march.  2015

oh, the horrors of public school.  i can’t wait for alex to be out of public school this year, so i can take a bloody vacay when i want and not when someone tells me to.  california was busy and crazy, because…it was their spring break too.  and traffic back and forth from l.a. to newport beach was horrendous-worse than d.c. traffic any day!  nevertheless, we had so much fun.  we did a tour of l.a. and beverly hills our first day(the girls seeing the house from iron man was a huge highlight for them), and then headed to newport beach where we were staying.  we tried huntington beach and a couple others, but we found our spot near balboa island on newport beach we loved.  the small shops, pizza and ice cream parlor, so much fun!  we also took a day and went down to san diego/la jolla area where i lived for a short time, and hit up the awesome beach down there and strolled memory lane for a bit.  we did a whale watching trip, easter egg hunt on the beach(though it was rather short since you could see the eggs on the beach-we didn’t want to bury them for fear we would never find them!).  jarom and i went and got in line for the price is right, and even though we didn’t get called up, it was an experience just being in the crowd.  the girls loved the ocean and boogy-boarding, it was just a lovely week to get away and spend time together!

2015

we love making healthy, but extremely delicious meals.  all the girls love to help out in the kitchen, which makes my job a bit easier, and they are learning very important skills-so it’s a win win!

feb. 2015

the price’s and us decided it was time to see fallon live.  jarom was able to get tickets in the insane amount of seconds that it is possible, and we couldn’t wait!  it was a blast!  we walked new york, went to liberty island, fallon show, les mis on broadway, visited chinatown, ate vietnamese food and ny pizza(i didn’t eat pizza cause i can’t eat gluten), and flew home in a whirlwind of two days.  so much fun.  can you spot us in the audience?

jan.  2015

new beginnings is a church meeting introducing all the young women that will turn 12 this year into the young women’s program.  it was beautifully done, and camden can hardly wait to join her two older sisters in yw’s!

jan. 10.  2015

we gave alex a small budget, and she said she would come up with the ideas and do the decor and help with the food-and she did a beautiful job.  alex loves art, and graphic design, and she did a great job on her invites too.  it turned out beautifully, and the cupcake bar was so much fun…of course, the family pitched in a lot of time in helping and baking, and the elders helped us set up too, so it was a great group effort.  27 guests showed up-i think alex felt very loved.  it was a fun party.  glad we have a few years before the next one though!

jan.  2015

i love to make jewelry..but it’s hard to get to sometimes.  i did get a few necklaces in, and would like to find more time…but i really do love playing outside with the girls more-so this can always wait…

dec, 2014

christmas was laid back and awesome.  it’s changing now that the girls are getting older, but it’s still fun, just in a different way.  we took off three weeks, and public school was off two weeks, and jarom took off two weeks, so it was a blast everyone being together.  jarom took the kids skiing a lot, and i was able to rest a lot, which was marvelous.  we did some sledding on the side of our house which was a blast.  there were fun projects done, science robot, making wreaths, jewelry, and fun things we don’t get to do often.  we love these awesome girls.  it was a nice break from busy-ness, and a great time just being together.

dec. 31.  2014

alex’s 2nd date was with christian.  her first date, kinda wasn’t great-which is good experience i say.  but her second date, going to a hockey game, and then the mormon new year’s eve dance was fun!  we teach our girls to only group date until 18, and then can start pairing off at 18.  so she can’t date someone twice in a row or steady date a boy…there has to be someone different in-between the same boy.

dec. 21.  2014

alex is such a wonderful daughter.  dont get me wrong, there are rough days, especially moody and dramatic ones.  but overall, she is just a lovely young woman.  she is a great older sister, very artistic, and a great sense of humor.  we are so blessed having her in our lives.  we can’t believe we are old enough to have a 16 year old…and now dating and driving!

feb.  2014

our friends and us had so much fun dreaming about traveling the world on our own show, learning, seeing, touching and sharing different cultures and food and animals and people, that we made our own video.  yes its a pipedream, but i’m a pipedream-er.  the video turned out pretty cute!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoEfoBDtWKw

thanks to christy chadwick photography, we had some awesome pics done of our families for this-they turned out brilliant!