Fun in the Snow

It's embarrassing to admit it, but our little family hadn't been outside to play in the snow until we had this snow storm in February. We all got in on the action though and the snow was perfect for making a snowman and other snow sculptures.

Coming to America!!!!

21 years ago today, February 21st, my mom and my 4 siblings moved to utah from jolly old England. What an adventure it has been. I can't believe it's been that long. As my sister Lesley said, it makes me feel old. We celebrated today by getting together at the restaurant Sweet Tomatoes. It was fun visiting with everyone and realize how much our little family has grown. For how close we live together, we don't see each other nearly enough. Happy Anniversary Mom, Hayley, David, Lesley, and Katie!!! Love you guys! Wish I had taken a picture, this will have to do.

Budding Photographer?

Reece got her hands on my camera. Something she's been dying to do for some time now. Here are some of her pictures.

hmmm, a little close

Self portrait? Aren't those lucious lips!

She took some pictures of her dad and I, but my husband does not want his picture on the blog (although I may have to go against that, as I took the cutest pictures of Reece and her Dad) and I have veto rights on my pics, aha!

Valentines

Valentines Day, not really a favorite holiday, but more so now that I have kids.

My cute sis-in-law, Deb, who watches Reece during the day, did a really cute "do" for her hair. Which Reece was only too happy to pose for.

If only I could do cute things like that with her hair. It's lucky Reece has aunts as I am no good at doing hair other than a ponytail.

We "kept it simple" by having homemade pizza and raspberry lemonade for dinner. A heart bucket was given to each member of the family with treats inside.

Here is a picture of Reece and I, at the bottom is her Valentines treat bucket.

And one of Devun for fun!

Reece vs Truck

On Monday I got home from work and found Reece looking like this.

My daughter is a klutz (she gets it from me) Apparently she tripped and fell onto one of my nephew Landon's toy trucks. These pictures really don't do it justice, it looked like she had gone a few rounds in the boxing ring. The right side of her face was all swollen. Here are her injuries the next day.

It kinda looks like she's broken out in acne. She also had scratches on her upper chest.

Here are pics from today.

I should also note, these pictures were taken within about 5 seconds of one another. She doesn't like her picture being taken lately, so I have to snap quickly before she runs away. Do you see the look she is giving me in the top picture? Wish me luck for the teenage years!

Truck 1 Reece 0

Best Buds

My kids are 10 years apart, but they are really close. I know it won't always be this way as they get older. Devun is on the brink of his teenage years and Reece is in her stubborn toddler years. They are so cute together right now though. Here are some pics of them hanging out playing together. Devun tried to tell me that he was forced! I hope these will end up shown at his wedding reception one day! ;)

I really love how Devun will get down and play with Reece on her level. So cute!

Falling Off the Wagon

Okay, so it's been a few days since I finished the fast forward "cleanse". I wasn't actually able to complete it as I got sick. Not really sure why, as I was eating, but maybe lack of certain things in my diet is what caused it. I'm feeling much better now. However, I completely rebounded over the weekend and ate really bad. I made cookies (candy bar choc chip, yum!) and ate my fair share of them. I did start working out again last night though and made pretty good progress on that front. I ran for .75 of a mile, not all at once, but in 1/4 mile increments. Total distance was 2.75 miles. It felt really good. I was planning on walking tonight, but my body has other ideas. Not feeling so good and so taking the night off. I will be back to it tomorrow though as I can watch the new biggest loser episode. I love watching it while working out. It's a great motivator.