old favorite

we are desperate to get outside these days so we went to the coon rapids damn today!

it was SO COLD!

it was pretty nice at our house where there are trees but out on the damn,

as kale would say, freezie cold.

we had a great time and got some exercise!

livy really wanted a picture of her with the water.

here you go liv!

nana and papa again!

we got to see nana and papa again! 

they were already coming to minneapolis to go to jennies baptism

so we got to see them for another 2 weeks!!

horray!

we went to ehlerts house almost everyday to see them

and they did stay with us for the weekend.

we put papa right to work fixing stuff in our rental.

nana got some pay back and made me organize

my sewing/craft room. 

fun visit, like always!

daddy time

we are reading the book of mormon as a family

so for FHE this week we talked about nephi building a boat and travelling to the promised land.

brett thought it would be fun to draw and color a big mural, so we did.

brett did all the coloring and the kids colored!

bubbles

our new house has a jetted tub.

jets + bubble bath = tons of fun!!

we didn't know the jets would make the bubbles go crazy

so when brett went out of the bathroom to get PJ's for the kids

he came back to an almost overflowing bathtub!

we had to get pictures!

blackmail

i put this in here soley to torture you as a teenager.

hi future girl friends!

birthday #2 for mallory

mallory had already found her big birthday present, the bike

and had her friend birthday party in indy,

but we had to have a family party on her REAL birthday!!

she opened a couple of presents then had to find one.

it was hiding downstairs!

an easel.

i think all three kids are going to LOVE it!

we also had cake and sang happy birthday! 

mallory is growing, growing!

she loves to draw, color, cut and glue.

mallory and sister play barbies for hours!

she loves her new bike and to play outside.

she is loving her new school, new teachers and making new friends.

she is a daddy's girl and always wants to sit by dad and/or hold his hand.

she is very sweet to everyone and is always thinking about others.

mallory gets herself dressed everyday in super cool outfits.

she almost always has a messy cute face!

we love you mallory!

thanks for being such a sweet girl!

happy birthday mallory!

mallory had her birthday party!

she invited 2 of her best friends.

they got to come over for the afternoon.

we had a tea party with yummy treats.

then played some games.

each girl got an apron to decorate their own cake!

the girls had tons of fun and it was over too quick!

happy birthday mal!

we love you!

oops

we got this bike for mallory for her birthday. 

it has been hidden for along time, in brett's car!

he had to get it out to pack up his car to leave for minneapolis,

kind of left it out!  there's the first oops.

then mallory found it.

i told her it was for someone else!

that didn't work for long. 

i finally told her it was her birthday present

and she was just a tid bit excited!

happy early birthday mal!

goodbye inside park

there is the coolest inside park in indy.

we went there quite a bit.

it was very good for the kiddos in the winter

when they needed to run around!

we will miss you inside park!

helper boy

the weather was nice today, as in maybe the 40's!

so we went outside!!

kale loves the shovel, even if there is no snow!

he just went up and down the driveway the whole time we were outside!

happy valentines day!

we had a great valetines day with sally!

we made pink cookies and those chocolate covered pretzels.

gave some of each to her teachers.

i made mallory this valentines hair clip.

she loved it and wore it to school.