Valentines Day

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! 

I love that there is a day focused all around LOVE. 

The kids woke up this morning to a fancy breakfast setting with a little card and a stuffed bear. 

Daddy surprised us with Krispy Kream doughnuts. Yum Yum! 

They were pretty happy about it! 

The rest of the day we  did some cleaning then just hung out...

We went to the park....

Later, Emmy and Kynlee set up a little food stand on the corner with handmade signs selling popcorn, pop tarts and suckers. They earned a few dollars, and felt so cool. (Wish I would have snapped a pic) 

Nate and Druw played some basketball.... Hailey wanted to join in.

For dinner Nate and Druw cooked for the girls. They did it all. They are SO SWEET! 

It was a delicious steak and potato dinner. 

My mouth is still watering just thinking about how yummy it was. 

I've got myself a keeper that's for sure! I'm so lucky he's my Valentines. 

We then finished off the night watching a movie "Malificent" and eating some treats. 

Sadly today Hailey had two seizures, so minus that, today was great just spending time with the people I LOVE the most. 

Ultimate SPIRIT...

More pictures from "SPIRIT WEEK"

Thursday was switch-a-roo with your teacher day. 

Meet Mr. Carr

Friday was ULTIMATE SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY. 

You know, so why not get all crazy with the face paint? 

It's probably a good thing we didn't have colored hair spray or else he totally would have been all decked out. I forgot to snap a picture before he left to school, so Kynn and I still in our pj's headed to the school. I'm so glad we did because I was able to secretly buy 3 sucker Valentine notes to be delivered to Druw in class. ( The day before Druw told me about these, and was pretty sad and heartbroken that everyone in his class got some but him. I had no idea what he was talking about, but it was pretty sad seeing how sad he was about it.) So it was FATE that we went to the school.

 

McKynlee is 100 % OBSESSED with doing hair. She's really good at it too. 

In fact she can almost do braids and buns better than I can. 

She really waned to do hers and Haileys hair today, and this is the final product. Not bad! Hailey has two little piggies in the back. If you look closely you can see how stiff her bangs are... there is probably half a bottle of hair spray in them. :) 

After the hair adventure, we decided to take  a walk around the block. Of course they wanted to stop at the lions and go for a ride. Yes, this is still February in Utah...The weather has been so FABULOUS!! 

McKynlee also had her preschool Valentines Day party today. 

Isn't she just the cutest?? I sure love her! 

Grandmas are the best...

This is what I woke up to in my bed this morning.

Of course i'd rather NOT have them in my bed, but this picture was to precious not to capture.

Today when I went to Gym, my mom took the girls swimming 

She is the best mom and coolest Grandma ever! 

The girls had soooooooooo much fun and I had sooooooooooo much fun watching them as I ran! 

Yep this was my view as I ran upstairs on the treadmill....

 It doesn't get much better than that!!

My Mom said that we should make this a weekly thing  every Wednesday, 

While I work out, she takes them swimming.  So cool! How could I turn down an offer like that! 

Thanks Mom!!! 

They sure love their Grandma!! 

Library Time...

 Today was blue or red day for Spirit Week.....

of course Druw choose BLUE!!

BYU all the baby! 

I also decided to take the girls to Library time today. It was our first time and the girls loved every bit of it! Right when we got down to the kids reading area Hailey said. "This is such a good day!"  Looks like I might be making this a weekly thing!  

They did a puppet show...   I set McKynlee up for her very own library card! She felt so grown up! 

It really was probably one of the cutest things watching these two sit by each other during story time. McKynlee was so sweet and attentive to Hailey making sure she was okay and having fun. What was even cuter was when they did the songs, they both would sing, and do the actions. Me being me, I even got all choked up in as I sat in the back and watched them. 

To make this day even better Jenn randomly brought by dinner. She is the greatest!

 They were some of the best enchiladas i've ever had! Yum!! 

Druw had a basketball game tonight. They lost but played GREAT! 

They also had Team pictures! 

What a good lookin group of boys! 

Sunny Sunday

The weather the last few days has been AMAZING!! You would never guess that is was February in Utah. It feels like spring. I think mother nature is all sorts of confused. Warm weather like this is making everything go out of wack...  peoples tulips are starting to sprout up bugs are coming out birds are chirping... shoot I wouldn't be surprised if sprinklers start turning  on and people bust out their swimsuits, Okay maybe its not THAT warm, but man it feels good!  Because the weather today was extra nice we decided to walk to church. As you can see in the picture we weren't the only ones from the ward who took advantage of this nice sunny warm day.  

What a BEAUTIFUL day! What a BEAUTIFUL view! What a BEAUTIFUL family i've got!

Today was a good day! 

*I forgot to post this last week but McKynlee gave a talk in Primary. She was so brave and got right up there and did such a GREAT job! Her talk was all about Jesus and how he is our Savior and our Redeemer. She showed different pictures of Jesus in his life and talked about how much he loves us. I love primary. I love the pure sweet spirit felt from the kids I love that my kids are learning the gospel and gaining their own little testimonies.

Today we also had family dinner with the Carrs. We hadn't had it for a few weeks which felt really weird. I love that we get together every Sunday for family dinner. Did I ever mention that I married into the best family ever?? Well if not, I just did. I love the CARR CLAN! 

Today was even extra fun and extra special because Grandma, Aunt Kim and Meg joined us. 

Hailey snuggled up to Meg for a good 15 solid minutes while Meg just sang to her and rubbed her back. It really was such a sweet tender moment, one I HAD to capture for sure! 

A family that runs together...

I have been trying really hard the last few weeks to stick to a workout routine. I've done really well with it so far. I go to the Gym 4 days out of the week. I love the feeling that exercising gives me. It's like a stress release, which I totally need.  Since today is Saturday and Druw had a basketball game at 10:00, and the weather has been fabulous, I decided i'd just go for a morning run outside. Well of course the second I told Nate I was going for a run all three on the kiddos wanted to come along with.  So why not?? I bundled the two girls in the stroller and Druw got his running shoes, grabbed his basketball to practice dribbling as we ran, and off we went. We only circled around the neighborhood 2 times and I really didn't even break a sweat but it was nice just having them join me.

 Plus rumor has it that "a family that runs together stays together." ;) 

(Oh and Druw did such a great job at his basketball game... made a shot and had a few blocks) 

Last Night we went and watched Cameron perform as a Knife in his schools play, Beauty and the Beast. It was such a great play and the costumes were unbelievable!! Cameron did a great job. I wanted to get a picture of him in his costume but he changed to quickly. He looked awesome!

 The kids had fun and enjoyed the show. We even got a picture with Belle and the Beast after which was pretty cool .  

Last few days,,,

Druw had a basketball game yesterday, and it was so fun and intense to watch. The first half their team was getting creamed... like 22 to 4 type of a thing. Well second half was a whole new game. The coaches pep talk at half time must have really kicked in because the played awesome!!! The final score was 26 to 26. I know ties totally suck but for them to come back the way they did was so fun to watch. I love sports and I love watching my kids play sports. I know I might be the overly "cheerer" mom on the side lines but I can't help myself. :) It has also been fun with the different sports over the years to have Druw be on the same team as his best buddy Ash. I love it!

McKynlee had a hard crash on her scooter. I saw the whole thing happen. It was so sad. I wish I could prevent my kids from ever getting hurt. She got a nasty bump on her forehead even with a helmet on. She is such an active adventurous little dare devil who has gotten more battle wounds than any of our kids. ( Broken leg, spit eyebrow, cut open lip bumps cuts and bruises.. the list goes on and on.) She is one tough chick though that's for sure. She ALWAYS just dusts herself off and get back up again. She is fearless.. sometimes a little too fearless.

The weather the last few days has been AMAZING!! You would never guess that it was February in Utah. We have loved every second of these warm sunny days, spending a lot of time outside jumping on the trampoline, playing on the playground, in the sandbox, riding scooters....its been awesome. Today we decided to go to the park and feed the ducks. ( one of our favorite things to do)  We were babysitting Paisley so it was fun to have her join us this time. The girls had fun, and collected lots of duck feathers. We could have done without all the nasty duck poop on our shoes but hey with a sight as beautiful as this we'll deal with it.   

After we fed the ducks, we had to make a trip to Lindon. We were so glad Grandma Schroeppel was home so we could stop in and visit for a little bit. She is such an amazing woman who we love so much. We are so lucky to have her in our lives. She is such a wonderful example to us. The girls sure loved playing with her Uno game and the toys in the ottoman. They had no problem making tthemselves at home. They even sat at the bar eating some pretzels a candy cane and a drink.

 I love this picture of Grandma with 3 of her great grand daughters. 

Sleeping Beauty

For the past few months  I have been setting my alarm  to get up a half an hour early before the kids wake up so I can read and study my scriptures and listen to a conference talk. As much as I LOVE my sleep and every second is precious, I have really enjoyed this time to learn, ponder and strengthen myself spiritually. It makes such a difference in my day. This is usually my 'alone' time but today this little sweetie woke up when I did and wanted to join me, For obvious reasons  I didn't get much reading done...  I was too busy admiring this sleeping beauty in my arms.

Perfect Saturday

Today has been such a great day.

 Druw, along with Ashton and a few other boys from the primary were asked to sing at a baptism of a little boy in our ward.The song they sang, was "Armies of Heleman." It is one of my all-time favorite primary songs that there is. So seeim him up there along with those other handsome boys singing  just touched my heart. There was such a sweet spirit felt as they sang those powerful words. Druw and Ash actually sang a duet on the second verse. They did so great!! I'm so proud of  Druw and the awesome kid he is! I know that someday he will make a such great missionary!

Here is a video of him practicing the second verse..... and yes I get choked up every time I hear it. So you can only imagine the flow of tears I had going on when they sang it at the baptism.

 A few months ago Nate and I decided that we want to start taking the kids out on a one-on-one date. We alternate every month, so today I had fun opportunity to take my sweet little McKynlee out on a mommy daughter date. The only thing she wanted to do was go to the mall and ride around on these cool motorized animals. So we did! She drove, and I sat on the back and enjoy the ride. It was so much fun, we had a blast! And I've got to say she's a pretty good driver. After we were done with our ride, We went to a fun toy store in the mall and hung out there for a good half hour. Then we went and ate lunch Zupas. When we were done there we finished the day off with a fun little trip to Hobby Lobby, where I let her pick out a small paint project.I sure love this girl of mine. And I love and look forward to these little dates that we have together every other month.

Because Nate and I waited until the very last day of the month to do our dates, we both ended up doing them today. For their date  Nate took Druw out to eat at Panda Express then to the BYU basketball game. What made this date even more fun was Josh and Ashton joined them!

 Of course Druw had to get a Cougar Tail while at the game. 

Starting again....

It's a little ironic that last post on this blog was Announcing my pregnancy with Hailey.  Coincidence, I think not, just perfect timing.  Last night I just started a specific blog focusing on Hailey and her Dravet journey. In doing so, I  wanted to to start this blog up again. Probably because my mommy guilt kicked in and I felt bad doing a blog just for one child while leaving out the other two. I know I'm weird, but that's how I think. My family is my whole world and nothing makes me happier than them. So I know I will enjoy documenting our "family life." Thats what this blog will be all about... Nothing major just posts of the kids and our life at the moment.