Fly-By February

Things have felt busy around here! We were able to make a quick trip to Cedar for the Orchestra of Southern Utah's Children's Jubilee and we had a great time seeing Grandad, Nana, and Bridget's friends. The kids were excited to get their faces painted.
Josie got some special treatment from Grandad and Summer and Jenny checked out some displays with their cute kids. Bridget is sad that I didn't get pictures of Brooke, Elaine, or Robyn - but it was so fun to see everyone!
Our wonderful friends, the Blackhams from Logan, met up in Centerville for Erick's break from active duty in Afganistan. They were able to be together as a family and celebrate Bailey's baptism. They have adorable kids and it was fun to catch up and watch this sweet girl be baptized. Rachel is excited for her turn next year!
Our great neighbors, the Swansons, threw a huge birthday party for their kids and lucked out with great weather. Here they are lining up for the pinata and here is some video of Ian's sweet skills.
Here they are listening for their instructions.
And Josie's favorite was being adored by all the cute tween girls in the bouncy house. She let them help her down the slide and with jumping so she was in heaven.
We had a baby shower for our sweet neighbor Natalie Rich while our husbands were busy and so Ian enjoyed his first "late night" with Blake and Bennett (with Josie and Rachel crashing the festivities).
Josie continues to love to read just about anything. One morning she spent about a half hour looking through cookbooks and stacking them like this.
Valentines Day was really fun this year and used someone's fun idea for a family night and wrote what we loved about each other to decorate our kitchen.
Here were the Valentines the kids got from us this year.
Rachel with her loot from school.
And Ian with his.
The mustache was a hit.
Cute Josie got some lips from one of her friends too.
Rachel tagged along on the boy date to the bowling alley.
Here is part of Ian's celebratory dance.
Fun!
Payton and Parker invited Ian and Justin along to Boondocks the next weekend and they boys had tons of fun. Don't worry, the girls had fun too watching a fun movie and spending time together.
Josie is getting so big! We are currently potty training and she really is turning into a sweet little girl instead of our baby.

Ian has been keeping busy with rocking moves. What a funny kid!