Random January happenings 2015

The problem with life these days is that sometimes, you carry around a good camera with the intent of actually taking pictures, but most of the time ~ you just have your phone.  Or worse ~ you have 2 different phones that you have to remember who has the better pictures.
I know, first world problems.

But here are a few of the things we did in January.

We went to Hill Air Force base to see the museum, while Steven was still off of work.  He and I both thought it was really cool, but the kids didn't last as long as us.  :)  Although, they did fairly well at first.  Noah just hates having his picture taken, so he looks mad in every shot.  I would love to go there again without kids though (so you know, in 30 years).  It was really a cool place.

 Most of the rest of these pictures will just be random photos from various days in January.  Nothing big and exciting happened.  Just a few day trips downtown or to the curiosity museum.  And of course, a lot of Jamberry nails.  ;)

Noah wearing Daddy's shoes.  

Playing at the dino playland in the food court at City Creek Center.  The kids love going downtown for lunch, to see the fish, and play at the play land.  Always a good time.

I did Roxi's nails for the first time,while Noah and Steven were gone one night.  (Can't remember where they went... a basketball game?  I'll have to ask Steven).  Anyway super cute!  Took about 20 min to put them on and about 20 min for them to fall off.  haha!  She is still a little too young, but I had to give it a shot. 

And of course, a month wouldn't be complete without at least one picture of my nails too.  Don't worry ~ I'll spare you the other 50 pictures I have on my camera of various Jamberry related images.  :)  But this is still one of my favorite combinations.

Just think this is a sweet nap time picture of my favorite boys.

Chef Noah

I have no idea why Roxi was so messy here, but I do remember thinking how gross and putting her right in the bath.  Haha!  She had the greasiest hair!  :)  Based on the picture below, I'm thinking it had something to do with Ranch dressing.

Love these funny faces.

Sweet boy was all worn out from Sunbeams.  

And last but not least ~ sweet baby girl in Mommy's old night gown.  I love this girl in a nighty!  So so cute!

~ January 2015 ~ 

Snow and sledding!

The day after Christmas it was sunny and we had fresh snow.  So, of course we had to go play for a bit.  I love playing in fresh snow on the first day that it snows.  Especially around Christmas time.  

But then, about a week after Christmas, I'm ready for it to all melt and be Spring again.  (This was a good year in UT ~ it pretty much did just that.)  :)  

Noah loves the snow and could play and play.  Roxi however wasn't quite as sure.  She didn't love the marshmallow man look, not being able to move herself, and the cold.  So, this was her first and last sledding experience of the season.  :)  Then I went ahead and took her home and got hot chocolate ready for the boys.  She seemed to like that a lot better.

~ 26 Dec 2014 ~ 

Christmas 2014

Santa came!  Hooray!

  And even better ~ our kids are at the age where they don't realize you can wake up early or get really excited for presents, so we were able to wake up at our normal time.  :)  It was wonderful!  

Santa left the kids some awesome toys, including a new tunnel that was at the top of the stairs for them to crawl through before even seeing everything else.

Then, when they got downstairs, they found some great new Fisher Price "Little People" playsets, all set up and ready to go.  A new circus/fair and a new barn.  Before even opening any presents, we played with those for a while and had a great time.

Noah was already busy checking out the goods... it takes Roxi a little longer to get down the stairs still.  :) 

Noah was probably most excited about his new kitchen items, including a blender, mixer and "hot chocolate" maker.  :)  He had seen those at WalMart and been asking for them... and at $15, Santa was excited that they didn't break the bank. And Noah never seemed to care that they were hot pink and purple.  Love that boy!

Roxi was still getting used to Christmas, but seemed to like the idea of it.  :) And since I'm writing this a whole year later... I can honestly say I have no idea what she got.  ha!

Apparently she got Club Crackers???  I have no idea?  Haha!  She must have grabbed those out of the pantry while waiting for breakfast or something. 

I got an awesome new bike from Steven, plus some Ghiradelli brownie mixes and Godiva hot chocolate... what more can a girl ask for?!  And again... I have no idea what I got him.  ha!
One of my favorite things about not being surrounded by family close by on Christmas, is that we don't have to go anywhere or even get dressed.  We just get to relax all day long.  And that is just what we did.  We ended the night with a dinner of Stouffers lasagna ~ the kids love it and there is no prep or clean up.  It's great!
This was our first Christmas with just us as a family of 4, and in our new home.  The whole season, and especially the day was lovely.

~ 25 December 2014 ~

WHOA, CATCH UP TIME!

So, I'm a full year behind on blogging!  Yikes!  That is not okay.  Not. Okay.

I'd like to pretend I'll just whip those blog posts right out ~ but we know that's not really going to happen.  However, I will try to catch up.  So, I apologize now for the next post being about Christmas from a whole year ago!