Winter Picnic

 This is when you know winter is has gotten extra long...The kids just really wanted to have a picnic/art party outside, even though there was snow on the ground and it wasn't that warm they made it happen :)

One day Linq came in all bundled up and sat in windowsill in the sunshine trying to get warm while eating his snacks, ha ha!

Grammie and Papa's farewell

 The weekend after we got back from our trip we headed to Vernal for Grammie and Papa's mission farewell.  Kenz and Dellah surprised my parents and flew in from Texas - it was just us and them there.

The kids had fun swimming in the hotel pool and we had a good time hanging out - it was a short and sweet weekend but we are glad we could make it.  They leave in March but needed extra weeks in between so that they could quarantine before heading to the MTC.

I was sad that we headed for home and totally forgot to even get a picture of us all together.

Costa Rica

 The middle of February we were able to go to Costa Rica with our great friends - the Davenports!  We had an amazing time!!  While we were gone my parents came and spent the 10 days with the kids, it was a perfect opportunity since they would be leaving on their mission in March.  I will make a separate book about our trip - it was such an incredible time!

February Fun!

Always finding Lytzi selfies on my phone 💕

One Sunday during 'quiet time' Lytzi created this clay playground ...she was so proud of it!

Lytz had been begging for some pink hair - we finally did it and she fit right in for Valentines day!

Laex finally got his braces off - it was a little anticlimactic because he was now toothless --with the braces on he was able to hid the fact that one of his teeth was missing.  They just had the bracket attached to his fake tooth so you couldn't even tell.  He said more people at school noticed that he was missing a tooth then that he had gotten his braces off, ha ha.

They were able to attach his tooth to a retainer - the downside is he as to wear it all the time or he will be toothless but he his getting used to it and it looks much better than without the tooth...he will need an implant someday but isn't eligible until after he is 18

It isn't hard to see god in the details of this beautiful valley - everyday we see the beauties - even in the cold cold winters!

Snow + Concrete

 The kids couldn't get enough of the Snow fun - January stayed plenty snowy

The night I got home from New Mexico through that horrible snowstorm, my car was caked with snow...the next morning the laundry room and my office were flooded --aaaah!  Apparently the concrete guys forgot to taper the garage floor and so all the melt off ran into the house...Greg was awesome, had his guys up here as soon as possible the they were tearing out and replacing my garage floor in the dead of winter the beginning of January!

It was a mess - and I felt bad that we were already having to deal with this in our new house, but when it was done it was great!  It has drained amazingly all winter - we are so thankful for Greg, he always goes the extra mile for us!

Christmas Break!

 Christmas Eve Jammies and one gift...they all got Minky blankets!

 

Christmas Morning was as good as ever!

The day after Christmas we had plenty of snow for the kids to play in - they were in Heaven!

Piles and piles of snow down mainstreet

The Week before Christmas

Loa had a little friend Christmas party - she has a great group of friends!

Sunday before Christmas we got all dressed up in our Christmas best...Linq was upset about something and wasn't having the picture --I made him get in anyway :)

The kids also had their Christmas programs - so fun!

This year, for Neighbor and Friend gifts we decided to host a Holiday Open house --we had about 100 of our Neighbors and Friends over for lots of yummy food and 'catching up' it was fabulous --I'm so sad that I didn't take any pictures of all the people - but man, our hearts were full when the night was over!