Aprons

A really nice lady at church gave the girls a plethora of little aprons. They have had a lot of fun playing with them. Dress up time is always fun!

To Kate

Of course little apartments don't come with big pantries for you food. My friend let me borrow some much needed shelves to organize my food. This photo is dedicated to Kate. Thank you for the shelves! Can you stand to be in my kitchen now?

THE amen

After reading in the book of mormon reader tonight with the girls, I went to close the book and Kayla said, "is that the amen?" Not THE END, but THE AMEN. just kind of funny huh!?

Mckenna's new word that she loves to use is "seriously." We'll be talking about something and she'll say, "oh seriously, mom?" Growing up too fast!

I need to get some pictures up. Soon, I will!

Piano

A few weeks ago I was given another calling at church to be the ward choir pianist. I love this calling. Playing the piano for me is so relaxing and enjoyable, but it's so nice to have new stuff to work on and be held accountable to play it well. When I first started playing for the choir around Christmas time I then realized how my ability to sight read had deteriorated. In the couple months since then I feel that I'm finally slowly getting back to the level I use to be at when I was practicing on a stricter schedule. I am so grateful to have this ability. It's impact on my life has been unmeasurable, but what's more rewarding is seeing that this ability I have been blessed with has an effect on others as well. (thank you mom and dad)

I started teaching piano again. I only committed to teaching 3 students right now. They are great! I have really missed teaching. I taught for a little more than a year in AZ. I was a little overwhelmed and had to stop after having Kayla. I am thinking about taking on some more students. The demand for teachers is high here. I'll keep thinking about that.

SCHOOL UPDATE: The trick for me the last couple months has been to find the balance between school, and home/family. Balance is so important in life. When I first started my classes I felt like the most horrible mother. I think over the last couple of months though, I have finally found the balance. School is going really smoothly now. I am the busiest I have ever been, but every night I go to bed thinking about how much I accomplished in school, with kids, and the home and I rest easy.

Sledding

We took the girls sledding. The hills we went to are pretty big. Mckenna said she prefers to go alone on the sled because she can go faster. She was flying and spinning down the hill. We had a lot of fun, especially when Kayla finally decided she wanted to do it. I guess this is one thing we couldn't do in AZ.

Kenna's Prince Charming

Tonight Mckenna and Jason went on a date to a daddy daughter valentines dance. I just think this is such a fun thing for the community to have. Mckenna has been talking about it for weeks. Kayla and I got some much needed one on one time which was really fun. I am not in the mood to write a lot tonight, but wanted to get some pictures up before I completely forget and end up posting valentines pictures in April.



Kayla dressed herself--I don't know what's with the red but she was very proud of matching!


Just a cute picture of Kayla! (notice the dress mom, thanks!)

I came home from skiing and this is what the girls did to entertain themselves. It was a game of jumping from one pillow to the next all the way down the hall. I wish a game like this would make me as happy as they were!




Those twigs reaching up out of the snow are actually the top branches of a little tree in our front yard.

That black dot near the center of the photo is our mailbox. Jason's car is parked in the driveway, and it looks like it's completely covered--no. But the snow is about the same height as his car.

More and More!

About 2 days after I posted these snow pictures we had a major storm that dropped about 1 foot more. The mailbox you see in the picture below was completely covered. I will take more pictures when I get the courage to go out in the cold.

Speaking of courage and cold. I am finding my courage in regards to the cold and snow lately very lacking. I started out enthusiastic about the snowfall, but I am starting to feel a little twinge of winter remorse. We are about half way done with winter-- Lets see how we do with round two.

This weather has a huge effect on 2 year olds! When the snow gets so deep that it is twice their size it must bring out some kind of deep rebellion within their little soul! I don't know if I'm going to survive my 2 year old!