What have we been doing?

We have had a busy month of February!

Allen's vocal jazz group at BYU sang at the opening of The Wall, a restaurant on BYU campus.  The boys loved the statue of Cosmo and the interactive fish display on the floor. Quincy is not in this picture because he was watching a basketball game on the BIG screen.

The boys gave dad a much needed back massage.  Dad loves this, if you can believe it!?

We are so thankful for daddy and how hard he works for our family.

I can't believe Quincy will be 8 years old this year.  Crazy!  We got to attend the Blue and Gold dinner for all of the scouts and he was invited!  He talked about it for a month!

You can't tell he's excited can you?

Ella LOVES to go through mom's diaper bag.  All babies love this at some point...yeah, well we've reached it.

My favorite shot of Ella right now...

trying to get her to smile so we can see her new tooth...no such luck!

Busy busy busy!  But that's good for February.  We have had lots of snow and dark weather.  Keeping busy is a good thing.  And now, it's almost MARCH!!

Spring, spring where are you??

No recent shots of Ella?

Grandpa and Grandma are probably wondering why there are not any recent shots of their cute baby Ella...

let me explain...

through pictures...

well, we FINALLY got our first tooth....cranky....

oh yeah....or she gives me her favorite face...

or she is being BIG and mobile

or she is talking....(like I need another talker)

you know how she hates cameras...

this is her face of disgust after I got that tooth shot!

or she is playing and not being distracted...

oh, there is my cute baby girl!  I love her so much and she is so much fun to play with all day!

 So, Grandpas and Grandmas, you need to come VISIT to really see how cute I am!!

See you soon!

"TREASURE" 2013

OUR FAMILY 2013 THEME:

FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM

IN 2013

We talked to the kids about what this can mean....in our family team, in our school team, in our sports teams, etc...

Super excited about this one!!

I also have my 2013 WORD:

TREASURE

Treasure as an action word.  I have different categories of my life that I am trying to do better in about "treasuring".  Treasuring my kids by having one on one time with them and really being present.  Treasuring my hubby by going on dates and getting to the temple together.  Treasuring my scriptures by making time to read and ponder them....etc...

I am treasuring a lot and will continue to treasure...

HERE ARE MY AT HOME VALENTINES ON VALENTINE'S DAY!!

We were treasuring each other and cuddling!

Another reminder in our home about our family TEAM.

I blew up our "hold to the rod" family picture to 12x36!! Love love love it!  It's a great reminder of our goals and sticking together because we want to be together forever.  It's hard to tell in this picture but this is the best shot i got! (Allen came in the room when I first put it up...."wow, that's big!)

LOVE NEW YEARS....to re focus and set new goals.  Yes, I realize it's february but blogging I guess needs to be higher on my "list"....I am trying to treasure other things  :)

HAPPY 2013!

Uh oh...

We might be in trouble...

(and it's not because the Wonder Woman outfit is getting too small)

What are you talking about mom and dad?

I AM BEING BIG!

I am not sure if Wonder Woman sucks on her golden lasso!

this one does!

This is Ella's newest face....finally got it on camera!

What a cutie!