Wednesday

Today we had nothing that had to be done or attended except laundry. The girls ate lunch outside on their new umbrella table. A gift for Easter from Papa & Grandma O. I made pumpkin chocolate chip bread for Tessa’s class tomorrow and for us. Why doesn’t the bottom of the bread come out nicely? I hate when that happens but it tasted great. Then Tessa decided to stop listening when it was time to help fold socks. Just 15 more minutes until Daddy comes home!!! YAH.

Spring is in the Air with Summer on the Horizon

  We took the girls to the WildLife Zoo.  They liked the petting zoo (poor baby goats-Mallory loved them a little too hard) and feeding the giraffes.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Mark built a brick planter in the backyard. He did a great job! We still have one more project to get done before summer heat & craziness begins. Hopefully that we’ll be done by the end of April.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We took the girls to the Easter Pagent. Tessa loved all the music and dancing. Mallory loved to wander. It was a very fun evening!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I got to join Tessa and her preschool class on a fieldtrip to the park. Their teacher took them through a cactus garden and then they played and had lunch. It was fun to tag along.

The girls did pretty well while we watched Conference. Mallory found a comfy spot to sit for some of the meeting. 

 

 

                                                   

 

We also celebrated Great Grandma Peggy’s 80th B-day.

 

 

 

 

 

Spring has been wonderful! I am not really looking forward to summer and Mark working so much but so is the nature of his job. I won’t complain any more because the rest of the year is pretty great!

February Fun

The girls got Valentine headbands from the $1 store and wore them for 3 days strait.

Valentines Day Breakfast consisted of heart shaped funny face pancakes and sausage!

Valentines Day dinner with Grandma Peggy!

Morning sippies of milk and cartoons.

   Mark is building a planter in the backyard. Tessa decided to make a “yellow brick road” with the bricks. Can you guess what movie she likes???

Creative Moment!

See what i did with our pumpkins from Halloween!

 

It turned out really cute and it was a fun addition to our holiday decorations.  i think its going to be a tradition in our family from now on. Tessa liked painting it with me.

Life is GOOD!!!

    Mallory got a fat lip after falling off the kitchen chair that she climbed into. (okay this wasn’t good)

                

   We took the girls to the MKL parade in Mesa. Tessa liked the candy thrown and Mallory liked the horses!

We had a service project at our house. Men from our church and helped dig out all our rock along the fence line.

 

Thanks to dad and papa O, the stump got out!!!

The girls and I got to spend time with Grandma Peggy. We decorated her room for Valentine’s day.

The Best Christmas Ever…

Mark and I agreed that this year was the best Christmas for our family. We were really good at staying to the budget for the girls…. sandbox to share, Tessa a leapfrog  and Mallory a ride & pull wagon and other smaller things.

However, Mark did not stay to the budget for me! We said NO gifts except a stocking…. he bought me a beautiful charm bracelet and earrings. But the BEST Christmas present he got me was a video that he made for me about me. He interviewed friends and family. To me it is priceless! Mark got a stocking but he also got a video of the girls doing different things while he was away at Target (his 2nd job).

We had a wonderful time with family over a three day period. We were spoiled with generous gifts from parents/grandparents. Church on Christmas was wonderful, the spirit was amazing.

We started a new tradition of visiting the Temples Visitor Center on Christmas Eve. It was a great way to reinforce the true reason for the season with our girls and it really brought a wonderful spirit to Mark and I.

We couldn’t have asked for a better Christmas!

Dance Recital

Tessa had her first dance recital. She was so excited. Her class danced to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I was nervous for her because she had to be there two hours before for a dress rehearsal but Tessa did great. She was very proud of herself. Also her papas and grandmas enjoyed watching her.