Dirty laundry

A couple of very curious objects have accumulated in our laundry baskets:

What do you think?  Time for a good wash?

I N V U 4 U R A Q T!

I know Valentine’s Day is a ploy for companies to make money…But I love it!  We had a great day full of goodies, cards and “I love yous”.  TJ gave me some red roses and Logan gave Kait a pink rose.  Kait was so excited about all the candy and everything pink, of course (we even had pink milk for breakfast).

Kait LOVED her pink marshmallow kitten.  Thanks Grandma Fin!

TJ was around for the occasion, but he hid behind the camera.  We hope you all had a great day too and were able to spend it with the ones you love!

Hairy Situation

TJ grew a beard for the annual scout klondike campout.  When he got home he shaved it off in phases:

Phase 1: Mountain Man

Phase 2: Hell’s Angel

Phase 3: Village People Revival?

Phase 4: Naked as a Jaybird

I will never understand the term “naked as a jaybird”.  Come on people, jaybirds have feathers!  Ha ha...Um, ok, moving on....I had a crafty moment today and had to run with it.  The kids had lots of fun helping.  Who knew toilet paper rolls could serve so many purposes?

If you know me you know I’m not crafty, so this is about as far as I go.  You’re blown away, aren’t you?

A love like this

This morning started out like this:



And ended like this:

Your eyes do not deceive you

Okay, I suppose it’s about time for another post, although we haven’t been up to much besides getting very sick of being sick!  I took both of the kids to the doctor on Monday only to find out they both had ear infections and colds yet again.  TJ went to see the doctor on Thursday and I got to visit with him on Friday.  Such an exciting life we lead!  Now we’re all on antibiotics and hoping to perk up soon.  I’m also on some “wicked” steroids to clear up my nasal passages!  Time to bulk up at the gym perhaps?!?   Next time you see me I will be the next body building champion!  Ha ha.  We seriously have not had a full night’s rest since before Christmas…I know, whine, groan, whine some more. 

My reason for posting really wasn’t to gripe, honest.  We finally got a decent amount of snow on Friday (about 10 inches) and we got enough energy to play in it for a while.  Kait has become a big fan of ‘Charlie and Lola’ on the Disney Channel and the books…We read a book about building snowmen and snow dogs, so TJ helped Kait make a snow puppy.  It turned out looking like a snow Bull Terrier.  So nice to hang out in the fresh air and nip our cabin fever in the butt!

Sugar plums and emergency rooms

We have had a fun and exhausting Christmas vacation. We've been spending the holiday with TJ's family in Delta. All three of the little kids got sick with ear infections, coughs, fevers and pink eye. We took them to the doctor on Thursday and got them started on antibiotics. The medication seemed to help Kait, but Logan was not getting better. By Sunday he was very lethargic and coughing so hard he would throw up. TJ and I took him in to the emergency room. Our little "Logie" had a 104 degree fever, his ears were "flaming red" (according to the doc.), he was quickly becoming dehydrated and he had developed croup. I was relieved that his lungs were clear though...After my dad's bout with pneumonia I'm a little paranoid. Anyway, Logan got a little shot to jump start his recovery and we've started him on new antibiotics. Such an adventure! I'm just glad he's on the up and up now. Worrying about your child is one of the worst things...Especially when you feel helpless and can only hold them while they sob.
On Christmas Eve we went to TJ's grandpa's house, ate dinner, played games and acted out the nativity. And of course, what Christmas Eve would be complete without opening new pj's! We woke up early Christmas morning and tore into our presents. TJ's brother, Marcus called from Taiwan where he is serving a mission for the church. Other than that we've just spent our days lounging around, praying everyone gets feeling better soon.

We hope you all had a very happy Christmas and a blessed New Year!

Game Afoot

We celebrated Christmas a few days early with my parents and the kids couldn’t wait to change into their new footy pj’s.  Plenty of slipping, sliding and scooting down the hall!

Thank-you-giving

We decided to bite the bullet and head to Vegas to visit Amy and Joe for Thanksgiving.  TJ’s parents were so nice to let us borrow their van so my parents could travel with us too.  It was a fun little road trip and the kids did great on the long drive.

We over-ate, went to bed late, shopped ‘til we dropped and the guys even squeezed in a little Mario Cart.  Amy (being pregnant and all) and Joe were great hosts and showed us all the fun sights.

   Gee, do you think Kait is starting to show a little attitude?

Psychedelic!

I just wanted to post some pictures of the end result of our cake making.  It was lots of fun to make and it turned out looking pretty cool!

Birthday Wishes

In honor of a VERY special person, here’s what we’ve been doing in preparation:

Happy birthday to my mum! I have been so blessed to have her as my mumma and one of my best friends. We love you mum/grandma and we hope you have a great day!

Short & Sweet

We had a fun Halloween weekend.  Amy and Joe had Friday off due to Nevada Day, so they drove up and spent the weekend partying with us.  We ate tons of junk and stayed up late.  Saturday night we took the kids trick-or-treating to a few houses and then had our annual Halloween dinner.

“You WILL have a happy Halloween!”

Rambo

Me and the kids went with Abby and Gichin to their ward Halloween party. I really wanted to dress Logan up as Rambo. TJ’s suction gun worked well as his firearm. He’s ready for battle!

3 Amigos

Our family went up American Fork Canyon with TJ’s sister, Abby, hubby Gichin and daughter, Haddie to take family pictures. We got a few shots of the kids together and I couldn’t help posting my favorite one. Logan has the funniest little facial expressions.

I think he was yawning in these next two…He was over the whole picture taking thing.

Happy Fall everyone!

Costa Rica Trip

The company TJ works for sends their top distributors on “Great Escape” trips every six months to reward them and motivate them to keep working hard. Anyway, since TJ is the Media Specialist, they send him on these trips to film everything and then turn them into highlight videos. TJ asked if I could join him this last trip…Kind of as a little five year anniversary gift. The company offered to pay for everything for me, excluding my plane ticket. It was an offer I could not refuse. We left for Costa Rica at midnight on Sunday and got there around 11:30 am. I was exhausted since I cannot sleep anywhere other than a bed. But I was so excited once we got there that I could not even think about taking a nap.

Here are some highlights from our trip. Warning: there are a lot of pictures in this post!

The beautiful land…Which was mostly golf courses.

Hang loose!

The nasty iguanas that hung around the resort. One even had the audacity to jump on a woman’s plate and eat her whole hamburger! It was pretty funny.

This shot was cool because the butterfly landed on the flower as soon as I snapped the shot and flew off right afterwards.

The luxurious pool right by our room.

They had the most delicious food there. My favorite was the Asian restaurant. I swear I gained about ten pounds just from eating while we were there!

These little crabs liked to visit us in our room.

My handsome videographer hubby.

Us getting pumped for the zipline.

Um, yeah….What can I say? I make some pretty awesome faces. Ha ha.