Project Nim

Anyone else see this?? Love it like we did? Pretty fantastic documentary...

January

Leo's Humpty/hulk

 The quiet and calm of January has been unusually nice this year. 

Even though we all did start the New Year off with a horrible cold+flu like thing.

So far I have been working on my second knit project (hopefully I can keep this one calmer than the last), baking bread a lot,  and 

had some really nice surprise visits from old friends.  

The highlight of this month has been watching Leo and Gram's friendship grow. They do everything together... and Gram has started to nap less either bc Leo wakes him out of loneliness or he's growing out of them. 

Leo... Is drawing non-stop, has more energy than he knows what to do with, loves preschool and friends. He is like our buddy now more than ever. he is at such a fun age... most the time :) 

Ingram... Is so cute and sweet. Him and I have really been bonding a lot in the past few weeks. He LOVES books too much. That is ALL he wants to do, oh and make messes!! He hasn't started talking too much... but he knows A LOT of words when I ask, he says them. But doesn't use them voluntarily yet...He does always say hold u, book.

 It feels strange, I don't have a baby anymore...  

(you can do it)

favorite

One of my favorite meals of the year...

These taco's ... note,  I used goat cheese instead of the queso fresco and kale in place of swiss chard.  

Diced 2 jalepeno's and 3 tomatoes in fresh lime juices and put on top. My mother in law's recipe.

With this side:)  delicious:)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Christmas morning

Christmas morning.... we were in a big hurry to meet my family at church. But the boys loved their gifts and it was nearly a perfect CHristmas.

Our family ... by Micah and Leo :)

NY EVE

Ny EVE... This was such a great New Year's...

took the kids to the park :) Then headed up to Springdale.

Saw this documentary at the Imax... Saw a really magical firework show at the town park...

hot-tubbed, went to see this band here.... Stayed at these suites got to kiss my dreamboat boys at midnight. We had a cousin party at the hotel so we had no worries all night and got to spend it with and without kids:) All with a bunch of really wonderful family and friends.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was so fun. 

We had it with my family but Sue and JD came too since their kids were doing other things. 

It was a really good dinner and healthy too:) 

And the cousins exchanged gifts it was fun and we skyped with J+F. Got to see Fern's belly.... Can't wait for that baby. :) It was so fun to watch the kids this year. All the cousins really had fun with each other. 

Micah dressed up as Santa and came it was pretty cool bc of Leo and LUke's age... they were pretty awestruck:)

My mom too gave us all discs with our old 8mm family video on it too. That was really special to see my dad and my the rest of my family on film from way back. :) 

Tis the Season

b-day boy... It was fun to have Micah's birthday this time of year.... 

one of my favorites things we did this month...

Vegas overnight trip... No kids! 

We stayed at Mandalay Bay and shopped til we dropped...

then went to one of our favorite Thai resturaunts in the ghetto and saw this souvenir shop... I need to get better at taking photos of us. This place was pretty sweet though.  

 I want this overnighter to be a tradition for us. It was the best Christmas present to each other. 

Plus Anthro was having a 50% off sale, sale!! yippee it was like having the discount again... and my hub said see ya... shop and get what you want. Then came back and picked out thee best treasures for me. It was really awesome. And I was in dire need of such a thing. 

Chraftmas. I swear I crafted my brains out this CHristmAs... too much! 

jammies with boys name embroidered. 

gingerbread house decorating

Ward Christmas party pre pic's. I dolled the boys up!!!

my bulbs were one of my favorite gifts I got. Sue gave them to me.  I want to give and get much more next year. It was so fun to water them, watch them bloom and smell them:)

Leo's first handmade ornament... melt my heart.

Candied orange peels. almost killed me. Yummers, a memory from my childhood that I have been wanting to do for a looong time:)

Hot chocolate diet. No not on a diet really but all I felt like eating all month was hot chocolate... really odd for this time of year... anyway pretty sure my kids jumped on that band wagon fast :) 

snow globe making, another struggling craft. I used to think I was crafty, but after this month I think I have a long way to go before I can call myself crafty. 

.ADVENT HOUSE. 

I got this idea from a blogger muse Lola Addict. Ya I had no idea what I was in for:) 

I seriously knitted until 4:00 a.m. one night and then woke up with arthritis. Not really, but it did have me worried about it for a minute. 

joyous noel :)