Loving the madness...

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Happy 4th birthday Iris

Iris is 4! Where o where did those years go?? Goodbye baby...hello little girl!

Rainbow Dash My Little Pony cake

Look who's moving in for some icing!

Our house is now exploding with ponies and princesses. Lucky girl!

December fun

We've had lots of snow in Salt Lake already this winter and we've tried to make the most of it.

Backyard fun

My bundled beauty

Fun on the Dad designed backyard sled run

Ready for a run at the sled hill

Rosy cheeks

Post hot tubbing snow angels. Jeff is not going to fly very far!

I just needed to put these pictures up as evidence that the old folks still get out and have some fun! Too much fun in this case, but it was our one night a year to get fancy for the Barrick Holiday party. It was at the Grand America this year. We didn't win the amazing raffle, but we had good company and good food and the night was a blast. These are pictures of pictures from the photo booth they had, so a little blurry but still fun.

Christmas 2013

I just realized my last post was November 1. I've been slacking! O well...just in time for a Christmas post.
We had another fun holiday. At 3 and 6 years old, both kids are still believers in the man in red. We left him some milk and pie and Miles even made him a present. We made sure to leave both things right near the fireplace so they wouldn't be missed :)
It was the year for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Legos, My Little Pony, Sophia the First and a whole bunch of other fun stuff. And again...I looked around at all the fun and all the love and was so thankful for family, health (minus the bronchitis that rocked my world for the past 2 weeks), shelter, food in the fridge, a job I really like, etc.

My favorite!

A chocolate a day...

Gingerbread fun

Note the icing all over his face. Tis the season!

Door decorations compliments of Miles

Tree trimming

Twas the night before Christmas...

Proof of the love

Their not-so-secret hiding spot

Personalized Portable North Pole message from Santa. The kids LOVE them!

Iris, 3 years old

Friday, November 1, 2013

The sure sign winter is coming

Fillin' the tub! Let it snow!!!

Goodbye tooth #2

Thanks Mrs. Lund for the sweet packaging

Sporting the gap

Halloween Happenings

We had a busy week or so surrounding Halloween. We made our first trek to a place called Corn Bellys, which claims to have one of the biggest corn mazes in the country. Tip for anyone headed into a corn maze...make sure you take water and remember to sunscreen if it's a 75 degree sunny fall day. It will make the experience much more enjoyable!
We also went to Garden After Dark up at Red Butte Garden, which we do every year. We met up with a bunch of folks and the posse of kids went wild. It was fun. I just feel like I need tracking devices on my kids these days when we are in a crowd!
We hosted the 6th annual Dickey Pumpkin Carving Party last weekend. We had awesome weather and a big crowd of friends. We did more preparation ahead of time so I actually had time to mingle and eat and catch up with some people I haven't seen in much too long. I really miss our old Brookhill Drive neighbors.
Halloween was yesterday. It was a day full of costumes at school, parades and multiple trick or treating sessions that resulted in way too much candy sitting on my counter today! The kids loved running around with the neighbors for a bit, then we finished the night down the road in Grandma and Grandpa's neighborhood. Miles crossed paths with some new school friends and that was pretty fun. Good times!