Family Pictures

I just found this post that I never posted.  It happened almost three years ago, but it is a funny story so I shall post it now.

This last Saturday we went to get some family pictures taken since we really don't have any since Alivia joined the fam. What a crazy day that turned out to be. It was just a really frustrating day from the get go. Colby was on the phone most of the morning (pacing the house of course) and so that meant things were hectic around here. Audrey tried to be helpful and get herself and Evan dressed. Unfortunately she was wearing this and Evan was in pajamas. That is usually what he wears, but he does have to get dressed sometimes. We were doing pretty well and left a few minutes earlier than we needed to. Which was a good thing because on the way there Evan started screaming and we turned around to see blood quickly dripping out of his nose. Of course he had used his shirt to try and stop it and of course Audrey started crying about it. Luckily there was a Kohls right by where we were getting our pictures taken and we had a few minutes to spare. We all went in to clean Evan up and buy him a new shirt. None of our children cooperated well for the pictures. Audrey tried her best to hide her teeth, Evan just wanted to play on the furniture, and Alivia was a bit scared. This is the best shot we got. Overall, the pictures turned out okay, just not as well as I would have liked. We did get some good pictures of the kiddos individually, but I shall post those later.

Freezing Rain

As if all the snow wasn't bad enough, one Thursday in January we woke up to freezing rain.  I hope I never get to experience that again.  It took me 50 minutes to do something that normally only took 10.  It took Colby 5 attempts to get his car in the garage that night.  Here Colby is the next morning using our tile scraper to get the ice off of the driveway.

I am glad my parents weren't here to experience this weather.  They were on vacation down under.  I just know my dad would have fallen on this ice had he been around.

Snow Day

January of this year was the worst.  It really was brutal.  If I remember correctly it was the third coldest January on record in Utah.  Our house had icicles on it forever.  They took months to completely melt.  We couldn't take down our Christmas lights because they were frozen in the ice.  We were stuck in an inversion and it was just miserable with a capital M.

It all started with a big snow storm.  I believe we got 24 inches.  School was cancelled.  I have never loved snow, but the kids enjoyed their snow day.  Of course it was a race to see who could get to the slide first.

It was really hard for them to walk around.

Snow angels were attempted, but really didn't turn out very well.

Alivia really wanted to swing, but she couldn't get up.

The snow was fun to play in on the first day, but after that it was just too cold to be enjoyable.

Christmas (2012)

I couldn't find any pictures from Thanksgiving, so we get to skip ahead to Christmas.  There's not a lot to say, I'm sure I would have had more to say last year.

Here's the loot.  As usual, I think the kids got too much.

Alivia loved her pink swing.

Audrey got the Beanie Boos she really wanted.

Evan likes the book.

Colby is enjoying his scalp massage.

Only 35 more days until the next Christmas.

It's a....

I don't even know if I ever mentioned on here that I am having a baby.  Well, I was having a baby and now I have a baby.  Here is a picture of me just a couple of days before we found out what we were having.  This picture makes me miss my old house.  Yep, we have moved too.  Lots of catching up to do.

I really wanted to make a cake to tell everyone what we were having.  So I did.  It was really yummy too, but I ended up telling almost everyone what we were having before we got around to eating the cake.  Everyone except for Audrey.

She was the only one who found out via cake that she was getting another little sister and she was thrilled.

The proof.

Evan found out via colored balloons that he was getting another little sister and he was not thrilled with the news.  Poor thing, I really did feel bad.

Sleepover

Sometime last November, Calvin got to sleep over at our house.  He was his usual hilarious self and insisted on sleeping with his Thor hammer and hat.  (I just love taking pictures of kids when they are asleep if you haven't noticed).

He also insisted on feeding the fish beads and grapes while he was there.  Surprisingly, this fish is still alive.

Aggies All the Way

Last year in November, we finally made it to a Utah State football game.  It was a beautiful day and we didn't even need to wear jackets.  Evan was very excited to get an Aggie shirt, he tells everyone he is an Aggies fan.

Audrey was just glad she got to wear blue.