March 2017

Owen and his bestie Ethan. They're so cute playing together and look like brothers. From behind it's hard to tell them apart!

Cuties playing Nintendo together

Just a few ducks from the big group we saw hanging out at a puddle behind the store the other day 🦆

Ahh.. don't you love technology? Even staring at a tiny screen watching a movie can keep them entertained for hours (at Orchestra practice)

Snapchat fun with a muppet-looking face

Night at the museum! Roman stuff!

Owen is so sweet with his little sister. Here he is teaching her how to play his favorite game, Star Wars Sorry. He did his best, but there's only so much you can teach an almost 2-year-old. It was fun listening to them, and I knew his patience would only last so long. She did great until I heard Owen yell, "No! Don't eat it!" Haha

Arrr! Here's our little pirate. Hook for a hand and everything! ☠️

Hailee begged me to take this picture while we were shopping at Ross. She had tried on a shirt that was way too big and she insisted I take a picture 😄

Hailee's school picture. So cute! 

 Dallin's school picture. So handsome!

 Someone's proud of herself

 My friend Becki sent this to me from when she was babysitting and they were playing with bubbles outside. I love Laila's face!

 Movie time with my little sis. My mom and Steve came too! We saw Beauty and the Beast and it was fantastic!

 This is the appropriate way to wear a tiara

 So much fun shopping with boys! 😎

 We were saying family prayer when I noticed the matching jammies. The boys are Star Wars themed, and the girls are kitties.

 Pinewood Derby time! It was a lot of fun for the boys and they even set up a fun loop at the end for them to try 🏎

Cousin Elsie stayed with us last weekend. The kids had so much fun! Especially Hailee who changed her outfits about 50 more times than she normally does 👚👗👑👠

 We had another orchestra concert. Here we are at the end. Thanks to Candice for taking pictures and videos! (I'm in the back row)

  She loves her dresses! 💕

 Cute Twinners! 💕

A typical Hailee spelling test with artsy letters #1stgradeshenanigans#littleartist #shemustbebored

This cute sassy pants turns two tomorrow! 💕

February 2017

Fun girls playing together. They took turns being the dog and the dog walker. I especially love the sock ears!

Matchy matchy dresses

Love this girl and her dark blue eyes

Dallin and his Valentine "envelope" for all his valentines. I loved his Star Wars theme

Look who we came across at the scout office!

Dallin and his robot crane that he as been working on for months! It was a big hit with all the scouts

Skiing with Kyle while my Mom watched kids. It was such a great day!

There was so much snow this season and then the temperatures decided to climb and cause a lot of melting. These are pictures of some of the fields on my way driving to orchestra. Looks more like lakes!

When the weather stinks, you gotta go play in it!

Beautiful!

We took a little family trip down to St. George and Arizona to visit Kyle's parents at their house they live in during the Winter. It was a lot of fun and so nice to get away from Winter for a few days!

Here is the St. George temple with the family. So pretty!

Cuties at the St. George temple

Fun picture on the stairs

In front of Grandma and Grandpa's house. I am in love with the palm trees!

Can you see the lizard hiding under there? Hailee called them tiny alligators

Fun things in the desert: cactus and sand!

Some of the fun desert views on our first day of riding

A fun stop on our ride- the fence was all decorated with beads and underwear overlooking a gigantic cliff where if you weren't paying attention you would probably just drive right off!

Great picture of Kyle and his Dad standing on the cliff overlooking the valley bellow. There's a wash down there that hardly ever has water in it, but since it's been so rainy, it was full of water

Taking selfies riding in the side x side

Kyle and I standing on the cliff overlooking the valley below. Beautiful view!

3 corners- where Utah, Arizona, and Nevada meet up in the middle of nowhere

Fun desert views on our drive to three corners (the borders of Utah, Arizona, and Nevada)

Seeing the kids run around and play together in the desert warms my heart for some reason

Exploring an old water tank

Exploring an old water tank

We were close to Las Vegas, so we spent an afternoon there.

We got a lot of elevator riding in since we had the stroller. Up and down over and over to cross the streets. If an elevator was broken we had to carry the stroller up the stairs or on an escalator. There was a brief moment we got stuck in a broken elevator. Luckily it opened again and we got out!

On one of the pedestrian bridges

These two were pretty excited to see the "castle"!

A Statue of Liberty made of Jelly Bellies and another made of chocolate!

Chocolate places

New York-New York at Las Vegas

M&M factory

Waiting for the fountains at the Bellagio

Peek-a-boo! Can you see the little faces hiding in there?

MGM Lion

Non-conventional way I took this picture- we were headed back to where we parked, and there weren't very many people around on the pedestrian bridge, so I propped my phone up on the other side and used the timer.

On the way home from our trip of course we had to stop at Krispy Kreme!

What a fun trip! I hope we can do it again next year!