Sun Hair

 After jumping on the trampoline for awhile I hear Mckynlee calling out to me to come talk to her.  So I go out to talk to her and she says this, "Mommy, mommy, look at me.  I have sun hair."  She thought because her hair was static and sticking out everywhere that it was shaped like the sun.  I thought it was adorable that she said that.

Valentine's Day

First of all, Happy Valentine's to everyone.  We had a wonderful Valentine's.  For the past couple weeks Daxton has been making Valentine's for me nonstop and make all kinds of heart decorations to hang up around the house.  But last night before Clint and I went to bed, and I guess sneakily before he went to bed, Dax was working on my official Valentine.  And as I went to go to bed I found this nicely placed on my pillow:

 I can't think of a much better thing to come to bed to, it melted my heart!  My little Daxton is so sweet and had the most kind and loving heart.  I will seriously cherish this forever.  He is so thoughtful.

 The next day he also made his dad a Valentine.

 I love Valentine's because I get to show extra love to my hubby and my kiddos.  I made each kid a home made card and gave them a little treat to go with it.

 They were very excited about that.

 And then Clint' surprised me with these beautiful flowers and a card.  It had been a little while since I had gotten flowers and I loved them!  I love the smell of fresh flowers in the house!

Just loved having this reminder all day that my hubby loves me lots!  We also got a babysitter that night and went on a date and ate at CPK, such a fun night just Clint and I.

So Tired

I was doing some last minute Valentine's Day shopping with Mckynlee and Crew while the boys were at school and towards the end of our trip I look down and see that Crew was so tuckered out that he fell asleep right there in the cart head on hands.  It was so adorable.  Poor little guy, never gets a set nap schedule. He's always at our whim.

Decorating Valentine's Sugar Cookies

So during Christmas time, usually Christmas Eve, we decorate sugar cookies.  This last year Christmas got crazy and we didn't spend Christmas Eve at our house so we didn't do them.  It told the kids that we could make them at Grandma's house when we went to Utah, but we never got to it there either.  Brock and Dax were both very upset and have been begging to make and decorate sugar cookies.  So I decided what better time to make and decorate sugar cookies than Valentine's.  I wanted to try a new recipe and I found one on Pinterest and it turned out to be amazing.  Making sugar cookies is always quite the process, you have to make the dough, then put it in the fridge for a few hours, and then pull it out, then roll it out, then cut and cook it and let it cool all before you can decorate.  But all the kids helped out making and cutting and they loved every minute of it.  They were getting so anxious to decorate them though, "is it time yet mom? Is it time to decorate the cookies?"

So tonight we decorated them, so much fun!

 Crew didn't decorate, but he sure did eat and he enjoyed it!

 Mckynlee decorating her cookies.

 Gotta have the sprinkles

 Brock is always so meticulous with his cookie decorating.

 Dax's finished product.

 Brock's finished cookies.

 Mckynlee's finished cookies, they had so much frosting and sprinkles.  I don't know how she doesn't get sick eating all that.

 Crew still scarfing them down.

Mommy's cookies that she decorated ;)

This Never Happens

First off, sorry for the quality of the photo, it was taken with my phone in the evening with horrible lighting.  But, this never happens.  Usually when Crew sees Mckynlee he runs the other way.  She just loves to mother him and he usually hates it and is always screaming when she's around him.  But, tonight they were wrestling and giggling and it was so cute and I had to document it just because it was the first time I had ever seen the two of them play like that together (being that Crew wasn't crying from Mckynlee torture).  Maybe now that Crew has gotten a little older we have turned a new leaf and now maybe they can be little buddies.

I Love Having a Backyard

You know before moving to this house I remember longing for a finished backyard so badly.  Our first house we owned in AZ, had a good backyard, but we never got to finishing it, so it was just dirt, Brock didn't play a ton in it.  Then we moved here and lived in Rosetta Canyon and that house a backyard, but it wasn't finished and we were renting, so we weren't about to put the money into it to finish it and there were always so many weeds, so the kids never played back there.  But, now we have this house with a finished backyard and I have never been so grateful.  The kids love playing out there and it's so nice to be able let them just play out there and not worry if I can't be out there with them because I'm cooking dinner or cleaning or something.  Tonight as I was cooking dinner all the kids were out playing so well together in the backyard.  They were all having such a good time and it was such a happy moment for me.  It was one of those, "I don't want to forget this moments" so I had to grab my camera and take pictures of them in action.  A great memory it will be.

 Crew was having so much riding around in the car.  I remember getting this for Brock for Christmas and has now gone through 4 kids.

 Mckynlee was having a blast riding her bike around the patio.

 The boys were having so much fun playing games on the tramp together.

 And then Mckynlee came out to join them and they were all laughing and giggling.

Then Crew made it to the sandbox and he was in heaven.  That boy loves the sandbox.  It just made me feel so good to have them outside playing together rather than inside playing video games, watching TV or fighting.  It truly was a wonderful evening.

Super Bowl Decorations

So we usually do a Super Bowl Party (or should I say get together, I don't really like to say party because its the Sabbath and it's more we have good food and are together with friends to watch the game), but this year with just being called Primary President and other things going on, I just didn't have it in me to do it.  Though, we did invite our friends the Nelsons over to watch the game because they don't have cable or satellite to watch it.  Well, even though it wasn't a big ordeal Dax still thought we needed decorations.  So he drew pictures of a bunch of the NFL team logos and taped them on all the walls throughout our house.  It was so adorable.

As you can see they are taped on the walls next to the television

 And all over the dinning room.

 Let's see, he drew pictures of the Buccaneers, the Jets, the Giants and

the Green Bay Packers.

 And the Steelers, Dolphins, Patriots and he even threw a college team in there, USC.

 He did it all on his own.  He knows all the teams.  I can't believe how much this kid loves sports.

Daxton with all his drawings/decorations as he would call them.  Thanks Dax for decorating for the occasion!

I Like to Dance, Dance, Dance

 Boy does this girl love to dance.  She is dancing every second you watch her.  She is constantly on her tippy toes, twirling and spinning and gliding.  She loves it.  And she actually isn't too bad, she's got some natural talent.  I really need to get her into dance lessons.  She would love it.

 It's always, "Mommy, watch me dance!  Hey mommy, will you dance with me?"

 Like mother like daughter.  I'm so glad she shares my passion.  I loved dance and was always afraid my daughter wouldn't, so I'm so glad that she does.

My future Prima Ballerina!

Bye Bye Curls

 Well we did it, we shaved off all his curls :(.  I am so sad, I'm sure they'll grow back, I hope they do.  They are so much a part of him.  I am so sad right now.  I don't think I have ever been this sad after cutting any of my kids hair.  Maybe it's because he looks so much older now with his beautiful locks cut off.  His hair was getting so crazy and Clint kept pressuring me into doing it.  So we just went for it.

 I know he is still freaking handsome and it will grow on me and I know his hair can always grow back.  But with curls or no curls who can resist this face and this adorable smile?  I know I can't.  At least he's still blond.  I wanted at least one blond child and I got one, so lets hope its stays light.

Brock's Pineapple Award

Every year the boy's school does Pineapple Awards for each grade.  Every grade has a different requirement to meet, but if each student meets that requirement they get a pineapple award and a free kids meal at Islands.  Last year in 2nd grade they had to get 100% on spelling the first 200 sight words if I remember right and Brock was able to do that easily.  He has always done well on his spelling test.  If they missed some they could retake them until they got them right.  This year for 3rd grade the requirement was multiplication.  They had to have their 0-12 times tables memorized.  I was really worried about this.  Brock still hadn't memorized his addition and subtraction facts.  We were able to put him on an IEP this year and his teacher said he would most likely not get them memorized in time for the award, but that was ok he wasn't expected to.  But, I know Brock and I know how devastated he would be if he did not get the award when everyone else did.  He had until January 31st to memorize them all.  We spent almost everyday of the Christmas Break working on them, I put a flashcard app on my phone and he would use that to memorize them on top of us working together working them out on paper.  After a month of a lot of hard work he was able to memorize them all in time for the award!  I was so proud of him and he was so excited to get his award!

 

 Here he is getting his award.

 I was one proud mama!

 Showing off his award!!!

 Brock with his teacher Mrs. Cowan

Brock with his best friend Aiden who also got the award!  Good job boys!