February Photo Dump

Getting our taxes done during a visit up in Riverton

The weekend after Valentines day, Julie and Michael came up for a little visit. We were going to have dinner at our place on Friday night before Jon and I went to the temple. That morning I went to the BYU Religious Synopsis to watch my brother Bridger present his paper. By the time I got home it was afternoon and I made the mistake of trying to do too much on the same day and with all the cooking dinner and treats, and cleaning and trying to shower and get ready. One thing after another started happening, from burning cookies, to forgetting about the rolls, to this....

And this....

Yep. I sliced my finger with a big 'ol knife.

Luckily, dinner came together pretty nicely in the end. And we really enjoyed spending time with Julie, Michael, Elai, and Emilee! I'm so glad the worst of it happened before everyone came!

Here is the video of my brother presenting his paper. There are a couple of places where it skips a few seconds. My phone was being dumb.But most of it is there. His paper is on the history of  Temples and the endowment. He got the MHA Award and won $300 for it! YAY BRIDGER! 

 

Sleepy parents on a Sunday night.

Sunset at the lake one night. So excited for summer time!

Rewards

Britian is in the middle of being potty trained. He isn't very motivated though, so his parents promise him different rewards for the times when he actually goes. One of those rewards was a night out with Aunt Caitlyn and Uncle Jon (we feel honored to be considered a reward)! We asked him what he wanted to do, and where he wanted to go. He didn't even hesitate with his answer: He wanted to go back to the Dinosaur Museum! So we picked up some pizza and ate dinner in the car on the way. When we got there, we spent the first 45 minutes or so in the "Tinker Shop."  His favorite part is still by far the shadow machine.

My mom happened to be coming back from Ogden with Kannon around this time so we called her and told her to just bring him by. The more the merrier, right?

Hanging out in the gift shop while waiting for Kannon

Finally inside the museum!

Silly Uncle Jonny

They had sound effects of Dinosaurs roaring playing throughout the museum this time and Britian was scared of the noises so Jon distracted Britian with the hands-on activities while I took Kannon to see the T-Rex.

They had this scale with all the dinosaurs weights listed on it. You could stand on the scale and see which Dinosaur your weight was closest too. Even will all 4 of us on the scale, we didn't weigh as much as the T-Rex.

Climbing on the baby dinosaur

Little Cousins.

We have the cutest nephews!

Digging around for Dinosaur Bones

There is a big theater in the museum as well where they show educational movies. We didn't want to fork over the money to pay for that, but Britian saw the door to the theater open the last time we came and when he tried to go in, Jon and I attempted to persuade him not to by telling him that there was a ghost inside. Unfortunately it had the opposite effect, and he has been talking about "scary room with the ghost" ever since we left the museum last time. So this time we promised him that we would show him inside. There was a movie going on at the time, but the employees told him he could go in for a minute. He wanted Jon to go in with him to "scare away the scary ghosts!" They went inside the theater twice, but Britian didn't see any ghost and now whenever we see him he still brings up the room and how he wants to go back there to see the scary ghost. I might have to bring a white sheet next time we go and play the part to satisfy him...

Valentines Day 2014

Okay, it's time to play catch-up on this blog! February seemed like it was so busy and at the same time nothing happened! How is that possible? I have no idea. But if I had to guess, it would probably be because we were constantly on the go with school and work (Jon is always either at work, school, or doing homework-nonstop! and my work keeps having competitions so we are way busier that usual and by the time I get home I am ready for bed!) but aside from that whenever we had free time we mostly were too tired to do anything but sit and watch a movie at home. But anyway, onto the good stuff:

For Valentines Day this year, I did my own version of "14 Days of Valentines."  Every night after Jon fell asleep I would leave a little note or treat for him to see in the morning. I think he really liked it.

I also made peanut butter cookies with chocolate hearts. I tried out this new recipe that is supposed to make super soft cookies instead of the kind that turn hard after a few hours. They turned out great and everyone we shared them with loved them!

That night we went to Applebee's for dinner, and then Jon took me to the lake and we went on a nice little walk on the trail nearby. It was nice and relaxing. Just what we needed!

We took the night off from working at the temple (which turned out to be a good decision because apparently they were not busy at all that night and sent most of the workers home early anyway) and did some grocery shopping before going home and watching some Netflix. I love my husband so much and I am so grateful for all the hard work he does for us. He always has our future in mind and I am so grateful I get to be with him for eternity!

January Photo Dump

Not too many pictures this month. January was very uneventful. But here is what we have:

Can you tell I've been dieting?

We got to babysit Laykin for a little bit while the rest of their family ran some errands. She was perfect for us!

This is how long it takes Jon to down an entire 4-piece waffle complete with butter and syrup.

I made cookies with Britian

...He ate more batter than he ate cookies

After a nightly work out at the gym. I know. Gross.