February

The twins were baptized on their birthday!  Matthew asked Rob to baptize and confirm him and Joseph asked Grandpa Stephenson to baptize him and Grandpa Loftus to confirm him.

Makayla's outfit for pioneer day.

Laura Ingalls style...no shoes or bonnet.

We have muscles around here.

Makayla square dancing.

Emma dressed for the occasion (and getting over a cold, hence the mask)

Zachary in a paper byu football helmet.

For the twins birthday they wanted pumpkin pie/whipped cream, and brownies with ice cream.

A better smile?

The twins wanted Parakeets for their birthday, so here are Bob and Simon.  The teal one was so scared from the car ride, he stayed on the side like this for an hour afterwards.

Zachary and Adalyn cuddling

Zachary shared his blanket with her.

Zach looks ready for an intense game.

We have some friends that our Makayla and the twins practically live at their house.  We wanted to get together to decorate cookies, but our kids kept getting sick.  So they brought cookies and frosting to our house!

So much fun!

They love filling backpacks and carrying them around the house.

Emma decorated her backpack with dot jewel stickers and spaced them so nicely.  I didn't even know she was doing that until she was done! Very impressive for a 3&1/2 yr old.

Joseph got a pop-it in one of the class valentines and Adalyn loves it.

Eagle is now a football?

Adalyn's turn to dress up

Run with that football Adalyn!

The girls loved this activity.

And this one.  Isn't it great to have older siblings.

Zachary showing his face.

I helped in Zachary's class learn about the white house and they were building a white house supposedly...they mostly outlined the cookie sheet.

Cutie pie sisters.

Sunday sister pictures.

Rob playing monopoly with the kids on a Sunday afternoon.

Rob, Christopher and Michael are in this picture if you look closely.  All the guys on the red team were huge compared to our church team. 

Emma had a nice boat in the water, near the sand.

Zachary and Adalyn were sharing their boat.

You can see Adalyn's love for baby Yoda

We went to a friends' house and saw one there and she started pointing and babbling about it.  

Makayla "bought" this at a class activity where kids brought stuff from home to sell.  I was shocked at how low it was "priced".  They were using tickets they earned through the month at school.  I half expected a parent contact the teacher saying this was a mistake.

Emma loves it too

So much excitement.

trying hard to share

but...

Makayla and I went to a BYU basketball game together and it was fun.

Climbing is fun.

 

January

 

Matchy/coordinating sister outfits

Zachary loves taking pictures with Adalyn

Emma wanted a picture with us, and we didn't quite get her in the pic below

Adalyn and mommy selfie

Since i took one of Adalyn (below), Emma wanted one too.

Her head is turned lightly in these two pics and I can't decide which I like better.  Too cute.

Working on the puzzle.

Loving on her doggy backpack.

Cutie pies at the dentist.

Often on Sundays Makayla will do a 300 piece puzzle in the afternoon

And she will do my hair in the evening.

Sometimes there are family dog piles/bunkbed game

How many kids can get on daddy before everyone falls off?

I think everyone except for Emma is in this picture...there is a streak of blue inbetween Rob and Makayla, that is Christopher.

I took a pic of the toilet to show Rob what was broken incase he needed to buy a part on his way home from work.

Zachary got an award at the monthly assembly, but his face was blurry when he walked by.

Happy to have his award here!

I made homemade corndogs for the first time (well, nuggets because I didn't have sticks.) The kids didn't enjoy them as much as they thought they would.

Makayla managed a great braid!

When my parents cleaned out their house and moved, they gave me my old Barbies and I played with the kids with them.  Zachary loved this mermaid top and wanted it with every outfit.

We had crepes every Sunday for dinner for 6 months- a year.  Fun tradition.  I would make the batter and Rob would cook them.  Often we had lemon curd in the center.  It's really easy to make and we usually have the ingredients on hand.  Rob give the kids pieces as he cooks.  Adalyn loves sitting on the bar stools while I cook and do dishes.