is such a sweet boy.

love party.

This year we were lucky enough to be invited to the greatest Valentine's Day Couples party ever.  We had so much fun last year... we were so excited to go back and defend our champion title.  We lost on the first round... but we still had fun.  Well, I still had fun.  Jeremy is highly competitive and he was pretty upset that we lost so quickly.  If he wouldn't have said that his favorite meal that I cook is Tator Tot Casserole... then we would have had a fighting chance.  (I haven't cooked that in  years!)  Oh well... you can't win them all.

The party goes like this... there were eight couples invited and then the host couple.  They split us up into groups of four.  The wives answered questions while the husbands were downstairs.  The husbands came up and tried to get the same answers we gave.  Then we switched.

He said my favorite feature was his face... I said his smile.  We realized that I need to compliment him more because he had no idea.

I admit that usually being in the hotseat is far more fun than watching the other teams take their turn... but this year was different.  Everyone was so hilarious!

Once both teams have taken their turns the top two scoring couples move on to the lightning round.  You answer quick questions back and forth with your spouse.

This is the hostess.  She is so lovely.  I am going to miss her so much when she moves in a few months.  Why does everyone I love have to move away?!

After the lightning round, the top two couples move on to the finals.  This year she had an amazing thumb wrestling game to determine who would go first.  It was amazing!  The top two couples had to do a minute to win it game.  It involved shower caps, shaving cream and cheetos.  Whoever got the most cheetos onto their spouses shaving cream topped head won!

All of the couples that came.... I adore all of them so much.

We decided that since the hosts are moving... we are going to start this tradition next year.  I can't wait!