January Events thus far

 Boise still had snow after Christmas so the last day of break we took our kids sledding at a nearby school yard with Kassie & Steven and their kiddos. I'm surprised how fast those 3 hours went on that hill!

It's hard to see in the picture below, but the three kiddos are enjoying Gma & Gpa Thompson's hot tub one night. They kept getting out of the hot tub and doing snow angels in the thick snow... and then jumping back in as fast as they could... crazy kids!

Ella had her Parent Night / Award Night the 2nd week of January. This was her last day this semester, since she started piano lessons, and would have more time for gymnastics this summer.

 She loved gymnastics, and was great. So proud of this gal!

 Last weekend we took our kids to The Discovery Center, and ended up getting a season family pass since it was only $20 more. I know we'll go again, and the kids were learning about science and physics... and had fun goofing around the weather station room!  We were there 2 hours and didn't have time to play with all of the stations.

My kids had MLK day off of school, so we planned a fun day with friends of exploring the Idaho Aquarium, going to Chick- Fil-A for lunch and then the park with this group. The weather was so nice that day, yay for sunshine! So fun!

Christmas Break

We stayed in LG for a week, and it was some much needed relaxation time, after our busy Christmas day.  The guys and my mom took all the kids out on 4 wheelers on her property. My kid's highlight of the week by far.

 I had zero energy being so far along pregnant, so my mom was wonderful to take the kids out to play.

At the end of the week it snowed, and so my mom pulled the sled behind the 4 wheeler! 

Fred's son Jesse and Kathryn stopped by for a morning and our kids loved some more company to play with.

During the Christmas break, I was able to spend some great quality time with my siblings and their kids. We made homemade wheat bread, went shopping, lots of cooking, baking, movies and fun times. We also took the kids to see Night At the Museum 2 one day. What a great week!

December Events, plus Christmas 2014

 Well, our winter has been cold, long, and foggy.  December wasn't too bad, we had a couple snow storms to leave us with lots of snow to play in.

 I took Ella to see The Nutcracker for her 1st time, so I got front row seats so she could see it.  She loved it!

Gma and Gpa Thompson had their annual Gingerbread Decorating night with all the cousins. My kids live for this, but what kid doesn't love candy? Cole's plate ended up covered with extra "decorated snow" on the "yard" of the house. Fun times.

 CHRISTMAS 2014

Christmas was a little of a rush rush this year, which I didn't particularly prefer. My kids had basically 4 Christmases to visit people and open presents. Next year: Staying home all day! My kids were spoiled though... Santa brought them the gift they asked for, and we got them a piano and a trampoline (along with some clothing essentials of socks, undies, coats and clothes). 

After opening presents from Santa, and having a nice breakfast, my kids were spoiled by Gpa and Gma.  Then we went to Kassie's for a beautiful and delicious luncheon, where we had the kids do the nativity play and another gift exchange.

 Then off we drove to La Grande, to see my side of the family for Christmas dinner & more gifts.  Phew, it was a busy day!

We are so grateful for all of the family that we do have and we love to spend time with.

Family Pictures 2014

{Thanksgiving 2014}

We had Thanksgiving with the Thompson side this year at Scott's parent's home. It was amazing as always. Great food, great company, good times. The kids built a tepee after dinner, they were so proud of themselves, we all were pretty impressed!

Sledding with Uncle Scot

Last weekend my brother Scot came down from Provo to visit us for the weekend. My kids LOVE him, and we had a blast. We all went sledding on Saturday, built a snowman, ate some yummy BBQ nachos at Bodacious Pig, and then drove down to Idaho City for some hot cocoa and ice cream. 

Thanks Bro for coming to visit, for the good talks and good company. 

We love you, come again.

Girls Trip: Phoeniz, AZ

 A couple weeks ago, five of us girls from Indy all met up, drove or flew into Phoenix to spend a fabulous long weekend together. We lived there for four years during dental school and these girls became my family.

We ate our hearts out at Costa Vida and In-N-Out ( Tia Rosa's was closed for construction). We spent a morning browsing the good deals at Last Chance...

 Then we drove up to Scottsdale and stayed in a resort, it was beautiful!!

 We enjoyed the empty pools and hot tubs 
(best time of year to visit)

 We explored Old Town Scottsdale and enjoyed an authentic dinner. Came home and had a "Favorite Things Party." The next day we visited a salon to get our nails done. My friend Rachael and I are due 3 days apart in February... 

so fun to have a pregger buddy with me!

 It was a blast, wouldn't have changed a thing. Love these gals to death, can't wait for our next trip!

Brock's Birthday and Halloween

 I feel like the last two months have flown by, since we were packing and moving the whole month of October to a new house and then the month of November basically consisted of unpacking... 

So I've been way behind updating this blog. But I didn't want to forget the key events in October:

Brock turned 3 on October 27th!!! 

Crazy how fast time flies.

He LOVES Buzz Lightyear, and so this was the best at making a Buzz cake this year... since most of our house was boxed up at this point, and we moved literally 3 days later.

 We had Scott's family over to celebrate with cake & ice cream & presents. This little stinker loves making silly faces for pictures, and won't stay still for the life of him... thus he's fuzzy in most of them :)

 All About Brock:

life cereal & bananas for breakfast

Buzz Lightyear and Shrek

not shy, talks like crazy and to anyone

still not potty trained :(

wears size 3 clothing, size 9 shoes

favorite color: blue

loves his blanket (mee-mees) and sucks thumb to sleep

loves to run, show muscles, and wrestle older brother

very independent personality, he has to do things himself

very lovable and cuddly

still allergic to cow's milk (lactose free please)

loves playing with his friend Kasen

good healthy eater, loves his veggies

loves watching movies

 Halloween was the next day after we moved in, so glad I found the accessories to costumes I ordered weeks ago for Elsa!  We had a blast hanging out with Buzz Lightyear, a Ninja Warrior, and Elsa princess. I spray painted Ella's hair white if you can't tell by the pics, and she has snowflake gloves on to match.

We started our night going to the Star Community Halloween Festival, with trunk-or-treating, haunted bus tours, frosting cookies, games and more.

Then we met up with cousin's at Kiley's neighborhood

 Brock got the transformer costume and a pirate costume from grandma's... so he has plenty to choose from for next year!