St. George 2014

I think we have officially decided that every year after Spud Harvest, we will be taking a family trip to St. George. The weather is decent for us. There is lots to do. And getting away after so much craziness, is much needed. We have a few favorite things we like to do when we are down there. Snow Canyon is right up the road from the house we stay in.

 Lenox was such a trooper the whole trip. The girls and Mike loved climbing around on these petrified sand dunes. Lenox and I walked around and enjoyed the views, he took a nap and I soaked up some much needed vitamin D.

Also, in Snow Canyon is some red sand that my girls thing is the coolest stuff. We build towers, burry our feet  and get red sand everywhere.

 This is Lenox, he can fall asleep almost anywhere. We had just hiked under a small waterfall.

 Mike is seriously the best dad. I know, everyone says that, but he just takes the most mundane things and makes it special for our kids. They were looking at a squirrel or something and he made it so exciting. He also go the girls to hike almost 3 miles that day without much whining.

Leah and I took a walk one afternoon while Mike, Addie and Lenox snoozed. This is taken across the street from the house we stayed in. She loved saying hi to all of the cacti and pointing out the ones that reminded her of Mickey Mouse. We picked these cute little yellow flowers and had some great one on one time.

 

 

We also enjoyed going to the St. George Temple and Visitors Center, eating at some yummy new places, swimming, shopping, seeing some ancient petroglyphs carved in rock, and catching up with some friends and family. I am looking so forward to our trip again this year. Relaxing with my family. What more could we want? 

Christmas, A Wedding, and Life.

Things have been so busy. And life just keeps speeding up, it seems. I mean  2014 was a blur. 2015 has a lot of things in store for us.
-I am going on a trip with my sisters!
-Lenox will turn one!! This one blows my mind. How has it possibly been a year since he was born?
-We start our 3rd year farming
-Summer vacations!
-Addie will start piano lessons soon!
-Just a lot will be going on, but those are some things that I am looking forward to the most.

Heres's a recap of what has been going on.

CHRISTMAS 2014

We went to Vancouver, Washington and surprised my parents on Christmas Eve. We had such a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. So relaxing and it was fun to be with my family. On the 26th, we were able to go to the temple with my new sister-in-law, Melissa, to be with her as she received her endowments. A few days later, we headed up to Seattle to see friends and enjoy some seafood. We made sure we stopped at Dick's Hamburgers, Arnie's Seafood, and rode a ferry. It was a perfect little getaway during a really busy week.

MITCHEL'S WEDDING

My brother got married on January 2nd in the Portland Temple. My grandpa officiated the ceremony. He did a wonderful job as always. Melissa looked so beautiful. Mitch was so great. Melissa has a little girl, named Aurora, and my girls are so excited to have a cousin their age. The reception was really well done and at a really cool venue at Fort Vancouver. I think they are headed to Rexburg in the spring so Mitch can finish school and we are looking forward to having them close by and getting to know Melissa and Aurora better.

LIFE

We have been busy with school, church, being sick, friends and, of course, skiing. The actual winter has been horrible weather wise here. We've had much warmer than usual weather and no snow. But despite the weather, we have been trying to hit the ski hill as much as we can. Addie can ski so well! It is actually fun to ski with her. She can go anywhere she wants on the kid hill and she tears it up. Leah is on the leashes and if you keep her fed and that blood sugar up, she's a pretty happy camper and enjoys skiing through the trees with dad. Lenox is just the cutest baby boy I've ever held. He's crawling everywhere, pushing things and walking behind them, he's got 6 teeth. He hits the 10 month mark this month and I can't believe it. My kids are awesome little people and they crack me up all the time. I'm proud of who they are and that they can be kind to people and make good choices. Addie reminds us to pray before we leave the house for school. Leah loves to say family prayers at  bedtime. They love listening to me read Book of Mormon Stories, the book with the pictures in it. It's fun to see Addie explore what faith is.
Mike and I are surviving being outnumbered, but we really do enjoy most of it.

 And a picture of  Lenox because, well, just look at him.