In February

We visited Jessica and Ensley who came to town. and loved being with them

had a girls weekend. We missed Lauren and unfortunately didn't get a picture while nicole was there. we went to a movie, got pedicures, ate a lot, talked a lot and I felt blessed to have such fabulous women in my life

cuddled with Gram

smiled in the mirror

watched a little tv

dressed up nice

practiced sitting

helped at Owen's preschool party 

wrestled a lot

had Valentines day

took baths

went bowling

had family night at Gram's with fun games provided by Grandpa

looked pretty

and said goodbye to Haylie.

She was called to the Berlin Germany mission and it was hard to say goodbye. she is a light to be around and brings nothing but joy and laughter to any room she is in. she is full of goodness and love. She is an amazing aunt! and will leave a void in the kid's lives for the next year and half. 

we just got our first email from her and she is doing fabulously, as expected. 

leading up to our goodbye, Owen said a few times "i'm going to cry and cry when haylie leaves". he made sure he lived up to that. 

He wailed dramatically for a good hour. they sincerely love her and talk about her a lot and all the things they'll miss.

in a nut shell

 A shot that I love of each of them.

these images kind of sum up
their joy,
their love,
and their sweetness.

life is good.

Lately

OWEN

his imagination is bigger than his 42 pound body.
he is sweet and helpful with Lewis
has a deep desire to make right choices
draws books every day and when asked if he wants to be an author he says "no, I already am"
he prefers non-school days. As soon as he gets home from school he takes his pants off and gets cozy.
he is usually very shy in church and school, but in some settings surprises me with really mature responses and eye contact with people he doesn't know well.
he plays from sun up to sun down and almost never ever needs my help for entertainment.
he is learning to read and impressing me with all the words he can sound out.
sometimes he cracks us up with a really quick whit. Grandma Kat had a cute Santa doll sitting in a decorative bowl. Owen walked passed and said "hey it's the north bowl"
He loves animals and asks me a few times a day very specific animal facts. After I tell him I don't know he says "look it up" we're learning a lot together.
Today he told me that he hopes to be "a safari guy, to go study elephants"

LEWIS

nothing is as booming as his voice
he spends much of the day wearing only a diaper so he can "look like Tarzan"
he loves Kit and often walks up to her saying in an unusually soft and sweet voice "hi kitty girl"
he is energized in crowds
asks to take a bath at least twice a day and sometimes asks to go swimming at Grandma Kat's
is in love with a book about a crocodile who swallows a watermelon seed, and he can recite almost the whole book as I read it to him.
he has the most contagious gut laugh
when treavor gets home from work he asks "you can thtay home and wethow with uth???" he's high as a kite when the answer is yes.
his heart is big and full and he radiates light























KIT

she looks, smells, tastes and feels like sweet cream.
she is cozy and soft
she is sweet and feminine
she coos and squeals
she holds toys and blankies
she's slept 7-8 hours the last 4 nights
Treavor sings to her right when he gets home and she kicks her feet and smiles huge.

Sweet baby girl

Bringing Kit home