Allie's Interview

I started this tradition last year where I interview my kids on their birthdays. I love it. It's a fun and special moment for us to talk and it's great to see how their responses change each year. This is what she told me this year!!

She's FIVE

There she is! She has been counting down the days for months. Most of her friends have turned 5 already and she wanted to be 5 SO BAD. Me, I could wait a few more years until she turned 5. But she is and she celebrated with style. She had her first friend party. It was a polka dot party. They played Bingo, decorated faces, played outside, had lunch and cupcakes and opened presents. She has the cutest little girl friends and it was fun to watch them together.

She loves to pose!

Allie decorated all the "pupcakes" by herself!

The cute girls

 

Being silly

This is what she did when everyone was singing to her

We had a family party on St. Patty's day so we had green food. Both our parents came, Marc, Kelly and the boys, Mattie, Ben and their kids. We had quite the get together. It was a lot of fun!

Thank you everyone for making this sweet girl feel so special and loved. She is truly such an incredible girl. I'm so grateful for her in my life. She's smart, sweet, responsible, caring and so loving. Love her to pieces.

Ski Night

I made 3 attempts to go up with my girl friend's this winter to ski. They all failed due to different circumstances. So a last minute trip worked...and to top it off we skiied for FREE! I went up with my amazing friend, Lisa (who everyone says looks like my sister). We had ourselves a blast!

Little Things

My life is filled with little things.

They are my world.

Family Home Evening

Each week we try to have one night that we spend as a family. We have a lesson, activity, treats, and fun together. Last Fall a group of my friends got together and we made a year of Family Home Evening lessons. We centered them around the Primary theme for each month. Each person took a month and planned 3 lessons that went along with that theme. So we have awesome lessons for 3 of the weeks and then on the 4th week we can teach something specific for our own family. I was in charge of February and we have had fun doing the lessons. Last week it was about our bodies.

We started the lesson by standing at the top of the stairs and looked down at our pajamas laying down on the floor. We talked about how our spirits were in heaven and needed to come down to Earth to receive a body. I asked them questions like, "Could your body dance without your spirit in it? Eat? Play? All of which the answers were no. Then I had them go down to Earth, put their pajamas on and now their spirits were in their bodies and could do all kinds of things (which we had to try out for awhile). We also read from a talk given by Russell M Nelson called, "You Are a Child of God." 

Then we sang "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" and "Hokey Pokey." We finished by tracing their bodies onto paper and they got to color them. That was their favorite part. 

I will try to share more of the FHE's that we do throughout the year...the ones that go really well at least!!

Allie's ponytail was flipped up so that looks cool and she was totally into this...making sure she matched her pajamas!

Katelyn's little buns on the top of her head made her look like a frog and she drew a couple squiggles and called it good.

{Love}

It's amazing how much love surrounds us if we just focus on it. While there may be a lot of heartbreak, hard times, trials, and sadness, our lives are filled with LOVE. Mostly our Heavenly Father pours His loves on us each and every day and I feel it in the smallest of ways. Our Savior is our very example of what and how to love. His is the purest, sweetest love of all. We have the greatest family who helps each other, supports each others, wants to be involved in each others lives, and prays for each other. Our friends help lift us and bring joy, fun, and laughter into life. My kids test me everyday and I am frustrated so often but I look at them and feel their spirit so strong and my heart overflows with love for them. I know I am blessed with love all around me. I'm glad we have moments that we can stop and reflect and truly see that beautiful love.

We had a fancy dinner and dance on Valentine's day. We decorated, put makeup on, put nice clothes on, ate a nice candlelit dinner, danced the night away, had chocolate fondue, danced some more...then tuckered out. It was really special time together. 

 Allie's Valentine's from Preschool

Decorating with Dad

Chicken Roll Ups shaped somewhat like hearts

We {LOVE} You!