January

Yesterday for MLK day, I decided that I didn't want to spend the day wrestling kids. It was free national parks day, so I rounded up some friends to join us on a hike at Zions. We ended up with 16 total people. Two of my best friends from highschool, Donna and Jamy and their kids, me and my kids plus a friend of Camden's, Amber Knudsen, and Donna's new friend Alyssa all came. We had so much fun, I can't believe I don't do stuff like that all the time! We first ate a picnic lunch on the grass and then hiked to the 3 Emerald Pools. We all enjoyed the hike and the kids were amazing.
















Adisyn has the best bed hair some mornings:


I get an itch to do some redecorating every January. I've had these hidious nightstands for far too long, just waiting to be refinished. I decided to try the famous "chalk paint" method. I made my own chalk paint. I think they turned out great. Especially when you compare to the before:)

Before:



After the paint and new hardware:

I'm trying to lighten up things in my living room, so while I am on a chalk paint kick, I repainted this big shelf. It used to be black. I really like how it turned out. It looks especially cute with Valentines decor:)

Christmas Vacation

We have made it a tradition for me and the kids to go up north for the week after Christmas. We left Saturday night so we could beat the snow storm. Sunday morning we woke up to quite a bit of snow, and then it started snowing even more in the afternoon. The kids and I couldn't resist going out to play in it. Collin rocked the pink snow pants all week long. He may have gotten called a little girl more than once:)

Monday we went sledding at Grandma's school. The kids absolutely love sledding! They went up and down that hill a bunch of times. Even Adisyn could go down and climb back up all by herself:

I love this picture because Adisyn and Collin had crashed, but you can still see Adisyn's smile!

Camden skipped right past sledding and went "snowboarding" on the sled. He was really good at it!

That night we bundled up and went to Temple Square:

Tuesday it was below freezing with the wind chill so we chose indoor activities for the day. We went to the movie "Annie" at 11:00 am. All of us absolutely loved that movie! It was funny, cute, and happy! We came home and downloaded the music :) Then, that night we went Ice Skating! It was so much fun! Collin and Camden were surprisingly good at it! Ashtyn took a bit to warm up, but ended up liking it a lot. Adisyn used the walker thingy and then got tired an ornery.

New Year's Eve we went to "Jump Around Utah":

For our New Year's Eve party, we ate yummy food, played games, and made a lot of noise:)

They introduced us to the game "Telestrations."

New Year's Day we went to lunch at Pizza Factory/Fat Cats and played in the arcade, then we went sledding again at Murray Park. There are much bigger and steeper hills there!!

Sadly, we had to come home Friday morning. We had so much fun and can't wait for next year!!