Pre-vacation fun

Jeff got severely trunky on the Friday before our vacation to Disney World. So, he took a half day at work and took the boy and I golfing for our first time of the year. I'm quite rusty, wasn't a good golfing day for me. Plus the weather was deceiving, it look all sunshiney and warm but it wasn't!!

After we went golfing, we packed and packed and made lists so that we wouldn't forget to pack anything.

Saturday we went to Jeff's parents house and we saw Hunger Games with Ash. I really enjoyed it. I think I am quite critical when it comes to books that I've read that are turned into movies, but this one stayed true. It was great. My only complaint was some of the actors/actresses that were chosen to play the parts.


Sunday we attended church, drove to Utah, checked into our hotel and went to visit Jeff's brother Justin and his family.

St. Patty's Day

I've NEVER had fun with St. Patrick's Day. I usually am focusing on what to do for Easter and to me it isn't really a holiday that needs to be celebrated. However, my sister-in-law taught me how fun this holiday can be. Melanie brought her kids down for a few days for the busy bag swap and she brought tons of fun things for St. Patrick's day, she made me a believer because my kids LOVED it!! See for yourself...

First (my most favorite activity) was a taste sampler with everything green. The rule was that everyone had to taste everything! I loved this because it made my picky eater try things that she would never have tried otherwise. She spit out most things, but at least she tried them!

-Green Wasabi peas, cucumbers, green peppers, grapes, pistachio pudding, green apples, kiwi, snap peas, pears etc.,.


They played games...

Don't Eat Lucky was quite hilarious since Kam can yell pretty loud. It always made the participant jump a little.

Sullivan loved playing with baby Ryan.


They built a leprechaun trap and set it out that night.


The next morning the leprechaun left a note that said to find your shoes and that is where he left some treats.

For breakfast the girls made a healthy fruit rainbow. They look like they had fun with it.

Thanks Whams for making our St. Patty's day the best ever!

Makes me Happy

-All 36 Busy Bags are complete. And the swap was that night, excited to get it over with.
-A fresh book to start reading.
-Kam's lunch already made.
-Kam's recorder not being practiced (that has taken patience!)
-And finally...Kam's homeworked pushed aside, sciptures open beside a cereal bowl.

V-day fun

We had the cousins over to help us make Valentine's Day fun. We did some crafts, ate a treat and then they played together. We sure love that we have family here!

These guys took all the grandkids rollerskating. They are super fun Grandparents.

I love London's face in this shot, she's like "you want me to what!"

You can't seperate these 2!

Thankfully Uncle Jason was able to take Sullivan around for me.

The month of February flew by. February is usually the month that Jeff is gone on business a lot, but he was only gone for 2 weeks this time. Yay! We weren't able to spend Valentine's Day together, but we made up for that by going to a Jazz vs. Wizards game. Jeff is a big John Wall fan. We were a little nervous about how the kids would act being in a confined area for so long, but they did great. Sullivan actually LOVED it and watched intently most of the time.






The guy sitting next to me happened to be a Grandpa who chatted with me about everything. He has grandkids, is a huge Jazz fan and from New Mexico and had traveled here to see his favorite team. It made it a little difficult for me to cheer for the Wizards ;). Anyway, he caught this ball and gave it to Sullivan. I appreciated it so much because he could have taken it home to his grandkids, but opted to give it to my little boy.

Kids got free Jazz shirts and wore them to bed.

My creative sis-in-law invited our family over for a mid winter luau. We ate chicken haystacks for dinner and then the kids created lei's with construction paper flowers, straws and yarn. They also created grass skirts out of newspaper. When they were done with that they played in a blow up pool filled with balls. Kids had a blast! It was a great way to beat the winter blues.

CRAZY weather

These photos were taken 2 days apart.