pictures from las vegas

here are some pics from our weekend in vegas. Thanks Carrie and Rod for all the food, fun and warm(er) weather!!

A Visit From The Foley's!

I know I'm a couple weeks late in posting this, but the Foley's came up for a visit. It was so fun the hang out with them, we went to play ball in the gym and had pizza at Adin Supply. The boys all slept together and had so much fun! Maggie is too cute, she is such a good natured little girl. She loved Dash, the horse. Unfortunalty the weather was cold, rainy and windy so we didn't spend much time outside, (thank goodness for the Wii!) but we had lots of fun. Hopefully they'll visit us again :)

An Indulgent Afternoon With Mr. Darcy

A few days ago I looked out my window and saw this:

So I made this:

And definently needed this:

Kids at school, Alex sleeping...it was an indulgent afternoon for sure. Bliss.

Happy Birthday Kate!!

Happy Birthday Kate
we love you!!

We love you Kate. And we are so glad you are part of this family!!
Here are some fun pictures with our fun Kate!!

our cute little cottage...

Kate always has the 'hippest' dance moves...

There are many great qualities about Kate that we love. She is very patient, and kind. And she is very funny, and always wants to have a good time. We love you Kate
Happy Happy Birthday!!

Why do YOU love Kate?!

Christmas and other winter pictures

Here are some pictures from Christmas and some other recent happenings...sorry, they're in reverse order.

Night skiing/boarding at Brighton...used my new gloves!



Clark's Christmas present. We went to the Jazz vs. Caveliers game. Jazz won at the buzzer with a 3 pointer!


Ashley! The Thomas clan was down in Orem, so I got to see Ashley and meet her baby Olivia!


sledding with Clark and his fam...this is his nephew Liam. Used my new gloves!


My new gloves! Thanks Dad! Clark and I went snowshoeing to Donut Falls after Christmas.


Cute Alex!


Brooke in her happy place


At the temple




Trav smiling!!!


Grammy showing Em and Brett her Christmas Decorations.

projects & harvests

I painted this! I saw some wall decals I really liked, but thought they were expensive, so I tried my hand at painting one. I like it! I freehanded the tree and all the leaves, and printed off the birds off the internet, then traced them and cut them to make stencils. My stenciling wasn't exactly flawless, though, and I had to go over them with my paintbrush to smooth out the edges. Abby likes looking at it, too!

I did the trunk the whole way down, with the idea that when there's not a crib there, it will still look good behind a toddler bed or regular sized bed.

Winter harvest time! This entire salad- lettuce, peas, and carrots- is from my garden!


These carrots aren't attached, but they were twisted around each other when I pulled them up. We called them "sister carrots". (See that plate of carrots? All from my garden!)

a birthday & a lost tooth

I have come to grips with the fact that I am just not a cake decorator. This may be the ugliest birthday cake of all time. If not, it's got to be in the top three. "Unappetizing" would definately be a euphensim here. But Lizzie and all her friends loved it!

Caitlin was happy to help Lizzie in any way possible! Lizzie was very nice and let Caitlin take the ribbon off her presents. She loved opening her presents!

She also loves her tea set from Grandma!

Rod took Lizzie to the store and bought her flowers when he came home from work tonight. She wore her pink boots in honor of the event!

She had two parties- her many friends came over yesterday and we did the "friend" party then. Today, being her real birthday, we had our family party. We celebrated with homemade mac-n-cheese, peas, honeydew, and hot dogs! A true 4-year-old feast! Then we go around the table and say what we love about Lizzie. Then we watch the "Lizzie show"- a slideshow I made for each girl after they turned 1 of their first year of life. Then presents, then cake! But having two parties- it's more like cake remnant. Lizzie didn't seem to mind.

It was a little tough for Caitlin watching Lizzie get all the attention over the past two days. But losing (and swallowing!) her tooth was very exciting for her! She loved waking up to find 3 quarters and some fairy dust where her note "Dear tooth fairy, I swallowed my tooth. Love, Caitlin" had been!