A Little Sunshine...

on a cloudy day!

Family Fun Weekend

Finally, the last post from my mom's visit. At the end of my mom's visit, my two sisters came up from Provo to visit for the weekend. Sarah stayed at our house, but Melissa and her little family stayed at a hotel with a pool. So on Saturday we headed to the pool to swim. The boys loved it. Gavin even got brave enough to repeatedly put his face in the water and to let me help him float! (I think we're going to have to look into swim lessons this summer.) Sarah and my mom didn't have their swimsuits, so Sarah snuggled with Landon, and my mom was the picture taker while the rest of us played in the water.

That evening we enjoyed a pizza picnic on a blanket in the living room and a Valentine's Day celebration, since it was coming up on Monday. I made little treat bags for the kids, and Ben made three huge chocolate cookies, which the two of us iced, stacked, and decorated. It was ridiculously rich, but oh so good. 

Mom wanted a picture with all her grandkids, so after dinner we attempted to take said picture. You should see how many we took that didn't turn out quite so nicely. We also took a family group shot. Again there were a few that didn't really work. Why is it that it's so hard to get people to all look and smile at the same time? But in the end, we got a decent picture. Aren't we all so cute?! The only thing that would have made it better would have been if the rest of my family was there. Hopefully, we'll get to go visit them soon.

It was a great to have family around for the weekend. The kids got along well, and we all had fun being together. It was awesome. Wish we could do it more often.

Grandma and the BIG Boys!

Here are some pictures of the boys from the week my mom was here. If I was taking pictures of Landon, then Xander thought he needed his picture taken too. I love the picture of Gavin sporting my mom's towel in his hair... He wanted to be like Grandma! And if you're wondering about the animals on the trampoline and why my boys are in the middle... let me tell you. If you weren't wondering... I'll tell you anyway! Mom and the boys made a zoo with the stuffed animals, and then the boys took turns being the monkey in the middle! I thought it was pretty funny, awfully cute... and rather appropriate! 

Crazy Frost

When my mom was here, we woke up to frost covering everything. I slipped outside and took a couple of pictures. As tired as I get of the snow, frost, and cold, there is something amazingly beautiful about it. The pictures don't do it justice.

Simple Joys

You know you're enjoying life and good food 

when you get all messy eating it!

Love this Lady

I don't get to see my family very often, but I'm sure glad my mom always makes it out to stay a week after I have a baby to help out. And now, not only do I love her coming, so do my boys. Grandma's are great!