February

I tried regrowing lettuce.  This is how big it was after 1 week.

The twins birthday party.  Rob was doing a magic show.

singing to them...

My cousin went to the Peru MTC, where Rob's old boss is serving as MTC president.

For  Christmas, my brother's family gave us decorative stones to put around the yard.

Emma's preschool activity, making a rainbow.

Adayln participating.

Cheese suns for preschool snack.

playing with pretzels during lunch

Zach and Joseph making valentines

Matthew's clever school assignment.

The lettuce didn't get much taller or thicker, but the end got moldy.  So I had 5 bites of lettuce and threw it away.

Valentine's day card from Joseph.

Cutie pie Adalyn.

I mean, how do you choose just one cute pic?

I gave one of the girls my hair elastic, so I used the girls' flowers to hold my hair together.

hairdo by Makayla

So much snow!

Adalyn choosing her books at the library

Cuddle buddies

 We had a karoke family home evening and it was so fun!  Adalyn chose I am a child of God, Emma chose Jingle bells.  I chose All Star.  Everyone found something fun to sing.  Though there was arguing and tears, it would be fun to try again.

January

Some kids like taking selfies with my phone without my knowledge.

And they like making funny faces.

The culprit?

Rob pulling the kids behind the 4 wheeler.  Christopher convinced Adalyn to sit on his lap.

When it's the older kids' turn, they like to jump on whoever is lying on the sled, trying to knock them off.

Emma trying to walk out to where Rob was shoveling the tramp

Apparently Rob likes hijacking my phone too.

interesting way to used hoverboards.

train style

Will Adalyn fit in the box?

Happy Adalyn. Towards the end of this post from Feb. 2015, you'll see Makayla in the same pj's.

I made some sour dough bread and look how wonderful the inside looks.  It was sooo good!

Emma's friend wanted to play hair salon instead of playing with Emma.  She actually brushed quite softly!

The outside of my sourdough loaf!

Zach lost his first tooth!

Cereal pre-inflation (aka before 2021) was $3/bag.  After inflation it went up to $6/bag.  There was a sale for $2.50/bag, so I bought a ton!  We go through 4 a week, so I needed alot to get us through to the next sale.  

Adalyn eating dinner with cousin Cora.

Cousin pictures!  Cheeese!

Rob was reading outloud....but no one stuck around for the story lol.  Usually the kids do want to hear a story, they were just in the middle of something.

Emma and Adalyn prefer a smaller stair slide.

Emma's preschool group after the tour at the police station.

I tried taking a picture for Michael's FSY application...and it didn't really look like him.

oooops.  I cooked our hot pad.

Is Joseph a newsie or is he a character from Expelled, by Beth Stephenson (Rob's mom)

My friend had costumes for the kids to wear while they handed out fliers advertising Rob's mom's book.

Makayla buying yarn to make more gnomes

Michael helped Emma and Adalyn make a snowcave.

My view from inside