Happy Birthday Mike

 We are so grateful for this wonderful man in all our lives!  We celebrated the best guy in the world on this day.  Anne said it best when she said, "Dad is the best to be around."  I love this statement because it's so true!  Mike is the best to be around and everyone I meet is just drawn to him.  He is fun, tells great stories, and has a way of making everyone feel comfortable around him.  He had to work that day, but we went out to dinner together and then came home to have cake and ice cream.  He got a new weight set for his birthday.  Love you, Mike!

Provo City Center Temple Open House

 We had a great Saturday going to the Provo City Center Temple Open House.  It is always fun to take the kids to see inside these temples.  We went with some of our cousins and it was a fun day.  We toured the temple and then went out to lunch at the Brick Oven.  So grateful I get to be with all these people forever because of the temple!

Happy 11th Birthday Anne

 How can this girl already be 11?  She wants to grow up so I guess we will have to let her! :)  Anne is so much fun and I love watching her grow into a young lady.  She is very helpful to me around the house and with her younger sisters.  She is amazing at doing hair and really anything crafty.  She has lots of friends and enjoys her friendships.  We were so happy to celebrate this beauty on this day!

 She wanted a gel nail kit!  She is a pro at doing nails!  It has been fun watching her come up with fun nail designs.  She got a bunch of different gel nail polish too!

 American girl doll accessories from Grandma and Grandpa Young.  I love that she will still play dolls at her age!

 She also got lots of new clothes.  Both sets of Grandparents came for dinner and cake and ice cream.

 Making a wish

We love you Anne and know this will be a great year for you!

President Day Sledding

 The Dartons invited us up to their house to do some sledding down their huge mountain hill.  They live up the canyon so, sledding at their house is so much fun.  On this day, though, a lot of the snow was melting and it was pretty warm.  It made for a great day to be outside.  It was the perfect way to spend our day off of school!

Valentines Day

 Mike is always so good to me!  He really did spoil me this year for Valentines.  I got these amazing flowers and a brand new Bosch!  I have been wanted this for a while and he really surprised me with this!  I love Valentines and love that we have a day to celebrate the people we love!

 On Saturday I was not feeling that great, but didn't think to much of it.  But, later that night I new I was bad and went to the insta care… I had Strep Throat.  No fun!  So I got some meds, but it made it a silly Valentines with Mom not feeling so great.

 I wore a mask to make sure I didn't pass on any germs!

 Valentines is such a fun day.  The Monday before for FHE we made these fun hearts and wrote on them why we loved each other.  It was fun to have these hanging in our kitchen.

All the girls had Valentine hair with hearts!

 When the kids came home from church I had their Valentines ready.  They each got a new swim suit and shirt to wear to Disney World!

That evening my Mom had everyone over for dinner.  I had to stay home and let everyone else go.  It was actually quite nice to be home in the quiet and get the rest I needed.  It was a fun day of Love!

Readers Theater

 Eliza was chosen to be part of the 2nd Grade Readers Theatre.  Not to brag, but the kids chosen were the tops Readers in their class.  We were very proud of Eliza!  She read her parts loud, with expression, and did not make one mistake.  Way to go Eliza!!

The Brothers

We watched Charlie while Paul and Kari where on vacation.  These two dogs together always crack us up!  They each wanted to be by Anne this day.  We always enjoy having two dogs for a little while!