Misc February

Misc February

 Lots of sickness around here this month.  We have had multiple rounds of stomach bugs, fevers, coughs and colds.  One night poor Matisyn just decided to sleep in the bathroom to save herself the trips!  :(

 The girls had their devices taken away (ie ipods, ipad, kindle, etc.) for not listening or getting their responsibilities done.  They quickly learned that they could find whatever they wanted on Matt's computer!  It wasn't as effective as we were hoping!  They spent a lot of time on netflix and pbs kids!

 Lucas took over Matisyn's helicopter Christmas present!

 100 Days of School- Emilyn made a poster of Frozen stickers

 Lucas thinks boxes are so much fun!

Emilyn reading to Lucas!

The kids found hours of fun with this box.  Their favorite game was putting someone in the box on the trampoline and then jumping around them.

The kids loved these big poster papers from Emilyn's 100 day project.  Lucas made a swirl masterpiece, Emilyn made a sparkly Elsa, and Matisyn colored Elsa in her ice tower.

Matisyn's "recipe" terriblishisss

We spent a whole Sunday morning working on Valentine's while Matt was on a work trip.  We made Grandma Karen, Grandma Barb, and our adopted Grandma Jeanette all Valentine's from all three of the kids.  They turned out so cute!

Emilyn came up with her sayings for the Valentine's on her own.  "Grandma Karen, you make my heart squirm" on a heart caterpillar, and "Grandma Barb, your heart makes me ruff" on a dog!

We made these hand and foot print Valentine's from Lucas.  He loved getting his hand and foot all squishy with paint!

Emilyn found this panda bear Valentine box online and we made it for her to take to school.  Matisyn was so proud that she came up with her camera Valentine box idea all on her own.  She designed and created it with only a little bit of help from us.  They both turned out so cute!

Emilyn's Kindergarten New Year's Resolution for 2015:  I will help my mom with my baby brother!

I have been sick for months with the pregnancy, and the girls really did try to be patient with me not being my normal mom self.  They wrote me these adorable notes one night when I was feeling especially miserable and down.  They are precious!

Lucas "helping" pour the rice milk for his cereal!

My three snuggling cuties!

More sickness at our house!  The girls laying around during another round of sickness.

Our good friend Alisa has been fighting cancer for years now.  She has been an example of strength and courage to anyone who knows her.  This year has been particularly bad, and she has spent most of it in the hospital.  We have all missed her.  We had the opportunity to rotate going up for a few hours to spend some time with her while Josh went to work.  She was having a good day, and it was really good to see her.  We continue to hope and pray for miracles, and are so blessed to call her our friend!

We have had an unseasonable warm February.  It has been wonderful to let the kids outside instead of being stuck inside for a long Utah winter.  Hopefully we will have rain or snow soon, but we will enjoy the weather while it lasts.  They had a blast running around at the park, on the slides, throwing rocks, and climbing trees.

During one of Matt's work trips we met Megan, Kenz, and Cass at Riverwoods at the Fire and Ice event.  There was music, events like ice carving and snow dogs, dancing, and games.  The kids loved being with their cousins and it was a really fun night.

Lucas ran off to heavy machinery whenever he got the chance!

Emilyn with Elsa and Anna.

Sam and Emilyn were the best singers to "Let it Go" while Elsa sung on the stage.

Lucas got right down and personal with the sled dogs.  Luckily they were friendly!  I think they accepted him as one of the pack right away!

Ice carving was another favorite.  All the kids watched wide eyed for a pretty long time.  Lucas was especially enthralled though.  He sat right down and was mesmerized.  He got up in the middle and picked up a piece of ice to eat so we had to watch close to make sure he stayed back from the chain saw!

Saying hi to the reindeer and making some s'mores at the fire.

The cutest little dancers dancing with the band

I finally got the chance to go with Matt and the girls to the climbing gym.  I'm not up for climbing, but I wanted to see what the girls were up to.  They have both improved so much.  They are little monkeys!  Lucas got in on the action too.  He wasn't so sure about being up high though, he would rather run around crazy-like!