Spring Break

We stayed here in Boise for Spring Break. The first 2 days were very nice and then we had rain the rest of the week. But we did get to do some fun things.

Luckily I looked ahead at the weather and we planned to hike on Monday with our friends, Lincoln, Devry, Brenna, and my friend Serena. It was perfect weather!

We made lots of yummy food, including a new favorite granola recipe :)

We invited Allie's girl friends, Lilly and Lillia over since they have morning Kindergarten and we never get to play with them. They played with their American girl dolls and acted out the entire movie of Frozen! Haha!

Enjoyed the rainy weather. Katelyn wants an umbrell and boots so so bad. Everyday she asks if it's June yet so she can get some for her birthday!

Had a funny face-off. Doug made a funny face and the girls tried to match it. :)

Had a lot of fighting and yelling so we tried the "Get Along Shirt." They were not happy about getting into it and then they started laughing and running all over the place having the best time. I can't decide if I will use it again!

The girls love dress up and sometimes dress me up!

Puzzles and games

AND this little lady turned 3 MONTHS!!! What!? Oh she is so yummy :)

February

This will be one long post because somehow I just missed the entire month on the blog. So it might just be a big picture dump :)

My Valentines

Olympics...my kids are still wondering why we aren't watching them anymore. Such a shame that they only last 2 weeks!

Allie learned to tie her shoes

Lots of snuggly goodness

We talked Doug into putting the trampoline together!

Celebrated this chica's 30th birthday in style in Utah!

Aunt Lisa and Uncle Dan met the little Cambree!

Young Women winter retreat in Cascade, ID

Small Successes

My life has changed dramatically this month. It's a huge blessing to have such a heavenly baby in our home. But it also comes with many challenges. I am at a point in my life where I have to celebrate my small successes because I feel like I don't "accomplish" a lot during the day. But when I look at it, I am raising daughters and that is huge. 

the kids woke up around 7:30. i needed a bit more sleep so they played together in their room while cambree and i slept until 8:00. i rushed downstairs, made oatmeal for the girls and fed the crying baby. we got ready...all of us...including me. it's been days since i've done my hair or put "real" clothes on. it's been so long in fact that when katelyn saw me she said, "mom i love your hair and pretty clothes." that right there was a huge success! i threw some laundry in the washer and we rushed over to the library for storytime. we saw a few friends there so that was a happy surprise. we pick out books and then came home. i made lunch for the girls really fast and fed the baby again. allie got ready for school and we took her and eli to kinder. 

allie gets a fairy book everytime we go to the library.

beeping books is the best part!

cambree fell asleep in the car so when we came home, i read katelyn "the pants book" and sang her a song, tucked her in for a nap and ran downstairs to get the now screaming baby out of the carseat. i snuggled her for awhile and she fell back asleep. i should have taken a nap but the dishes were there screaming at me so i did those and then caught up on the blog. then i changed the laundry (score...i usually forget about it) and fed the baby again and watched a cupcake show.

evidence of my hair done and some makeup on and my favorite thing...snuggling this sweetie!

katelyn woke up from her nap at the same time Allie was coming in from school. what an awesome blessing!! we watched 2 cupcake shows together. the girls loved it. they made a 9 foot guitar made out of mini cupcakes and they glowed in the dark for a sweet 16 party. um, super cool. doug got home and we heated up some leftover pizza and made a salad for dinner. then we made pizzookies for the first time. i got a skillet from one of my friends for christmas. the girls were very impressed and we were taken back to logan, ut when we would eat them at firehouse pizza all the time. this could be trouble having access to these at any given time! bathtime followed by allie making flashcards of her sight words and katelyn dancing around the house.  clean up then books from the library, prayers, songs, and kisses...my favorite time of the night and also the hardest. why don't they ever want to go to sleep!? i always want to. 

 

doug went hometeaching, one of my young women brought me dr. pepper and pear jelly belly's...my favorites. and now it's time to snuggle up and crash.

i miss exercise. the one thing on my to do list was to go on a walk. didn't check it off. it has yet to happen. someday. but today i will celebrate the fact that i got ready, took my kids to storytime, made them meals, and didn't yell at them. happy kids today means that i did accomplish something great. 

January Happenings

New Year's Eve: This was 2 days after having Cambree so we were tired!! But we had a little celebration and it was even more fun because my parents were here. We had glowsticks and karaoke. Doesn't get much better than that! My dad found a countdown and we pretended it was midnight when it was really only 8:00 or something. Then we all crashed. Party animals!

My dad bought masks at the dollar store and Allie wore hers for a long time and was sweating in it...it dyed her face pink!!

My parents came and helped watch the girls, clean, cook, and hold Cambree for us. They were heaven sent and I cried the day they left...a lot!!

January was centered around our sweet little sister! She is such a joy and a great baby. We are all completely in love with her!

Dad has his hands full with THREE girls!

They love to help us pick out her clothes and watch her get dressed! They are both such good helpers when mom needs them to grab a burp cloth or diaper! I'm grateful and hope it continues!

Such a sleepy girl...unless mom lays down to take a nap and then this happens:

WIDE AWAKE!

Allie made her a little bracelet. 

Her newborn clothes are huge on her. She has Urkel pants here!

They always want to hold her and are getting very good at it!

Cambree met her Great Grandma Dunn on Sunday, January 26. It was very special.

We celebrated Civil Rights day with our tradition of Oreo (black + white) ice cream. Always a good time except we didn't have friends over this year!

Random things

My best friend Lyndsay sent me these goodies. She knows me well!

We received so many meals and gifts from friends. Here we are enjoying homemade bread and jam!

My OCD is screaming inside because I can't keep up with my house when there is a baby to snuggle all day!

Although I did find time to bake once this month...the most perfect chocolate chip cookies

And we still found time to have a date. We did take out and watched "Sherlock." This was the same day I found out I had retained placenta and went on antibiotics. Doing great now!

Allie made jewelry from her Christmas present from Aunt Amy.

Katelyn took a field trip to Fred Meyer and learned about produce, seafood, and the bakery.

Allie's greatest dream came true when mom bought her a MAXI SKIRT!!

And bathtime is still the best, especially when there are bubbles involved and bearded ladies.

I think that sums it up!