Monday, February 28, 2011

Fun for February

Here are some of the things that happend in the month of February. Of course there was a ton of snow for sledding, building snowmen, snowball fights, etc:

At the end of this month was cousin Abbie's birthday which we got to go down for a fun play day at Adventure Zone and to go to the dollar show. We saw Tangled and the girls loved it!!!





Lexi has been doing pre-school at home with mom (so I don't have to make my two trips to the school a day turn into three). She is very organized and particular where her things are placed, even her fruit snacks:






We had an oportunity to go to Idaho Falls and spend the night with my sister Jenn and her family. The kids loved having a huge slumber party with all eight kids, the moms weren't so sure about it but they tried really hard to all stay put for the night:



Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Oh, What Do You Do in the Wintertime?

You Get CREATIVE!!!! Even teh kids realize the need for changing up the routine. Here is Haylee after a twenty minute lesson from Sadie and Lexi trying to teach her to jump. We got one foot up!!
Now this was the kids' idea to pretend to be Cinderella. I enjoyed this idea however, we go lots of houseworkdone that day :)


Haylee as the superhero-cowgirl.







And finally nothing can beat just a couple of boxes, today was the pushing contest. Sadie and I reaced across the kitchen floor pushing Haylee and Lexi. I'm letting my inner-child come out. He He He!


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Valentine's Day

Every year for Valentine's Day we try to have a nice candlelight dinner with our family. The girls have so much fun helping make decisions and prepare a nice meal for Daddy when he comes home. We decorate the house with heart drawings and messages for each other and daddy surprises us with a present. This year he brought the girls some fignernail polish and they were ecstatic!!! We never seem to make it to dinner for Cory and I until a later date so it is fun to involve the whole family with the celebtation.







Saturday, February 12, 2011

Second Chance

Sadie got a second chance at skiing this week. We went this time with the Tendoy school (another school thirty miles down the road with about fifteen kids in our district). We had lots of fun this time too, she was really good at skiing this time. She didn't fall too much and improved a bunch. I was really proud of Sadie.







Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Basketball and Consequences that Follow

Sadie has been playing in some basketball games this year. During the half-time of the JV and Varsity games at the schooll, they let the little kids play a game to help them get acquainted with the game. Leadore doesn't have much for sports to offer, just mostly basketball. It's fun to watch how they learn the game rules and grow from trying to dribble and shoot the ball. We take the whole family to the school and watch Sadie play, we don't get out much.
This particular night, Lexi found some friends of hers to go play with while Sadie was playing ball. I told Lexi she could go out in the hallway with her two friends (there was an older cousin out there watching them). Enjoying taking pictures and watching Sadie, out of the corner of my eye I saw the older cousin come running into the gym, a little panicked. She stopped right in front of me rushing to get out that Lexi had blood running all over her. I handed Haylee off to Cory and ran to investigate. She was really bloody, but it was a nose and mouth wound. Lexi and her friend were chasing each other and one decided to stop the chase, the other failed to notice until she slammed in to a still shoulder. Just an accident but Lexi was pretty upset over the deal. I got her home, changed her bloody shirt and then took the pictures. Her two front teeth were loose, her nose swollen, mouth swollen and the makings of a pretty good black eye turning colors, but she still smiled for the camera! What a trooper!

Sadie had yet to learn sometimes you need to move around a bit on the court but she still did a good job and even got to take a shot!





Lexi and her sore face.


Sunday, February 6, 2011

When Daddy comes home. . .

I'm not exactly sure how this happened but for some reason the girls' LOVE to help daddy take off his boots when he comes home. They actually fight over who gets to help. Go figure. . . . . .