March

Mason's baptism!  We were so excited and happy for this big life moment.  We had lots of family travel a long ways to be there with us, and we had a lot of neighbors and friends here come support Mason, too.  It was a really special day.  It was so fun to have a lot of family staying at our house with us!  Mason is such a great kid.  We are so proud of him.

 

 

 

Julie's 2nd Birthday!

 

 

  

Julie is a sweet sweet girl.  She was so excited to get a scooter so she could keep up with Annie.  We had a fun day for her birthday, including going to Chuck e cheese, taking grandma harper to the airport, opening presents, making and eating a yummy cake.  She went to her 2-year well-check with the doctor a few weeks ago and is doing great.  She is a little constipated, so we have to stay on top of that, and the doctor recommended we loose her binky so she talks more.  The last few weeks, we have taken her binky away, and moved her to sleep in a toddler bed in Annie's room and put Kate in a room by herself.  The sleeping arrangement has hiccups sometimes, but overall it works great and the kids are all upstairs in bedrooms now!  But Julie has gone through a lot of big steps these last few weeks--she's getting to be a little girl and losing her baby look.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We went on a treasure hunt and wore green clothes.  Kids had their first soccer games!


I had a screenplay get selected at the UT Film Festival!  I got to go at the beginning of April and do all kinds of workshops and shows.  It was really educational and inspiring.  When we found out about the selection, we went to DQ to celebrate.  Writing has done a lot for my stay-at-home-mom nerves.

 Mason finished up his winter basketball program--he really liked it!

 Kate had her kindergarten music concert--all the songs were themed with bedtime and the kids got to wear their pajamas :) We made a night themed cake afterwards to celebrate

 

The girls and I went to Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe. It was so good!

 I took Annie and Julie to the aquarium.

 

Spring Break 

= Fun Run, Above All, the zoo, camping

 

 

at the end of Spring break was. . .

Happy Easter!

We also had general conference.  It was really special, because we had a solemn assembly (President Russell M Nelsen is new president, with Elder Gong and Suarez as new apostles), priesthood quorums were dissolved into one unit at the ward level, and ministry replaces home/visiting teaching.

February

At the beginning of February, I found cheap plane tickets to UT and decided to go visit family with Annie and Julie.  It worked out great, because my cousin Emily got married on the same day I flew in, so I got to go and see a lot of family.  We also had fun visiting Devin and Claire's new house, Grandma Vonda (where Annie tried and got hooked on delicious roast beef!), and just playing at Grandma's house.  Poor Mason and Kate got the flu while we were gone, and stayed home from school for a week.  The house was getting painted at the same time, so David was trying to take care of the kids and was shut out of most of the house and he had to have his partner cover work for him so he could stay home and watch the kids.  But it was great to see family and Annie and Julie had so much fun bringing their own suitcases and were great travelers!

Mason lost his two front teeth!  They are slowly growing back in.

Making Valentine cupcakes.  Thanks for the valentine treats, Grandma Harper!

Happy Valentine's Day! 

 We got a heart shaped pizza, sparkling cider, and had a lovely evening.

Happy 8th Birthday, Mason!

 Mason had a few friends over, had a Mario themed party, and we did cake, presents, pinata, and they played Mario Kart.  He is such a great brother!  I went to parent teacher conference on Monday and he is doing great in school--he's learning all the subjects and has great behavior.  He finished up playing winter basketball and I'm going to be his coach for spring soccer.

 

Girls dancing on "stage." New table!  Thanks Uncle Brighton!!

 Annie doing yoga with mom.

 Trying on Dad's new glasses