Taggart

Taggart LOVES Marshall but when Marshall isn't home then he is my little helper. He follows me wherever I go. If I leave the room he will come find me. He entertains himself in my bathroom when I'm getting ready. Today he wanted deodorant. He is my cute little man. He feels like the baby of the family with his personality and he's so little in size. None of my other kids fit into clothes smaller than their age but he is still wearing 18-24 months clothes.

Minis

The minis have been under the weather. Taggart had a fever for five days and now Sienna has it. It is cute watching Taggart check up on Sienna while she's sick.

A few days before Lynnlee took this picture of the minis. They were under their blankets giggling.

Bean Museum

I went to the Bean Museum with Kaden's preschool. Kaden is so much more energetic and talkative than James and Lynnlee were at this age. He likes making everyone laugh and being the center of attention.
He made everyone laugh when the teacher asked him to show everyone the egg and say "behold." Kaden said "Bleh bleh!" (from Hotel Transylvania) Then he asked Kaden which animal the egg came from. It was a plastic Easter egg so Kaden said the Easter Bunny. Ha ha, this kid is one of a kind.

Snow Day

The weather has been so crazy here. One minute it's raining, the next it's snowing, then it's frigid and then warm. It is like an emotional teenager girl. Last week we had a fun snow day and it wasn't too cold. Unfortunately it was the day back to school after winter break so James and Lynnlee missed out.

The minis were in their happy place being able to swing.

I finally talked them into coming inside with making some popcorn.

Cabellas Adventures

It was fun having Marshall home on Monday after New Year's. We went to the car wash which is pretty much equivalent to seeing a really cool show. Everyone was highly entertained at a low cost.

Then we went to Cabellas. James wore his Jett Wheels and had fun wheeling around the store.

New Year's Eve '16

New Year's eve was spent in Heber. It's my favorite and become a tradition. We play games and spend time with family.

The minis were in bed by 8:00 and Kaden by 9:00.

James and Lynnlee were pretty lucky and got to stay up until midnight with their cousins.

Soccer Night

Over Christmas break we went to Pizza Pie Cafe with James's soccer team. Oh James and his duck lips. If we don't tell him to smile then this is his favorite pose.

Christmas '16

We had Charlie's kids over for a cousin sleep over on Christmas eve eve. We had quite the party wagon Christmas eve headed to the bowling alley.

Bowling was better this year since the minis are old enough to bowl. James, Lynnlee, and Kaden were completely independent and that was helpful.

My uncle Ken gives out quarters to all the kids. James bought all of his bling from the quarter machines. He thought he looked pretty cool!

I was the highest bowler out of the females and won this cute little snowman.

The minis love Marshall and prefer him over me. At first they were both resting their heads on his shoulder but I didn't get the picture in time.

We are still working on our dinner tradition for Christmas Eve night. This year we went to Cafe Rio. Kaden was really tired and sitting at the opposite end as us. The minis were very energetic. It was an exciting dinner.

We went to the Lowry family party after dinner. Kaden and Sienna sat by all of the other little cousins.

Marshall took these cute pictures of each of them going up to get their present.

The kids opened their Christmas jammies when we got home. They were so excited that they didn't want to hold still. This picture took many takes to get. They wanted our elf, Buddy, to be in the picture too.

I read a book to them while they were in their beds and they said they weren't tired and would have a hard time falling asleep. Luckily they were all asleep minutes later.



 James and Kaden woke up at 7:00 Christmas morning. We always tell them they have to wait until everyone else wakes up. Everyone else woke up at 8:00. I know it won't always be like this so I'm enjoying it for now.
It was so fun to see how excited everyone was when they opened their presents. It was a fun morning. We had cinnamon french toast, bacon, and orange juice for breakfast. Then we had to rush to get ready for church. The kids were all fast getting ready so Marshall took some pictures while I was getting ready.

 Sacrament meeting was nuts. The minis had so much candy before that they were up and down emotionally. Kaden is in a difficult phase for sacrament meeting. Lynnlee had a melt down on the way to church so she was very grumpy. James was the peace maker. I felt crazy after but we took this picture after and miraculously everyone still looks put together.

We went to Heber that afternoon. We had the most delicious smorgasbord. The kids played while the adults visited. It was a nice relaxing holiday. This is the only picture I took that afternoon.