Spring Break 2014

Last week was Spring Break here in our area and I knew we had to do some fun stuff if we were going to make it threw the week in once piece. Monday was our stay home day to get everything done around the house that we could and Tuesday was our errand day. The real fun started Wednesday when we had a play-date with some good friends, Savannah's old preschool teacher to be exact and her two sweet kids. We had a blast and the girls didn't want to leave! On Thursday the weather was a bit colder so we headed over to the movies with our good friend Marianne and the girls got to see Frozen. To say they were excited was an understatement and all three girls did a great job.

 

The next day we went to the zoo which as always my girls loved and we managed to be there again when they were feeding the bear. Abby was decided the zoo was a perfect place for her to take a nap and after looking at all the animals the girls had fun running around like crazy people playing chase.

  Friday also happened to be Pie Day!!! I love pie day because I love pie and its the perfect opportunity to eat some. This year we invited our friends Fred and Marianne to join us in celebrating and it was a blast. Jacob even surprised me and made the apple pie for me because he didn't want to run errands for me.

 

His pie turned out great and we were all impressed with his made baking skills and he was pretty proud of himself too. After we were all full from pie we had a movie night with Savannah and Olivia and let them stay up way past their bed time. It was a blast, we blew up the air mattress, had blankets, popcorn, and watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. It was a cute movie and the girls had a blast. Poor Olivia fell asleep within the first half hour but Savannah surprised us and made it threw the whole movie.

 

Overall spring break was a blast and we all had so much fun doing fun things and being together as a family.

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 We got to spend lots of fun time outside since we had the most beautiful weather this winter.

 Since Abby can now crawl she finds all kinds of fun things to play with like our door stopper.

 Savannah told me one day that she wanted Abby to be in our family for a very very very long time.

 The girls love taking baths together.

 Abby exploring her toys.

 Savannah got upset because I didn't want her to paint her hands.

 More exploring.

 Savannah decided to build China because Mulan lives there.

 Olivia being goofy with my sunglasses.

Little miss the day after her first tooth came in, her second should be coming in any day now too.

Surprise

At the end of the month we had a visit from my parents! I love when my mom and dad come to visit we always have a great time and are busy doing lots of fun things. This time since my dad came with my mom we made day trip to the Grand Canyon and another day we went down to Phoenix. It was the second time the girls and I have been (Jacob and Abby stayed home) and we had another fun time. Savannah and Olivia loved looking out at the Canyon at all the lookout spots and it was my dad's first time going. He couldn't get over how big it really is, pictures just don't do it justice.

For our day in Phoenix we went to a fun play place called Jambo and the girls rode all kinds of rides over and over again and got to play a few rounds of mini-golf. After that we headed to Phoenix's Children's hospital for Olivia's neurology appointment (she has one every 6 months) and then we went shopping at the outlets in Anthem. It was so fun and the girls got so many adorable new clothes for this summer. For the rest of the week we just did day to day activities of taking and picking up the girls from school, going out to eat, we celebrated my mom's birthday, played lots of games and watching lots of shows. The girls loved hanging out with my parents and my parents loved spending time with the girls. It looks like we'll even be going out to visit them this summer which I am so excited about!!!
Another fun surprise was that the day after my parents left Jacob's parents came to visit for the weekend. Since they're leaving in April for their 12 month mission in Russia they decided to do a road trip and visit all their kids and grand-kids who don't live in Idaho. The girls were so excited to have another set of grandparents visit and they were so excited to see the girls. They couldn't believe how much they had all changed since they last saw them in October especially Abigail.

Growing Up

The time seems to go by faster and faster with each baby we have. This little miss is no exception, she seems so grown up to me but she's still so little. Her latest accomplishments are sitting in the shopping cart.

She turned six months in February.

Started eating food like a pro in February.

She also went on the swing for the first time and was in love!

Her other accomplishments include crawling, pulling herself up on furniture, and she's starting to cruise around the furniture too. She is in a huge hurry to keep up with her big sisters.

Valentines Day 2014

I really do love holidays! I just think they're so fun because you can either make a big deal out of them or not. This year I'll say I've made a big deal out of Valentines day. I started out the month giving Jacob a small present each day leading up to Valentines Day, I got the idea from this site and it was a big hit. Each day Jacob looked forward to seeing what he got and when he'd get his little gift. I also made the girls these Valentines, I got the idea for Olivia's bug Valentines from this site and Savannah's glow bracelet ones from here. What I loved the most was each girl picked out the ones they wanted to make and they really were perfect for each of them. We also made some fun teacher gifts and I got the idea from this site, we made them Valentines day smore mix and all their teachers seemed to enjoy it.

Last night I also got the girls surprise ready, I started the tradition last year of heart attacking the girls bedroom door. Savannah and Olivia were so excited to see their bedroom door covered in hearts and each girl wanted me to read what I had written to them. The girls and I will also be heart attacking Jacob's car again this year and we each came up with different things to write on his hearts. I think I might even have the girls decorate the driveway with sidewalk chalk for when Jacob gets home.

Its been a fun day of playing Valentines day bingo, making hearts, and just having fun as a family. Hope you're having a fun day too cause I know we are.

Flying

Where did January go? I am amazed at how quickly time is flying by. I'm amazed at how much we fit into one day and how much is slipping threw the cracks because we're so busy.  A few highlights from January were that this cute girl turned five months the beginning of January. Oh and yes, little Miss is in fact on her knees in this picture. Abby started army crawling right before she turned 5 months and at the end of the month she can move her knees but is still working on balancing and holding her weight while moving her hands. Its crazy, this little girl is growing up way too fast and she is already on her way to keeping up with her big sisters.

 The girls still adore Abby, Savannah is always wanting to hold and help mother Abby and I'll usually find Olivia laying on the floor with Abby singing to her.

 Another big milestone for Abby is that later this week she gets to start eating food which means it time for the highchair. We finally bought a highchair, with both the other girls we used a hand-me down one we got and it was time for an upgrade. I love it and Abby really loves it. She's so content to sit in it while I make dinner and she enjoys being up at the table with us. She's also very excited to eat food, she just stares at us while eating and tries grabbing our food all the time.

 

 I'm also proud to say that my goals have been going well. I'm on track with my scripture reading and I only missed 2 days of working out the entire month and I'm slowly but surely getting back on track to getting more things accomplished around the house that need to get done. January was a great month and I'm excited for February. This month Jacob will have our 8 year anniversary, my parents are coming to visit the end of the month, and its Valentines Day! Now if I can just do better at blogging more often because I really miss it, I think February will be my month.

Resolutions

I read somewhere that 70% of people don't keep their New Years resolutions. They said it was mostly because people have so many other things going on in their lives that they can't/don't incorporate their resolutions into their lives. Its a bit discouraging actually because I've made some goals for myself and I really want to keep them so hopefully I'm one of the 30% that will actually keep their goals. My big unspecific goal is to be more proactive, I feel like since I've had Abigail I've been doing good at meeting my family's basic needs but I've been letting other things slide that are important to me. For example having a clean house, folding the laundry, and actually getting myself ready in the morning. Even little things like making my bed and putting the dishes in the dishwasher after each meal. So that's my big not super specific goal, to start reincorporating those daily tasks that I've been neglecting. Two specific goals I've made are first to be more healthy by being more aware of what I'm eating and by exercising. These last 5 years my body has been threw the ringer having children. With both Savannah and Abigail I gained 50 pounds and with Olivia I was good and only gained 30. Its taken quite a toll on my body to gain and then try to lose so much weight. I know it comes with the territory when you have children and I'm so proud that I've had 3 successful pregnancies. I know that I will never have the same body that I did before I had the girls but I can improve my health and be in better shape then I am now. My third goal is one I'm actually pretty excited about because its one I've been wanting to do for some time. I found this link on Pinterest for reading the entire standard works in one year. That's the Old and New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. On average you're reading about 7/8 pages a day and I can't wait to accomplish this goal!
So there you have it blogger world my 3 New Years resolutions. We'll see how well I do at actually completing them and I'll keep you posted threw out the year too. Have you set any goals? If you have good luck in meeting them.  What is it they say? It takes 21 days to turn something into a habit?