Birthday Fun and More!

Disclaimer: There are lots of pictures, I lost our camera charger so I couldn't update for a while and now I have lots of catch up to do. 

Josie Turns 3!!!!!

So this is the cake I made Josie that took forever but it turned out so cute. We took it to storytime and on the way there it slide off and got destroyed. Sad day, but I had a back up and I did get pictures taken. It was so much fun and easy, just time consuming. 

 At storytime on her Birthday eating cake with all her friends. She didn't really like the attention.

 McDonalds for her birthday dinner. Who knew Thursday night we would have the place to ourselves.

 Playing with her dinosaurs she got for her birthday. They are a handmedown from a friend and we all love them. Some of them walk and roar.

 We met up with some family at Thanksgiving point and went to the dinosaur museum and it was a blast. Josie was so excited and talked about it for weeks leading up to it. We got to see cousins and Grandparents. Thanks all who came.

 Josie's birthday present from my mom. She did a charcol drawing of Josie when she was 2. I love it and it fits in so well with our house. My mom is amazing!

 Josie got a fishing pole and net for her birthday and she spent all morning "catchin" her brother. Surprisingly he loved it.

I finished this cute sign and had it up in time for the Valentines day! Thanks Chelsea for the kit!

  Having some fun!

 I finally got a new stove, and I love it! Josie thinks the small oven is hers though. We got a super good deal on it because it is a color nobody really wants anymore. 

 Making a fort using our fort kit Josie got for Christmas!

 Ahhhhh!

 Dylan is standing by himself, and playing so well with toys. I love watching him crawl with one hand and push a car with the other. He is such a boy!

 My sister Bonnie came and visited and thinks she is going to go to school down here. I am so excited to have some family nearby!

 So being winter our kids were sick for a little bit and I got these fever relief things with Mickey Mouse on them and Josie would not take it off. She was so funny about it. 

Matching Shirts!

 Re fried Beans!

Going fo a walk with Lydia (a super cute girl I help watch) Dylan loves his little friend!

 

 Swinging and dreaming of spring!

 The other weekend we had a beautiful day, so we went hiking!!!! It was muddy but so much fun. We hiked to these cool waterfalls, each with a kid on our back. I am definitely out of shape though by the end of the 3 mile hike I was exhausted!

The truck after coming back from our hike, Cost Jordan $12 to clean it!

Dylan had surgery to put tubes in his ears. Luckily everything went well but it was still super nerve racking while he was put out. He was such a champ and has been sleeping through the night since. Hope this is the end of his ear problems. 

 Saturday night Josie and Jordan went to a Daddy Daughter Dance! Josie LOVED it! She talked about it all day about how she was going as a princess and daddy was going as her prince. There was a promenade and everything. Fun music, treats and of course DADDY!

Christmas and the beginning of the new year!

 

My little sister Bonnie is an amazing artist here are some of her artwork. Yup that's my little brother Benson she drew!

Over Christmas we spent a lot of time with family. Brenda came up from New Mexico and so we were all in Centerville. Lots of fun. We got to see Ben wrestle, a SBO get together and of course lots of family time. 

 The Blackburn Clan

 We tried to get a family picture but it didn't turn out so well.

 Robert made Jordan and I this awesome shelf to put in our front room

 We got to have Christmas morning at my Grandma Viola's house with just our little family. It was so much fun. I wrapped all of our gifts in Brown paper packages. It was neat to be at my Grandmas' house.

 Josie and her Sally doll that Santa brought her. 

 Josie and her gifts. She got some fun stickers and a Winnie the Pooh book. She also got a play kitchen.

 Jordan and I got matching jackets and each got a new pair of shoes. 

Dylan with his toy walker

 

The Grandkids playing with Josie's kitchen

We went up to Jordan's parents house Christmas Day and ate good food and opened presents. His brother Aaron called from his mission and this is a picture of everyone sitting around listening to him. 

 Josie insisted on sleeping in the cradle meant for Dylan. Too cute. 

 Opening presents!

NEW YEARS EVE

 Josie and I planned a new years eve party. We had a game or activity written and hid inside a balloon. We got to pop the balloon and do the game. We made a time capsule, wrote down goals, and had a family picture taken. It wasn't much but it was fun to spend time together as a family.

We are continuing the tradition of the New Years baby that Jordan's family did growing up and this is what we got this year. 

 I am trying to be more creative in my cooking (thank you pinterest). Here is a meal I made that I was pretty proud of. Chicken wrapped Asparagus. 

 The kids playing in the crib

 I got this puzzle to do with my family but it came to late in the mail. I ended up doing it all by myself and it was hard but fun to do a puzzle again. 

Playing

 our shelf put up: There isn't much to do on the weekends in January but we have been busy, updating 72 hr kits, doing a food storage inventory, touching up paint in the house, finishing the kitchen floor and rearranging things in our house.

 Love that smile! He plays with the kitchen more than Josie and Josie plays with his rubber dinos more.

 One Saturday we went to the furniture store to just look around and let Josie run around. I think this couch is one my mom should get and Josie fell in love with this kids couch.

 Josie lines up here toy dinos and dino stickers to our tablet app and it tells her what kind of dino it is.

 Painting snow!

 I started a winter play group at my house and yesterday we did bird feeders! It was a blast!

 Updated my Garden Journal and made goals and plans for this year. Problem: I am too excited and it is only January.

We made some snowflakes. I found a website that helped me find some cool designs. Jordan even helped and made one. This January has been long and cold, filled with Sickness but in the midst of it we found some fun!