March!

February flew by and now here we are mid March!  Days seem long but weeks, months, and years are just flying by!

It was Mason's birthday so Dana had a family party for him at her house...

Luke's favorite face to make in pics!

 Cousins!

 Linds and Jason...

 My beautiful mom and Grandma...

 Mas opening his presents...

 Poor Audrey was sick, I didn't get to hold her until she fell asleep then I got my snuggles in...

 Grandpa, the human jungle gym...

 The twins had a sleepover at my mom's house that night, then I picked them up and headed out to meet their OTHER Grandma so she could have them for the weekend!  Jack lasted five minutes before conking out, which is a big deal for my kids-they never sleep during the day!

She took them ice skating...

 Luna getting her snuggles in with me...

Parker and Troy met up in Vegas for a guy's weekend.  Of course, since I wasn't there, this is the ONLY pic he took...

Poor Parker's flight from Vegas was super delayed and he got home super late to this note from Tyce.  I told Tyce daddy would be too tired when he got home and Tyce said, "well, it never hurts to ask!"  Of course, Parker fixed it and Tyce was so happy when he woke up...

Can you spot the kitty??

Haha, I asked Josh to set the table for dinner and look how cute he folded the napkins?!

My grandma gave us some money for Christmas that was to be used "to do something fun as a family."  We decided to spend two nights in a hotel and go skiing/snow boarding!  SO much crap I had to pack!  Clothes, games, movies, snow clothes, swim stuff, food...

We loved our hotel beds, super comfy...

So funny because the bathroom door was a slider and left a crack!  No privacy here!  I was going to the bathroom and this is what I see...

They spent 3 hours swimming the first night, 3 hours the second night, and 2 hours the last morning.  It was fun to watch the three of them play together without friends or cousins...just brothers!

We headed up to Solitude that morning for a day of skiing (and snowboarding for Jackson).  Love that my hubby gets me all buckled in...

Ready for some fun on the slopes!

Jack and I taking a potty break...

Warming up on the bunny hill...

Tyce cruising...

LOVED riding the ski lift with this chatty boy...

It was SO warm, like so warm we all got hot and took off our bottom layers...

Josh had a ROUGH fall on a black diamond with Parker and was pretty down for a bit.  He joined me on the easy hills for a while and cheered back up.  A few random times on the ski lift he'd comment on what a fun trip this was and how happy he was.  Made my heart melt!

Jackson ROCKED his snowboard!  He has really gotten good!

Daddy and Josh, pre black diamond fall haha...

SO beautiful...

We were playing Clue and picking our people and Tyce goes, "Mommy do you want to be the maid because that's like what you are to us in real life?"  Hahhaha, he said it so innocently but gosh, slap in the face!

We had SO much fun just the five of us on our little ski getaway.  My boys are at such a perfect age for trips like this because on the one hand they're little enough where they're easy to please and love staying in a hotel room with mommy and daddy.  On the other hand they're old enough to self entertain, sleep in, feed and dress themselves, etc so it's an actual vacation for Parker and I too!  We made so many memories and are so grateful to my generous grandma for making it happen!

Best buds...

Grandma Bybee took us out to Chuck a Rama and LOOK at Jack's pile of lasagna!!  He ate the whole thing!  That kid is growing like a weed!  He is also sleeping late, which he's never done in his whole life.  Puberty here we come!

After dinner we headed to the condo to watch Wonder...

Sunday morning snuggles with my Brody and Luna...

Haha, the benefit to teaching in Primary is I get to be in there when my boys get up and dress like Leprechauns!

One of my favorite things about early mornings are the GORGEOUS views!!!!  Nothing compares to Utah mountains!

And this little guy came to say hi!

My parents have SOLD their Utah home and everything in it!  They are going to live full time in Oregon but come stay with us sisters when they visit Utah.  I'm pretty sad about it, as are my boys.  No more sleepovers at Grandma and Grandpa's Utah house!  We came over one night and the twins helped Grandpa take apart the bunk beds...

Friday I worked a full day alone in the office (usually I work a half day with two other ladies) so sweet Parker came in and surprised me with flowers and See's candies!!!  Love my hubby!!!

Tyce had another swim meet and he did SO well!  Dropped 5 seconds in his 100 IM, 1 second in his  breaststroke, and 7 seconds in his freestyle!

BFFs!!

When you sleep until 11, you get handcuffed to the bed...

Luna being Luna...

February!

We had a fun superbowl party with the Poulsens again this year!  It was a fabulous game, we had yummy food, and great friends so it was a perfect night!

We had strawberry whip cream waffles for dinner one night and Josh was oh so proud of his...

What?  I don't care if you want to put daddy's underwear away!

Snuggle buds...

Tyce is usually pretty good in classes but apparently he was very rowdy at scouts the other week so I talked to him and told him he needs to be respectful especially because Kesti is one of my best friends!  He made this for her, so sweet...

Nothing better than a lazy Sunday nap with my three kitties...

Ah my genius boy Tyce.  He is currently doing some testing at school and has scored 8th grade level on some subjects yet...he INSISTS that the tag/part you hang the belt on at a store was PART OF the BELT!  Hahaha, him jamming it through the belt loops was hilarious...

Tyce having fun at swim practice...

He had a swim meet last Saturday and he did SO well!  He dropped another five seconds in his 100 IM and dropped one second in his 25 Fly and 25 Breast!  I was so proud of him!

Bridger wasn't there so Tyce hung out with us the whole time.  He felt pretty cool because we let him play on our phones, which we never do...

That night Parker and I went to a yummy steak dinner and came out to this beautiful sunset...

Then we had family movie night!  We watched Wonder which we all just LOVED!  It's probably one of my favorite movies of all time!  Everyone cried except Josh who had read the book so he knew what to expect.

The  next day Grandma Bybee came over for dinner and games!  She brought a yummy white cake which we all devoured.  Seriously, we ate the whole cake in one night!

My view laying in bed reading...

Seriously, I cannot get over how cute she is!

Grandma and I headed up to Bountiful for a YUMMY dinner at our favorite restaurant, The Mandarin.  My grandma's hair dresser told her to try the strawberry chicken which isn't on the menu and it was DELICIOUS!!  I am ready to go back and get it again!  Grandma and I talked and laughed all night, I love her so much and feel so blessed to have such a close relationship with her...

While we were eating a yummy Chinese dinner the boys were ice skating with daddy...

Brody snuggling me...

Lindsay and the kiddos came over on Saturday and they went sledding...

So I was in bed watching a show and kept trying to get Luna to come snuggle me (she only snuggles on her terms and it's almost always only with Parker) and she was not interested.  Then Parker said me a video message and I was listening to it, she heard his voice, and then came and was sniffing the phone then she decided to come over and snuggle me once she's heard Parker's voice...

The twins had their first playoff game over the weekend, they played SO well but had to FORFEIT because three of their teammates didn't show up so we didn't have enough players!  We played 5 on 4 for one half and the twins scored all but two of their team's points.  They were super bummed because it was a team they totally could have beat and they would have moved on to the next round.  But they were super good sports about it!

Last minute dinner out with  my fam!  It was yummy and so much fun!

While we were out to dinner Tyce and the twins were at Classic Skate for a school spirit night.  When I went to go pick them up all Tyce's friends had already left so he was just hanging out but himself having a grand ol time, I love how easy going he is! 

 My parents have sold their Daybreak home and gave us their foosball table!  The boys are super excited...

And these cute decorative trunks which Brody LOVES...

 Waiting for his dinner...

Parker took the boys skiing/snowboarding up at Brighton, they had so much fun!

Tyce riding the ski lift with daddy, I LOVE his missing tooth grin!  

 Waiting for his brothers...

Tyce INSISTED on doing ski school, he's only been skiing twice so he was nervous about doing it on his own...

Here he is with his instructor...

 PIZZA...

 He loved the class and did great...

Jackson rocked snowboarding (except the time when his board fell off and went down the entire mountain without him!).  Josh has mastered skiing so he decided to try snowboarding.  He said he hated it and will never do it again!  Haha.