I love my boots

This is post nap and leaving for Grandma & Grandpa's house for dinner. I had taken off Sophie's tights and black church shoes but left her dress on for her nap. Her hairdo didn't make it through the nap and of course she has food on her face. But we started gathering our stuff to go so she hurried and grabbed her boots. Those are her "go to" shoes. She loves them and always wants to wear them. Then she grabbed the first pink coat she could find (Claire's of course) and was ready to go. I couldn't resist taking a picture. She is so classic.


On a side note: She did great in nursery again. No tears. Hooray! When I picked her up her teacher said "she growled at us today". They said it was very cute and funny. She also made a sweet little necklace out of yarn with a few pictures they colored. When I picked her up she had it on and then when she realized it was time to go she tore off the pictures, crumpled them and threw them in the trash. Her teachers were cracking up at her. She is a silly silly girl.

My Barbie

Last year for her b-day Claire got a barbie wig. On Saturday she busted it out and put it on upside-down. Hilarious.

Friday Night Date

This picture is freaky. The shadows were crazy and you can't see us. We only had Todd's phone to take a picture for today so this is how it turned out.

We had a great time going to the Temple to do sealings with the family then to Training Table for some dinner.

Typical Night

Just finished bath time and we still have a few minutes before bedtime. The boys of course are playing Lego Star Wars in their Bakugon pj bottoms (for some reason shirts aren't necessary) and the girls are wearing their sweet princess jammies while watching youtube on my phone. At least no-one is fighting or crying.

Something to make me smile

I was looking at the pictures on my phone and I saw this picture. Totally made me smile. This was a Saturday when Todd had stayed up late the night before so I decided to take all 4 kids to the grocery store with me. It was snowing outside so they all wanted to get bundled up in boots, coats, hats and gloves. I thought they were so cute I snapped a quick picture.

I also remember how bad shopping with all 4 of them was that day. I put the girls in one race car shopping cart and Luke in another race car cart that Tayson was pushing. We ran into things, the kids yelled a lot, I bought way more than I meant to because they kept things in the cart (especially Tayson). By the end of shopping I finally made Luke get out of the cart when I was checking out and go stand by the wall where he couldn't touch anyone. At that point the checker said "so what do you think works the best with kids? time outs? spanks?" I am pretty sure I just looked at him like "really you think I know....can you see my kids right now?" but I answered "well it really depends on the kid and the age."

I'm so glad that I can look back at this picture and smile and remember how funny my kiddos were that morning before we went shopping.

Ice Skating

Tina and I

Tonight for YW we went ice skating. I haven't ice skated in at least 15 years. I was a little wobbly at first but then my shins and feet stopped aching and I had a lot of fun with my super cute adviser (Tina) and all the girls. I even tried a few "moves" and didn't fall. Good times.

When I was little (probably about 5) my mom put Sherry and I in ice skating lessons. Sherry was a natural and I was rather awkward. I had really short hair and my mom had me use an old pair of black skates that we had. I still remember to this day the instructor asking me if I was a boy. Ouch.

Back up your stuff

I don't know if I can write this without crying...but when I came home from Orlando on Saturday I left my external hard drive on the plane in the seat back pocket. It has my last 3 years of pictures on it and most of them that is the only place where they are. When I realized I forgot it (Sunday morning) I totally freaked out. It was so hard to maintain enough composure to call the airlines and ask them to help me get in touch with lost and found. I still haven't heard from the airport so I'm starting to assume it's gone. Gone forever. I can't believe it. Why oh why did I take my hard drive with me on the trip? So I could watch shows on the plane. So not worth it. Why didn't I back up my pictures on CD?

WHY WHY WHY??????