Provo trip and Valentine's Day

Trevor went recruiting at BYU last week and we went with him!

This is when we stopped at Wingers in Cedar City. All of Utah was covered in snow!

They let the kids go fishing for Valentine's Day treats

Kinley had her favorite: carrot puree

Watching morning cartoons at the hotel

Krispy Kreme!

So delicious

We didn't bring a stroller or anything so either Trevor or I held Kinley the entire trip.

She was in heaven!

We took Ryan and Kevin to Texas Roadhouse for dinner one night. It was super fun! The dinner conversation was not stimulating enough for Tanner who promptly fell asleep.

Eating the hotel breakfast. They were remodeling the hotel while we were there so we had to bring breakfast back to our room each day.

Maddie loves to shake all the mannequins' hands when we go to Kohls.

Kinley chilling on our bed

Her new favorite trick

I went to visit my friend Heidi while we were there and we had such a fun time talking and catching up while the kids played. She has two girls and one boy too!

Watching a YouTube video of gopher eating his "summer squash" from Winnie the Pooh.

We stopped at Outdoor World in Las Vegas on our way home, just to get a break from the car

Checking out the fish

When we got home there were Valentine's bags for all of us from Grandma! We were all really surprised and happy.

Valentine's Day!

I got Trevor an Elkhart green 1968-1972 corvette matchbox car. Looks exactly like the real thing down to the chrome bumpers and black interior.

Trevor bought these for me while we were in Provo.

Kinley is just as excited for them as I am!

January update

We are back to our usual schedule after Tanner's birthday and getting ready for a few fun trips coming up next month. Trevor traveled to Washington D.C. for work for a few days (luckily before the huge snowstorm hit!) and I had to give a talk in Lone Pine on Sunday and the whole family went with me. It was really fun! Here are some pictures of what we have been up to.

I was going through my pictures and realized I forgot to include these on our Christmas blog.

Tanner was a little scared of Uncle Kevin at first but after the lightsaber fights they were best buds

Maddie in her new Cinderella dress she got for Christmas

Kinley loves playing with Maddie

I got all these awesome Halloween costumes at Kmart for 90% off! This is one of them

Kinley wearing her little slippers Auntie Agey got her

For the first time in forever . . .

Kinley wearing the little Anna outfit we bought her to wear for Disneyland!

This little cutie is eating baby food now and loves it

Maddie and Tanner love to help me in the kitchen

And that is what we have been up to the last few weeks. We also finished reading Matilda, Trevor and I got to see the new Star Wars movie together and Kinley has been sleeping through the night!

Tanner's Birthday!

Tanner turned 3 today!

Tanner on his birthday eve.

We all sat in the living room and told him what we liked about him and then let him open one present.

Tanner's birthday lunch. I let him pick out a Batman balloon and then we got Burger King. Trevor came home and we let him open another present.

Which turned out to be a remote control car!

Trevor, I mean, Tanner, has been waiting for this for a long time

Trying it out

Teaching Tanner how to drive it

Tanner's party!
We kept telling Tanner "happy birthday" all day but he kept saying that it wasn't really his birthday until his party

Dirt bike from Maddie

Spiderman with a motorcycle from Grami

Poor Kinley has been really sick with a cold this week, but managed to stay pretty happy during the party

Lightning McQueen from Grandma and Grandpa

Kalie and Maddie playing with the popping balloons

All of Tanner's presents!

Trying them out

The cake!

I had so much fun doing this cake and it turned out better than I had in my head

Singing "Happy Birthday"

Trying to blow out the candles

With a little help

I got Tanner crayons that you can use to color on the bathtub and the tile and everything.

This is the artwork so far

Tanner with his awesome Lightning McQueen pillow and blanket from Grami!

Tanner had a great birthday! He is so much fun and such a sweet boy.

Happy Birthday Tanner!