Sunday, March 5, 2017

Feburary 2017

Feburary was such as fun month for us! We have decided to want to do more trips/traveling as a family and so far we have been loving it! We drove down to Colorado Springs (less than an hour away) to the newly opened Great Wolf Lodge and had an awesome time! Ryan came home a bit early from work and we drove down there and swam the rest of the night and the next day. 
The kids each choose a rock candy from the candy shop - yum!
I'm in line for the scary floor-drop waterslide. I was nervous to do it, but glad I mustered up enough courage to go a couple of times.
In the tube ... 3, 2, 1, drop!
Carpet race waterslide.

This boy loved the kiddo water park - especially the jet ski that squirts water at everyone!

Cold & waiting for pizza.
I was so impressed that Jaxson was brave enough to try this waterslide. It may have helped that Ryan bribed him with a gigantic ice cream treat ... 


Jaxson thought the ice cream treat was worth it
Seriously this thing was huge!


Pre-Valentine's Day chocolate pancakes with coconut syrup & sprinkles.

Jax put his own sprinkles on a bit heavy handed.
Ryan helped Jaxson make a cool lego valentines box for school  - happy boy!! 
 Valentine's Day dinner. The kids had fun sitting at the adult table using cutlery :)
 My Valentine! Love you cutie!
 This is how I found Griffin one morning when I walked into his room. Sitting on top of his changing table with a blanket on his head - haha!
 Silly boy!
 We have had some nice weather this month - One of the days was almost 70 degrees so the kids enjoyed timed outside & riding their bikes.
 Last weekend we drove to Utah for the long weekend - it is a decent drive (8 hours) but it was so fun to see Dallin & Julie's family. This is at the base of the Y trail in Provo.
 Bowling at teh Wilk with Dallin & Teesha. Ryan was the grand champion followed by Dallin.

 Tucano's for lunch -yuuuum!! We celebrated Julie's & Dallin's birthdays so they got to stand up while everyone clapped and sang :)
 Nicklecade in Provo is always a hit
 Griffin loved the basketball game
 BYU creamery ice cream before the mens volleyball game - these cousins had so much fun together!
 Future cougars meeting cosmo
 This little man didn't want to watch volleyball so Ryan took him to another court so he could play basketball.
 A big thanks to Julie & Brian for watching the 2 younger kids while Ryan, Jaxson, & I went to the mens BYU basketball game. It was such a fun ( and tiring) day!!
 On Sunday, we drove up to see the Croft cousins. It was so good to chat and catch up with them!
 This past week the dino hoodie I ordered for Griffin came in. I couldn't help it because he loves anything dinosaur and loves to roar at people.
 Glad he loves it!
 Jaxson had his last day of basketball yesterday! I had so much fun watching him play and get better as the season went on. I hope this is the start of him loving basketball as much as his parents do.

 This is how I found Griffin last night when I went to check on him. Blankets pulled all the way up to his neck and him tucked nicely inside - this is totally how I sleep too and it drives Ryan nuts! Must be genetic.

Sunday, February 12, 2017

January 2017

This month has been a bit interesting for us! Jaxson was "off track" so he didn't have school for an additional 3 weeks past his 2 week Christmas break. Avery, however, was back in school because she is in preschool and at a different school. We found some fun things and tried to make the break as fun as possible ... but I am pretty sure Jax is happy to be back in school mode, even if he won't admit it.

Jaxson started a basketball league this month. Each Saturday he has a 45 minute practice followed by a game. He has been loving it and has been doing quite well. It is a lot of fun seeing him enjoy a sport I love so much! I hope this is the beginning of a lifelong passion for the sport.

Griffin has been into building towers lately with just about anything he can. It's fun when siblings join in and help make the tower extra tall (before they both kick it to the ground).
I found this darling dress for Avery and about died - it is my childhood dream dress. I loved everything rainbow! She looks darling in it & love that she feels pretty when she gets dressed up for church ... newly painted nails & all!
Griffin has been having a hard time sleeping since we returned from Christmas vacation ... so we tried switching him to a toddler bed and it has made a world of difference. He doesn't cry forever anymore and he falls alseep in his bed. Yay!
Jump shot! I took some awesome videos of him, but for some reason can never get them to post on here...
Ryan & I took Jaxson to a nuggets (vs. Clippers) game. Jaxson got his hat signed by Austin Rivers and I creepily took pics of my favorite player - Blake Griffin.




One day Jaxson ... Big body, teeny tiny head :)
Techinally the superbowl was in Febuary but I am just tagging it here on the end of this post. We invited a couple of familes over, but one got sick and couldn't make it. Boo! We still had a great time and enjoyed lots of good food (the most important part right?)
Chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes

Chicken & waffle sliders - yum!