Normal Happenings

In no particular order, here are some of the things we've been up:

 Going to wrestling with Liz and Bryan to see their friend wrestle.  Wow oh wow.

 Josie finished Kindermusik with her wonderful teacher Miss Anne.

 Justin squeezed into Bridget's old sweatshirt to show off his physique.

 Creative Rachel made these cute present tags for her little friends.

Rachel went shopping with Molly and came home with a matching outfit the two of them picked out.  She is getting too big!

 We had a little mummy fall asleep by the tree.

 We had a blast sledding in our magic Christmas snow.

 Cute Austin with Andy.

 We headed to the Natural History Museum on New Year's Eve.

 Waiting for Dad before Mom was off for the church trade-off (staying home with sick kids).

 Cute Rachel reading to these two.

 We took a quick trip to Cedar for Nana's birthday and a work meeting.

 We loved the blue skies!

 Andy was trying on Justin's glasses.

 Josie scared us through the car windows.

 Justin gave some of our preschool friends a fun Capitol tour.

 Justin had a trip to DC and checked out some of the great sights.

 The kids were excited/disgusted by these Chinese restaurant pictures.

 He was able to catch a few great plays.

 Josie helped Andy out with her roller blades (with a bowl obstacle course in the back).

This boy made an official transition to a toddler bed.  He actually has done pretty well and Ian moved into a twin.  No more babies around here - it's kind of strange!

 Cute Josie did a great job at her first group lesson.

 Scary Rachel helped Bridget make a Christmas wreath for next year.

With sick kids we kept putting off the grocery store.  Bridget broke down and had to bring everyone.  She gave Rachel and Ian a list and made them get all the produce.  Then the little two wanted to be covered in rest.  It was a surprisingly quick and painless shopping trip.

 Bridget was able to do some temple work for someone with her same name on her birthday.

 The weather has been incredible and during the day we have been going to a lot of parks.

 This boy has caught the reading bug big time.  It is great to see him enjoying fun books.

 Every once in a while Bridget tries to hide some healthy food.  This failed attempt was "cauliflower rice".  Yeah, no one liked it but her.

Josie practiced hard and was able to balance her violin for 3 minutes under her chin without hands!  She earned this huge Milky Way from her sweet teacher.

Ian was invited to the Blue and Gold banquet for Cub Scouts since he's turning 8 this year.  He was in heaven!  Give this kid a glow in the dark claw necklace and you've got his loyalty.

 We did some kite flying on a beautiful day.

 Bridget took Rachel on a date to Spy Hop's movie magic show.  They taught the kids about depth perception and how to create some simple illusions in film.  This is a blurry picture of Rachel on stage by some giant props to it made them look like they were tiny people on a table.

 Andy is toying with the idea of potty training - he is pretty cute.

Rachel has been making tons of videos, but here were her first still shots trying out the depth perception tricks.