Sunday, September 17, 2017

March 2017

We started off the month with a quick weekend trip to Las Vegas with the Gardners because Jeff and Alex had tickets to watch BYU basketball play in WCC tournament. We started driving "home" but really drove south towards Disneyland, wondering how long it would take our kids to discover we weren't actually driving towards Utah. Nobody said anything until we got to the produce check well past the California border. Surprise! We spent one day at Disneyland and had the best time. We are really good at packing as much into the day as possible so at the end of the day all of us are completely worn out. Just as it should be. We love Disneyland!




I ran into my sweet friend and neighbor, Haley! 








Brynne made us this plate at school. It turned out so cute!


Savannah just being her usual adorable self.

We had some relatively warm days in the middle of March, so we started getting some yard things done. I cleaned up the deck lights that I hadn't hung well, put in better hooks and got the lights back up.

Alex convinced Jeff Isom to come help put in the basketball hoop. All the kids wanted a chance to jump in the hole before we cemented it in.

Cooper was so excited to go to work with Daddy one day. He even brought his own computer bag with some things to do.

Tyson had an extra tooth growing in so we had to get it pulled. Shark tooth!!

Cindy and Chad moved from Eagle Mountain to Lehi and the kids love playing in their cool basement playhouse!

The basketball hoop up and ready to be played with!


We decided to mount our tv above the fireplace to maximize space in our family room. I had to find a way to hide the cords, so the internet to the rescue! I used this idea I saw and created a pretty grid with hidden channels to feed the cords through.


Alex left for Shanghai, China. We hate when he leaves but he had a great, successful trip.




While he was gone we ate Sunday dinner on the deck!

 And I completely painted and redid the guest room, which now feels like a relaxing place to be. I love how it turned out.

After losing my mantel decorating space because of the tv, I needed somewhere else to display things, so I built these floating shelves in my family room. They've been put to good use!



Sunday, September 10, 2017

February 2017

I sort of dreaded February coming, because with that came Savannah's first birthday. I generally love first birthdays, but Savannah's first year went way too fast. She is absolutely adored in our family and it's hard to see her getting big so fast. Her birthday fell on a Sunday so we went to church and then had some friends and family over to celebrate the big day.










Brynne played on a Jr. Jazz team throughout February. She was pretty nervous during the first game but she scored a couple baskets and her confidence soared after that. She had a great season and is looking forward to playing again!




Skyridge played a game against Mountain View where Jeff and Alex went to high school. A bunch of their friends came to watch the game. They have the best group of friends. 

I tackled a little project of trimming out the windows in my great room, and moving the curtains up above the transom windows. With the addition of the deck we don't rely too heavily on our curtains anymore, so I was able to trade out the blackout curtains for some lighter ones.

 
 

 The girls all participated in Festival, where they played two songs in front of judges and got scored on their performance. They all did so well and practiced really hard for it.



Brynne had her 9th birthday at the end of the month. Alex and I decided to surprise her with a trip to visit Abby in North Carolina with me and Savannah. I set up a little treasure hunt for her with clues to help her figure out what her present was. It turned out so fun! We are so grateful to have Brynne in our family. She's such a fun sister and daughter and it's been so awesome to see her mature over the last couple years.





Some snapshots of life throughout February:



MorMor gave Cooper a dinosaur shirt for his birthday and he insisted he wear it to the dinosaur museum.

Visiting daddy at work.

Every day.


Dance party in the kitchen while Alli and Holly make dessert.



Holly worked hard on her Valentine box!