Tuesday, April 16, 2013

READ

I was busy picking up the house and realized it was WAY to quite.  Thinking I was going to find a disaster I found that Bella had joined Josh for his reading time and even brought her own books.  I loved this moment.



Thank you goodwill

Came home with the dress from goodwill (super cute).  Bella loves to try on clothes and then says, "take a picture" and poses.  I love how the coloring makes her look tan.  She looks so much older in these pictures.  Bella loves her daddy.  She does not like it when he is at work and can't sing her to sleep.  He called last night saying work was too busy so I had him talk to her.  She laid on her pillow and kept saying, "Daddy, come home and hold Bella, sing songs."  I think they have the same smile:)  A great Dad is SO important for a child.




Chocolate Chip Cookies

I love baking with the kids.  It is so cute to watch them taste the dough and then put them on the cookie sheet then lick their fingers/hands and grab in the bowl to make another cookie.  Thanks Grandma for the adorable apron.  The cookies were gone in 2 days.  



WAY TO GO UNCLE JESSE!

Jesse is officially and Eagle Scout.  Congrats!



Monday, April 15, 2013

Montana and skiing

Believe it or not we found the Easter Bunny at Whitefish ski resort.  The weather was gorgeous.  The kids loved playing by the water throwing rocks and building rock bridges and we enjoyed skiing.  We stayed on Flathead Lake and we took Bella up skiing for her first time at a Blacktail Mountain.  She didn't like the baby hill with the rope tow.  She kept saying swings.  All she wanted was to ride on the chairlift, so I said, if you ski down with me, you get to ride up on the swings.  SHE LOVED IT!  After 6 runs she was beat.  She fell asleep on the chairlift so my Dad carried her off.  We thought she'd wake up, but she was that tired.  Brien got her out of her skis and into the carseat without her even opening an eye.  She still asks to go on the swings. Looks like we have another skier in the family.  She also had her first try in a Johnny Jump up.  She didn't know what to do, but after a few minutes and some coaching she found it to be entertaining along with us.
























Good Weather and finished projects

Bella LOVES the tramponline.  She has just started doing somersaults.  We also love the finished backsplash.


Sisters

We had so much fun on St. Patrick's Day with Kevin and Jelly and Little Kassidy.  We love the babies.    It was great to have Kevin's parents come!  We loved the company.





Catching a leprechaun

Josh spent a long time getting this leprechaun trap perfect.  Made signs, put gold and silver in it and even siding.  The leprechaun left him poop and a poem and asked if he could keep the house.  Josh wrote a note back saying "yes" and the house disappeared.








Catching up on Blogging...Weekend getaway to Utah

End of February 2013:  Josh has been feeling really left out since a lot of time and attention goes to his little sister.  Brien and I were just going to go for the weekend to Utah to see his Sister and family, but we decided to take Josh and it was a great decision.  We spent time at temple square, watched the Mormon Tabernacle Choir practice, went to a trampoline park, went shopping, and made a visit to an old friend of Brien's and Emilee's.  It snowed a bunch and was cold, but absolutely gorgeous.  Shopping was unbeatable.  6 pairs of designer jeans for $80.  What a steal.  We also experienced a Brazilian BBQ and lots of Cafe Rio.  Please come to Washington Cafe Rio!  We bought Belles some underpants, and lets just say it was like Christmas on steroids.  She provided our entertainment all evening.  Who knew she'd want to wear them all at once.