Happy Valentines Day

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!!

WE LOVE YOU ALL!

Snow Castle

Who needs sand when you have snow? Chloe and I built a snow castle today while Abby enjoyed stomping all over the snow. I snapped a few pictures and couldn't decide which ones I liked better, so I put them all on.

Chloe's Birthday Questionnaire

A friend of mine asks her children a set of questions on their birthday every year and I thought it would be a fun tradition to start. I think it will be fun to see how the answers change over the years. Anyways, I meant to put it in with my last post, but I forgot. Here is Chloe's Questionnaire

How old are you? 4

What is your favorite color? Orange

What is your favorite food? Oranges, apples and cookies

What is your favorite movie? Barbie movies

What is your favorite TV show? Arthur and Curious George

What is your favorite activity? Coloring

Who is your best friend? Bentley

If you had $100 what would you buy? Toys

If you could go anywhere where would you go? To the mall to get candy

How are you like mommy? Our hair (I wish)

How are you like daddy? We both like jeans and shorts =)

When you grow up what do you want to be? A mom and have 3 kids

Chloe Turns Four

Last Monday, Chloe turned four years old! I still can't believe it, but at the same time she acts older than she is.
Chloe had her first 'friend' birthday party this year and overall, I would call it a success. When I asked her what theme she wanted for her party, I figured she would want a Barbie or Princess party but she told me she wanted an ice cream party. So, we played "pin the cherry on the ice cream cone", we threw bean bags though the ice cream scoops, and played "freeze" dance. The party only lasted an hour, but it was just enough for us. Chloe had a great time with all her friends and got some really fun presents from them.





Later that night, we took Chloe out to dinner and then had Chloe's grandparents over for cake and ice cream. We made Chloe wait to open her presents from us until that night. Chloe got a princess sleeping bag and sat in it the rest of the night. She also got some doll clothes from Grandma Diane and a beautiful dress from Grandma Barbara Ann. On a side note, Grandpa Ron took Chloe out to lunch and a 3-D movie for her birthday as well.

A Little Rain

It's January in Utah, 40 degrees and this is the most precipitation we've had in a long time. If only this were snow!

But Aaron and Chloe had a little fun nonetheless. There's a Jeep (with Aaron and Chloe inside) in there somewhere...

Abby's One Year Stats

We had Abby's one year doctor check-up last week and here are her stats:

Weight: 17.2lbs 2.4%tile

Length: 28 in 15.9%tile

Head Circumference 18.25in 82.8%tile

Teeth: 2

Words: Mama, Dada, More

Walking: yes

Here is a video of Abby with some of her first steps. She cruses all over now.

Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam

After barely missing the cut off to go to Sunbeams last year, Chloe finally is old enough to be a Sunbeam! She was so excited and even remembered to bring her scriptures to church. She had a great time and told me about all the new friends she made. What a big girl!!! I had to take pictures of her on her big day, but I couldn't decide which one I liked the best, so you get to see a couple of them.

Abby Turns One!

I can't believe that Abby is already one! Just two short days after Christmas, we get to celebrate Abby's birthday. We had a party with our families at my mom's house and had a nice time. Since she is only one, I didn't play any games or anything like that - we just opened presents and had cake and ice cream. Abby got a little overwhelmed with all the gifts, especially since Chloe was putting a new one in front of her every two seconds, but she got some really fun toys and Grandma Diane made her a stuffed giraffe from the fabric from her nursery (sooo cute).

Abby in her new chair

Abby's new favorite toy from Grandpa Bob and Grandma Barbara

Opening presents

When it was time for the cake, we stripped Abby down, put a bib on her and let her go to town. She was a little timid at first but came around in the end. She liked the frosting the most- go figure.

Her Cake

Yum Yum

Abby has been such a fun baby and has given us a run for our money. She loves to go from super happy to super grumpy in a matter of two seconds. She has gotten better at letting other people hold her, but still prefers mommy. She has also almost started walking; she can take anywhere from two to seven steps without falling (I'll get a video and post it soon). Chloe loves her so much and especially loves to make her laugh.

The Birthday Girl

Christmas

This was our first Christmas morning as a married couple at our house. Yep, in almost eight years of marriage we've never had Christmas morning at home. We were also super excited because this was the first year that Chloe really got the whole "Santa" thing and we couldn't wait to see her face Christmas morning. It was priceless! We also invited the Aaron's mom and dad over to our house that morning for presents and breakfast with us.

Chloe got everything that she asked for from Santa (a train set, a Barbie couch and the Curious George movie) and tons of other fun toys. Abby took a while to warm up to opening up the presents, but after a while she got it and started tearing into them. They both loved opening up their stockings as well - especially when they found the candy...go figure! Among other things, I surprised Aaron with a fire pit for our back porch and he surprised me a full length mirror so now I can finally see what I look like without having to stand on the bed. =)




After the presents were opened and breakfast was finished, we all got ready and went to church. I can't think of a better way to celebrate Christmas than to go to church. We had a beautiful sacrament meeting filled with hymns and scriptures about the birth of Christ and I truly felt the spirit.

Then to top off the day, we went over to the Searle's to spend time with the rest of our family. Thanks to everyone for the wonderful gifts! Here are some pictures of the girls that I took a few weeks before Christmas as well.

Lights at Temple Square

Aaron's sister Paula and her family came into town a few days before Christmas and one thing they wanted to do was go see the lights at Temple Square. So, we all bundled up and got to see the lights. Even though it was freezing, we loved it. Temple Square has such a special feeling and it really helped bring in the Christmas season. Of course, my camera battery was dead so I only got a few shots, but oh well!

The Searles, Friedbaums, Cummings and McKinlays

Aaron and the girls (who do you think is warmer?)

The Salt Lake Temple