February Random

Here I am, SUPER behind again on the old blog!  It's getting hard to do- what with all of the other things that there are to keep me updated with everyone else!  What is that all about?!  Lately, I have felt it more important to look at others blogs/facebooks/pinterest/instagram etc. that I have started to neglect my own families history!  Stop it Mindy- Stop it!  I know not many people read blogs much anymore, but it is so fun to be able to look back at my families comings and goings that I just need to bite the bullet and get 'er done- so to speak!  :)  So- without further adieu, here is February in a glance!  I will try and do it through pictures again, because I can't really remember what went on until I have a chance to look back at the pictures and see what really went on!  Because, truly- a picture is worth a thousand words, and as many memories for sure!  Enjoy!

Would you just LOOK at this angel face!  I gave him some pots and pans to play with, and he was having a BLAST banging them together! 

Morgan wanted to join in on the action, and she loved it!  Looks like she had some evidence of a little bit of chocolate on her cute little lips. :)  Who doesn't love chocolate!?

Morgan FINALLY finished with her potty training!  what a big girl!  This little back pack with princess shoes, a wand, and a tiara is what she chose at the store to work for when she finally finished with the potty training.  But the thing that finally did the trick was her sticker chart!  Oh man!  She LOVED putting stickers on that thing, and couldn't get onto the potty fast enough for those cute little fingers to get the sticker on there.  Hehe!

We had the Ricky and Tisha Marsh family over for a fun Valentines FHE!  We had a yummy dinner, and then we decorated COOKIES!  The kids were in HEAVEN!  We don't get together with these guys NEAR enough, so it was really really fun to be able to play!  Our kids get along so well, and it is always fun for them to play. 

Angel.  Face.

Cute Merrick was having a BLAST eating all of the frosting and cookies!  So cute.

Yowsers!  We REALLY look like cousins in this picture- don't we?!

Stockton is really loving eating right now, and especially he loves Spaghetti! I think that it is a non-written rule that all of your kids have to have pictures of themselves with spaghetti all over their faces!  Such a cutie pie!

Lincoln's class pet, Mr. Tweet, doesn't love to be alone, so they have the students take him home each weekend!  We were able to take Mr. Tweet home for Lincolns birthday and he was in HEAVEN!  He seriously had SO much fun with Mr. Tweet!  He is a cute bird too.  Whistles tunes, talks a bit, and just loves to be around people.  One weekend is enough for me though!  That's for sure! :)

Snugglin on the couch!  Paytons in there too- can you see him?!  We're so glad when Daddy comes home!

I LOVE THIS BABY!!!

Park Time!

Monkey boys!

The weather was unseasonably warm in February, and we were able to go on a few really fun bike rides!  Payton really enjoys to ride on the tag-along.  He's not quite up to riding a two-wheeler all by himself, but can ride for quite a while in back of either Cole or I!  One problem though- when we go in the afternoon when it is a bit warmer, Payton has to really pay attention because he starts to fall asleep while he is on the bike!  Yikes- that could be disastrous!

We got Lincoln ANOTHER new bike because his old one- that he got the year before for his birthday!- petered out on him!  Lame!  So, he has really enjoyed having a fun bike.  He is getting quite good at riding!  He's enjoyed going on some fun early morning rides with his Dad.  What a stud.

 

Lots 'o this goin on all the time!

We needed to go to the DMV to get the plates renewed on my car, and we were heading out of town to Utah that day for Cole's Uncle Wayne's funeral.  So, with trepidation, I headed down there, and the kids were WONDERFUL!  It was really quick, and the kids were awesome the whole time!

This was on our way home from Utah!  We were able to stop at Little America for some Ice Cream on Lincolns birthday!  happy Birthday Lincoln! 

I sure do love this big 7 year old!  WHAT?!  Seven?!  when in the WORLD did that happen!

Lincoln's class had a poetry unit, and they all wrote a whole bunch of poems and presented them in a "Coffee House Poetry" night, and it was so cute!  Lincoln wrote poems about the color Pink, and about a Sperm Whale and Giant Squid.  He is so dang cute!

Here are Lincoln's AMAZING teachers- Michelle DuMoulin and Mindy Lucera