March

Getting pictures from Jake is the best part of my month.  Here he is with his new companion Elder Flake.  The bottom right is what they look like when they don't get mail.  haha

We were so happy to attend the baptism of sweet Emma.  It was a very special day.  The baptism service was so wonderful with such a sweet spirit there.  We had brunch afterwards at the Bundy's, and as usual, Lindsey went all out.

We celebrated Brad's golden birthday a week late since he was in Texas on his birthday.  We ate, played masking tape on the nose, and do you love your neighbor. A fun time was had by all. 

We tended Lydia for 3 days while Ryan, Lindsey and Emma went to Zion during Ryan's spring break.  She kept us entertained and on our toes.  She was absolutely thrilled with the game of chasing me and Cam around and squirting us with a water gun Sunday after church. Cam's friend Parker joined us for dinner one night as well as Jessica since Brad was in Texas.

We went to the Weyerts for dinner to celebrate Tom, Cam and Teresa's birthdays. Jess was tending the Hess kids, and we had Lydia, so all the kids had a great time playing together.

Cam had a baseball tournament in St. George, so since this is Mike's crazy busy time at work (as opposed to just his busy time- which is most of the rest of the year) and Brad was in Texas, Jessica willingly came along as my travel companion. We had such a great time!  I had never spent any significant time in St. George, so it was great to explore the town for 2 days. 

We drove to Zion one morning to hike Angels Landing.  The Bundy's told us we had to after they did it earlier in the week.  I'm so happy we did it!  I loved it so much. It was beautiful, and enough of a challenge to make it interesting. 

 We climbed to the top of this rock!  It was amazing.

We celebrated Cam's birthday a couple days early so more people could come and party with us.  It was another golden birthday celebration which is incredible that out of our family of 8 people, 4 are celebrating their golden birthday in an 8 month period of time!  So it's been great to reuse the same decorations and candy.  We had a fun time eating, visiting, and playing who knows Cam best.  I made Mike, Jess and Brad be in their own category, and they all got the same score- 34 out of 43 possible.  Lindsey won in the other category of people with 32.  For fun, I sent Kylee and Jake the same questions to see if they could break the tie--- Kylee, amazingly, got 34 too!  So it was up to Jake, and..... he got 39!  So it's official- Jake knows Cam best!

 
 
 
We didn't remember about the photo booth until everyone had gone home except the Bundy's...

 


At 12:01 am on Cam's birthday, his 4 best friends surprised him by waking him up and taking him out for a midnight snack at Buffalo Wild Wings.  It was fun for them to be waited on by Lindsey.  I love these boys and am so grateful for great friends that all my children have been blessed with.

February

I didn't do a great job of taking pictures of our Superbowl party, but our friends the Lesters sure did.  They have been Seahawk fans for as long as we've known them since they lived near Seattle for a time.  They were beyond excited that their team not only made it to the Superbowl, but won- and in convincing fashion.  We've become followers of the Seahawks since Jake's been on his mission, so were rooting for them too.  We watched the first half of the game at home, then went to the Searles for the second half.

My 3 cute activity day girls and I made these yummy looking (and tasting) Valentines treats and posters and they had a great time doorbell ditching them to 6 families in our ward. 

Cam had a fun time at the LHS Sweethearts dance.  His date's mom took some pictures of them at The Bluebird before the dance.  The theme of the dance was 'Masquerade' hence the masks...

Valentines Day snuck up on my again, so luckily Lindsey was thinking ahead and ordered me 2 loaves of colored bread for french toast and Cam's daily PB&J.  Doesn't Cam look absolutely thrilled with his breakfast?  Mike gave me the flowers and sugared nuts. I made more treats to deliver to neighbors, family and friends. 

I heart attacked Mike and Cam's bathroom with hearts, balloons, candy and a gift.

Brody was going to be in Africa for 3 weeks for work, so Jessica and I decided to make a quick weekend trip to Ft. Collins to keep Kylee company and to help her start getting her nursery ready for the wee babe.  On Valentines Day, Ky and Brody found out they're having a BOY!  Funny story- Cam said to me a few weeks before they actually found out "Have Kylee and Brody found out if they're having a guy or a girl yet?"  Haha. So of course we all tease him about that and refer to the baby now as a guy.  It was very exciting news and after knowing what they're having, going to Ft. Collins and seeing Ky's pregnant tummy, helping decorate and buy baby clothes, it finally seems real!  Hurray!  I'm so excited to meet the little man.  I loved spending 3 days with just my girls.  We worked hard in the nursery painting the crib, dresser and bookcase white (primer coat plus 3-4 coats of paint) and the walls yellow. 

We also took Sal on several walks, made a couple yummy Pinterest recipes, went out to eat several times, went to church, watched the movie Frozen as well as some of the Olympics and also some great family videos I brought along, bought some darling baby clothes at Gymboree, and bought material for crib bedding that Freda is going to make. 

The drive both ways went by so fast. We had good weather except for strong winds through Wyoming.  We enjoyed some beautiful sunsets. 

I sent Jake a Valentines package that he and his companion loved.  Cam has enjoyed some great ski days with his friends.  He's sacked out on the lovesac on a Sunday afternoon- exhausted after a busy week. 

My sweet adorable friend Josie came to visit along with her equally adorable and sweet boy Forrest.  Look at him!  How does he know to look at the camera and smile like that?  I could eat him up.  Look at the height difference between Cam and his grandma Freda!  My beautiful girls.  I love them so