A mouse and HORSE.

This little girl is in the process of giving up naps (ugh).  She only takes one about half the time.  But you better believe that I try every. single. day.  So when she refuses and then we play taxi later in the day, she usually conks out.  Silly girl. 

On Jan. 7th I started my diet to eat healthier and lose 15 pounds.  It’s been almost 2 weeks, and I’ve lost 3 so far.  This is what my snacks look like most of the time. 

This was part of Andrew’s homework this week.  It totally cracked me up. 

So in love with this spunky girl and her fun personality. 

Josh made this cool display of some of his Lego's he built over Christmas break. 

The weather has continued to be warm dry so I’ve been outside quite a bit.  Ella is not used to walking outside on uneven surfaces so she’s very cautious.  Which I should enjoy,  because soon she’ll be all over the playground. 

Andrew made this sign to keep kids out of our garage. 

Do not enter lidl kids. 

It didn’t work.

Luckily I had made a lasagna earlier in the day so we could enjoy the sunshine as long as possible.  Yum. 

Our kids are super obsessed with Studio C. 

Bet you can’t tell it was spirit day at school. 

Josh taught Ella how to shoot baskets. 

Ella loves her daddy. 

Late Friday night Darrin went out in the garage and saw a mouse running around.  So we set some traps.  Today we discovered we caught one.  Totally gross.  I’ll spare you a picture.  Darrin will pay the person that comes and disposes of it.  Call if your interested.  lol

Saturday Luke went to Cason’s (a school friend) birthday party.  Once Luke got over the anxiety of playing party games, he had fun.

After a lazy day, we sent the kids to play outside.  Luke and Andrew played at the park and Josh and Darrin played HORSE.  Darrin finally won after going back and forth for quite a while. 

Later we got a sitter, and Darrin and I went to the adult session of our ward conference.  It was an amazing meeting and I left with a deeper resolve to be a better mother and better at teaching my kids the gospel.  We topped the night off with dinner from Applebee’s.