January 2015

I am so behind! But I vow to not give up!

For Christmas Ava picked out this frog lure for Justin. (Look carefully at the fish's mouth.) It worked!

Ava couldn't wait for it to snow. She was disappointed that it didn't snow on Christmas. When I wanted to take down the decorations she said, "Christmas isn't over yet! It hasn't snowed!" Finally, in January, it snowed for the first time this winter. She took one step out the door before falling to the ground in pure happiness as she made her long awaited snow angel.

Justin's Birthday! This was the best picture I could get. :) 

 Ava insisted that Dad wanted a BYU cake. He asked for German Chocolate. So although not a blue cake, like Ava wanted, we still included "BYU." Ava added the sprinkles. :)

The kids love going to Chuck-e-Cheese, of course! We've been several times this winter.

 This time was for a birthday party.The kids loved dancing with Chuck-e.

I love seeing my kids sleeping peacefully in their beds. Often they are snuggled with their favorite animal. Tyler insists on sleeping with two different monkeys and Olaf. He went about a month where he also wanted to sleep with a Cootie and Mr. Potato Head. These two toys were difficult. An ear would fall off Mr. Potato Head, and he would cry until we found it lost in his blankets.

 Ava's favorite animal is "Big Bear." She says he protects her. I also love when I can hear her singing to Tyler, trying to help him go to sleep.

This is Ava's preschool class. It was pajama day!

 Here they are catching snowflakes on their tongues. 

 A preschool craft.