Chocolate Covered Strawberries for Valentine's Day!

 Whitney invited us over to dip strawberries in yummy, yummy chocolate, her tried and true recipe!  The girls had so much fun helping out.  They were more than willing to join in on the fun!  Whitney found the biggest most delicious strawberries at Sam's club.  It was fun to watch how it is done, a week later I was craving them again so Emmy and Sophia helped dip strawberries for Nana's birthday!! 

Brodyn's Baptismal Day!

Brodyn was baptized on Saturday, February 1, 2014.  He was so excited for this big day.  It was most anticipated!  I had so many mixed feelings about this day.   I was so excited, so sad that he's grown, and so in shock to be the parent of an 8yr old!  I knew this day would be very emotional for me so I really tried to make it as simple and stress-free as we could!  I just really wanted to remember this moment and help Brody remember it, because there is very little I remember about my big day!!  I was so proud of this little boy.  I was happy he was so excited.  I felt so blessed to have him in my life.  He is such a blessing and gift to our family!  We decided to break from the tradition of hosting a luncheon ourselves.  Brodyn loves Chuck-a-Rama, so we told every one that we were celebrating there and if they wanted to join us they were more than welcome to come!!  It was a simple, spiritual, spectacular day!!  Brodyn I hope you remember this day always, and know how much you are loved!

 

Basketball!

 Brodyn played basketball for the first time this January!  He loved basketball.  We did have to invest in some good basketball shoes, his nike skater shoes were to heavy to run around on the court! He had a fun coach and fun kids on his team. They did really well, winning most of their games!  I loved basketball because practice and game-time were all the same day one right after the other!  It helped with our busy schedule.  I loved watching him learn to dribble and shoot! We will have to put up a basketball hoop this summer!

Ski Night on Little Beav!

 My dad's ward still signs up for a ski night at Little Beaver each year.  It is a night we try very hard not to miss.  My kids love to ski and it makes it more fun to go with Grandma and Grandpa.  It has become a very special tradition for us, mostly because my parents don't ski, but still remember to call us each year so we can mark the day on our calendars.  Then they drive all the way up to Beaver Mountain to watch us enjoy the night!  We brought Sophia with us and she stayed with Grandma and Grandpa and took a few sled rides down the hill with me!!  This was our only trip to Beaver Mountain this year.  Dan twisted his knee snowmobiling, so therefore was not able to accompany us Skiing after that.  I can't take both the kids and help them on and off the lift alone, they both still need assistance while getting off the lift.  I'm on my snowboard and it is hard for me to help one kid off, let alone two.  We are crossing our fingers that his knee will be healed for next year!