Sunday, February 11, 2018

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

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Slow Week (except for meal prepping)

Vacuuming when an 18 month old insists on holding the handle with you can take a while 
 He also stands on EVERYTHING to reach things
 Nixon loves doing preschool activities with his mama
 What a mess, but at least he is playing
 The dinosaur is still entertaining
 Her math skills are developing
 What are these two up to?
Kim planned a freezer meal swap with 10 other women in the ward. Making 11 freezer meals means lots of food prep
 Kim is so happy that she has a new food processor. 40 cups of vegetables is no joke.
 After a whole afternoon of meal prepping there are 11 meals of beef and barley stew
 I gave Kim a break and made dinner that night, a stuffed pizza from Papa Murphy's ;)
Here is all the food

I love our little super hero
 Chugging apple juice
 Nixon and I built a dinosaur together

Nixon's favorite song on Just Dance is "Blue." So we all hear it a lot. Here is Mason singing it

It is cute watching Mason's reaction to himself in the front facing camera on the phone
That's all for now, take care

Sunday, January 21, 2018

January is kind of boring?

The kids love to paint
 Lyza and Nixon can be so cute together...when they aren't fighting
 Mason is working our floors into shape. How many people do you know who can mop and sweep at the same time?
 Lyza got to help make mini pizzas twice this week

 Mason has learned the joys of trying on adult shoes
 Nixon had these red gummy lobsters in his hands, but look at how handsome he is!
 Kim enjoying shoveling the snow
 Lots of snow a couple of weeks ago
It is really funny watching Lyza holding Nixon
Mason is lots of fun before bed time
Nixon was thrilled to be reunited with this Spider Man toy when we did a toy swap
Kim took the kids to an open gym time at a gymnastics place and they had lots of fun
Kim and I got to go to the temple together last week and it was wonderful 
Because we have been playing so much Just Dance (where you hold a phone to track your movement) Mason likes to hold a phone while he dances
 Kim and Lyza doing some mother=daughter bonding

 Scary! Look at Lyza's teeth ;)

 Look at all that attitude
 We went swimming as a family and had lots of fun together

 Lyza is fearless in the water
Yummy apple!
 Lyza finally lost her goofy front tooth that has been hanging by a thread for weeks
 Nixon has been helping me with the dishes after dinner and he loves doing the rinsing
 I got some one-on-one time with Lyza this week and we made a frog

 We had some visitors across the street this week
 They made my morning commute a little more exciting

Lyza likes to make lists of things she needs to do. I love seeing what goes on those lists
Kim and some friends had a girls weekend (Friday night and Saturday morning) in Spokane
 They stayed at a hotel, swam, did girlie stuff, shopped, and of course talked about boys ;)
Saturday morning the kids were so worried that their mom wasn't home yet. Lyza really enjoyed a video call with her mom 
 I tried to make Kim jealous that she wasn't with us Saturday morning for a waffle breakfast, but then she sent this to me to let me know she wasn't missing out on anything :)
 That's all for now, take care