March 2016

 Here's some cute shots from March!  This boy is growing up WAY too fast!! He can say THANK YOU, THIS, THAT, DAD, LILA, ISAAK, he claps when you clap, and he sticks out his tongue you you stick out yours!! So cute!  Now if he'd only say MOM.......

The kids had spring break one weekend, and we thought it would be fun to go to the Museum of Natural Curiosity with Avery and Taj!  So much fun. 

We celebrated Porter's birthday this month!!  HOW it he already 1????  This year has flown by and I so wish I could just pause time and snuggle this baby for at least a year uninterrupted. 

We stopped by the school to share lunch with Isaak one day.  So cute to see these neighborhood boys all sitting together.  I think Zac is pretending to eat Isaak's lunch!

 Dance pictures!

 I took my BLACK BELT TEST the middle of March!!  I was SO excited.  They tested differently this time then they ever had before.  It was with all of the other belts and I was a little disappointed because I didn't get tested on ANYTHING that I worked on for my black belt!  Not on my Yu Suls.... nothing!  Unfortunately I hadn't studied the Son Mok Sul and Ahn son mok suls as much as I should have (because I have already been tested on those a couple years ago!!) and couldn't remember which ones went with which numbers.  Oh well, I still did great and will get my belt in 6 months!

We went to the Provo Beach for an Insurance party and had such a fun time!!  Laser tag, ropes course, bowling, miniature golf, arcades, ice cream, dinner and FLOW RIDING!!!  (Indoor surfing)  So Fun!!!!

We all went on the Flow Rider and got pretty good by the end.  Loved it!

Here's a picture from when we took Grandma Patsy out for her birthday.  Porter loved the lemon Grandpa Jay gave him!

Easter Eggs!!!

 Don't they look so pretty!!

 Here's the kids at Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point.  While we were there I tried to get Porter to ride a pony, but he didn't think it would be so much fun.  :)

 Easter morning!!!

 Here's a group of Lila's friends that came to play one day.  Avery, Savannah, and Victoria!

In March we also bought a duplex!!! It's in Riverton and Shaun is working like crazy to fix it up so we can get some renters.  Unfortunately, most of his tools were stolen from the house yesterday and he's feeling super defeated.  It's been a lot of work, we're over budget, and poor Shaun is getting burned out.  We'll be so glad when the renovations are done and we have a husband and Dad back!

February 2016

 What a month!!  Isaak wanted a Star Wars birthday party this year, and since we just finished watching the first 6 as a family, and the 7th was in theaters, it was perfect!  We limited the number of friends he could invite to 10 (the number of seats we had available in both vehicles) and took all the boys to the movie!!  The theater had reclining leather seats and the boys all thought it was the awesomest party ever.  I had to agree because it was so easy for us to put together!!  We celebrated the day before Isaak's real birthday, so it was a fun 14th anniversary outing for me and Shaun, too!

 Isaak and Zac

 Connor, Isaak, Massimo, Zac, Cameron, Clark, Isaac, Taj, Ethan, and Lincoln!

 Lincoln, Ethan, Clark, Taj, Isaak, Lila, Connor, Zac, Cameron, Massimo, and Isaac

 Here's Isaak the next morning on his actual birthday. 

Birthday breakfast!

 

Isaak also got to start going to scouts.  He loves it so much!

 

 Valentines weekend Shaun surprised us and took us all to the Zurmatt in Midway.  It was so nice to get away for a weekend and have some family time!

 I love that they all love eachother!!

 The night before Isaak got baptized, we went to the City Center Temple open house.  It was such a perfect way to start such a special weekend.  Jared, Leigh, and Riley came with us, too!

 Here's some shots I got of Isaak a couple days before his baptism.  It was BITTER COLD!  Poor boy tried so hard to give me some good smiles, but he was completely miserable. 

The morning of Isaak's baptism!! He was  SO EXCITED!!

 My sweet Dad baptized Isaak since Shaun left the church a couple years ago. The day was so special, hard, tender, heartbreaking, and perfect all at the same time.  The Lord works in his own time and it all worked out completely the way it was supposed to.  Right after Isaak was baptized and we were moving to the next room for the confirmation, a member of the bishopric asked me if I wanted to give a short talk after the confirmation.  I about died because I had no time to prepare and my first instinct was to tell him no.  I did tell him yes, and the words flowed out of me (mostly in an emotional jumble) but I'm so glad I had a chance to tell Isaak some things that were special to me.  What a perfect day!

 After the baptism, we went to Panda Express with close family.  Perfect and easy party!!

 Here's a couple pictures from a kids fair we went to. The kids love the balloon animals the most!!

 St. Patrick's day dinner at Grandma Jo's.  She always has the cutest celebrations!!