Valentine's Day

We had such a great day, and it was jam packed let me tell ya! We started off bright and early with a little exercise. That's right! Nothing like a 5k to get the blood flowing on V-day. We have a family in our stake and also Katelyn's school that have beautiful twin girls. They are 2 years old and are a miracle to doctor's and family alike. They are conjoined and they share a heart and liver. Doctors are preparing to take on the daunting task of separating these girls and they each need a new heart since the one they share is diseased so the communtity reached out to support the Bailey family and help them raise money to take care of their needs. Their story has been on the Discovery Health Channel and if you want to find out more or help you can go to their blog at http://www.emmaandtaylorbailey.blogspot.com/ . So at the crack of dawn we drug everyone out of bed and off we went with my girl's and their kids! and Dave too! Did I mention it was 36 degrees that morning? Good times! I am so proud of myself number one, but also my sweet husband who really wanted to stay home, in our nice warm bed. Thanks for once again sacrificing to be together as a family. I am thankful to Megan for inviting me along and to both she and Amber for making it so enjoyable to do. I wont lie there was much more walking than running, but I did it and finished in 1:03 give or take. Remember we had 5 children with us, mouths to keep fed, body parts to keep tucked into blankets, arguments to referee...

After the race we enjoyed a yummy pancake breakfast and then proceeded to loose my children at least twice (Dave). Brody was not far off in the mud having a good time , Katelyn couldn't wait any longer to see the petting zoo and so off she went. In her defense she says she told a grown up, though no one recalls hearing her. We had balloon animals made, we bounced, we shopped (a little) and I got chewed on by a baby goat.

We all went home for a much needed nap and had a very romantic family dinner complete with homeade banana splits for desert. Not a bad day at all if ,ya ask meHope your's was just as great!

finally a post!

So things were crazy during the holidays and it took awhile to recover I guess. Sorry, no excuse really. I found Facebook but I'm not really good at that either yet. It's fun to find people I haven't seen or talked to in awhile but it's even more of a guilty pleasure than blogstalking! January was lot's of fun, we went to the snow for New Year's which the kids loved.

Dave celebrated his birthday with Katelyn's first cake in her Easybake Oven, & I made a banana cream pie- from scratch! Which would have been great but I read something about lemon juice on the bananas to keep them from turning brown, so I gave it a try. Not a good idea folks! tangy banana cream pie??? and they went brown anyway. But everything else was easy peasy so I just may try again some day as it's Dave's fave.





We met up with the Wright's, for a trip to the zoo. We don't get to see them as much as we'd like these days since they are on the other side of town. But the kids got along really well, usually they fight about everything until it's almost time to go and then cry and cry because they don't want to leave each other. Something about first borns I guess. The girl's had never been on the camel before so we tried something new. Poor Kenzie decided she didn't think that was a good idea at the last minute so it was just Kate and Megan, they loved it. And they have redone the children's area since we'd been there last- it's all done like the fisher-price farm set. Way cute! So if anyone is up for a trip to the zoo, we'd love to go just let us know. Gotta get our money's worth outta that membership,right?

I had been saying Brody needed a haircut for a few weeks now, but hadn't been able to make it happen. I think I was a little scared all his curls would go away. But never fear, they are here to stay I think. Kayla did an awesome job and cut just enough that he didn't look like a brillo pad any more. I am so sorry about the sand, though. She has this great backyard with a park-like playground, sand and all. So while she was cutting Katelyn's hair Brody and Brex were outside being manly men and having a ball. When I went to get him for his turn, his hands and clothes were dirty so I brushed him off and brought him inside. I missed the fact that he had dumped the intire sandbox on his head. Probably not so fun to try and give a haircut with all that sand, and more than a little messy in her salon, sorry girl! He looks like such a big boy now! I love it.