Happy Birthday Nixon!

These kids are proud of this dinosaur we made. Look how long that neck is!

 Mason loves visit teaching when there is a dog to play with

 The kids hard at work writing on their Valentine's

 Look at those beautiful bags they decorated

 Good job Mason!

 Kim organized an exchange again at church this year and they had a good turn out

 I heard Nixon crying and screaming from his room one night and this is what I found

Someone loves her and made her pancakes for breakfast

 Too big for his high chair?

 Kim got to help with Lyza's class on Valentine's day

We had some chocolate strawberries and Mason LOVED them

 

Mason got into a stamp...

 Heavy load

 These kids are proud of their snowman

 Mason helping shovel the drive way

 And checking out the snowman that the kids made the day before

 Kim and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary!

 She is wonderful!

 Nice boots Mason

 Last Saturday I decided to do some painting. I painted both Nixon's and Lyza's room. What a long day!

 Kim thinks I buy roses for her. I actually buy them for myself because I think they are so pretty

Driver's training in progress 

 Kim woke up to find Nixon next to the fireplace. He was cold

 Batman walked his sister to the bus

 It's not very often that Kim is able to honestly tell me that the kids are acting like angels

 She likes this activity

 This boy was so excited to get some mail

 We let the kids open a present each this week

We are really excited

Well, maybe I shouldn't be speaking for Mason

 Kim put Nixon to work making his own birthday cake this year 

 They had to watch it bake

Look at that chocolate milk mustache

 Nixon woke up on the 23rd and he was 4 years old! He thought that was so crazy

He asked for chocolate chip pancakes and that is what he got 

 He got to open up a ninja costume before I left for work. He has been wearing it non-stop now for days

 The kids got to play at the gymnastics place

 Nixon had lots of help opening presents

 Mason got a hold of the remote and had lots of fun pretending he could control the tv

 This book and puzzle combo is lots of fun

 This is the birthday cake (he doesn't really like cake but loves strawberries)

 Happy Birthday Nixon!

Yesterday Kim took the kids to the bounce house while I was judging a mock trial competition all day

Here comes Nixon

 

This is what I found when I checked on Lyza before bed last night. So cute!

 Mason at Stake Conference this morning

 That's all for now. Take care

Excited for Spring!

We should probably start this post off with a funny joke

This is Lyza's favorite shirt right now

 Silly kid 

 This was a fun FHE game courtesy of the Friend magazine. No, I am not messing around on my phone. I am looking up the scriptures for the game.

 Colored water in squirt bottles are lots of fun when there is snow. Even if it is almost gone...

 Lost ANOTHER tooth!

 Mama snuggles, lucky boy

 Doesn't he have a baby face?

 Mason excited to be outside

 The kids now fold their own laundry. Great system!

 Lyza is so loving and thoughtful. She made this and left it by Kim's pillow one night when Kim was away at a meeting.

 How could you not smile while wearing a dinosaur dress?

 Mason has been loving these buttons. They got me through teaching high priests group last week

Mason (and all of our kids) loves PJ Masks. Watching him with this book is the best

Nixon was too tired on his walk so he decided to make his own seat on the stroller where there isn't one

 Nixon loves doing preschool activities 

 Isn't this how all of the great pianists sit?

 The kids enjoyed helping their mom decorate for valentine's day (see how most of the snow is gone?)

 Tablet time is even more fun in a fort

 Lookin' good Mason!

 He loved this broccoli soup

 Me and my goofy kids

 We found out that Mason is much happier eating a waffle if nothing is on it and he is not in his high chair

 Last Saturday I made a headboard for Lyza's bed

 She was out on a date with her mom while I was making something for her. Smart girl.

 I guess they checked out some fish

 The boys also spent some time outside

 It was so nice I could paint without a jacket

 I got the headboard all finished

 Nixon made us some delicious bbq chicken pizza

 We had some brownies for dessert

 Nixon really likes these building toys

 For FHE this week we did some Just Dance

 I turned 33 this week!

I had a yummy breakfast to start the day

 Some presents after dinner

 They sang to me and helped me blow out the candles ;)

 Mason was SO excited for a cup cake

Then this is how he ate it

 Our tulips have sprouted!

 The kids have been loving playing outside again

 Still too cold to swim, but still fun to play at the beach

 Especially throwing rocks in the water

 Nixon was proud to push this cart around shopping with Kim. He even put all of the food in the cart and then pulled it all out at the register.

 He has been loving playing in this water when they pick Lyza up from the bus

 Night time snuggling with Mason

 Yummy icing!

 He has figured out how to use the chairs (on their side to stop him from using them to climb on to everything) to climb up on to the table

 Nixon has his arms folded and ready for prayer

 Lyza thought this was an appropriate outfit for cleaning the church yesterday. Her mom did not agree.

 Nixon cooked up some scrambled eggs for himself and Lyza for lunch yesterday

 Kim did some more decorating in Lyza's room

 While Nixon and I put down some winter fertilizer that never got put down last fall 

 I made this simple shelf for Mason's room

 This was Lyza's reaction when she saw her new bed (new bedding, except for body pillow)

It looks pretty!

 She looked really cute reading a book before bed

That's all for now. Take care