February

February seems so long ago! I can't believe how time keeps speeding up!

We love to read at our house. Even Elliott insists on listening to story time before bed.

Elliott loves food. Especially avocados, but really all food. He is such a good eater!

So excited for food!

We celebrated my Grandma Garrett's 90th birthday!

Samuel gets to play while Sophia is at school, but he's really super excited for the fall, when he gets to start preschool!

Sophia does so well in school! She loves to draw and write and read. It's awesome to see her learning and loving it!

"Family": Dad, Mom, Sophia (glasses), Samuel, Elliott (laying down)

She's so grown up!

My three cute kiddos!

A New Year!

January has two birthdays for our family! Tim turned 40 this year! He got to blow out 40 candles, and it sure did make a lot of smoke. :)

Sophia turned 6 this year. She loves to remind us that she is six now, and six year olds are so grown up!

Elliott was as cute as ever.

So was Samuel.

The kids got their snow day! Tim took them out and helped them make a snowman.

A Handmade Christmas

I love being able to make gifts, especially when they are so well-received!

Crochet Totoro and Soot Sprite (not pictured)

Crochet blanket

Pretzel bites with snowman tag

Crochet marshmallow keychain

Christmas jars - snowman, santa, grinch, reindeer

Catching up on December

I love that all of my children love books ... even Elliott.

We caught some snowflakes! They look gorgeous up close!

We had an amazing hailstorm. The sky was so black, and then two seconds later it was lighter. Then we got hit with hail.

Samuel got a new hat.

Elliott really loves his sister.

The kids decided to switch clothes. All the way down to their underwear.

Sophia lost another tooth.

She also had her Christmas Dance Showcase.

We had a Christmas dinner with the bishopric, and Sophia wanted to try on the Bishop's hamburger hat.

I sure love these three!

Christmas

We had a lovely Christmas ... in spite of the fact that all the kids woke up sick.

This was Elliott's first Christmas, and he loved it!

The other kids really loved it too. They are all at the best age to enjoy it.

Hope your Christmas was as merry as ours!