Keat drivers ed

Keat has been parking the car or moving it for me (with me in the passenger seat closely guiding him) for a bit now. A couple of weeks back I stepped up his drivers ed with some church parking lot practice.  👌 He's pretty good for an 11 year old. We'll have him dialed by the time he hits 16. His mom won't have to worry a bit about him. 

 

Alaska

Poor Keat gets razzed about a girl named Emmerson that use to be in his Spanish Immersion class. She's smart, athletic (she played against him in Jr Jazz & we ran into her at Snow Basin & randomly at the airport) She also happened to be his Secret Santa in 3rd grade. Well, she moved to Alaska last year. Jas just picked up Alaska. We were talking about his 12 year old trip & witty  Jonas said,"you should go to Alaska. It would be good with fishing & kissing." 😂

Jonas' 9yr trip to Seattle

This week we surprised Jonas with his 9 yr trip. When I went in and hugged him goodbye on Monday Morning he said, Dad can I go?  On any other work trip, this wouldnt be too easy to pull. This time though we had it all planned out and his bags were already packed so I said, "alright!"  He was very surprised!

 

We played hard and did pretty much what he felt like doing. 

 

He wanted to go climbing so we jumped in an uber and went to s climbing gym. 

 

 

He wanted to go ride gokarts so, we went. He was proud to dominate all the other kids there. 

 

We ate a lot and explored a lot....and ate some more. 

 

 

 

 

And we stayed out late and went to the Batman Lego movie. 

 

 

  

Loved this trip! Jonas had a blast and so did I. 

Jenn is up next with the 12 year old trip. That will be a good one. Keat is up next. 

Valentine's Day 2017

Thad was so very excited about Valentine's Day! 

He was meticulous with drawing his Valentine's & choosing gifts for Teacher Julie & his cousins😍 Here he is w Keat after giving Keat his Valentine.

We decided to Pinterest it this year--Keat & Jonas gave bouncy balls that said "I hope you have a ball this Valentine's Day." Thad & I made playdough which said "I'm Dough"glad you're in my class. 

Boys hard at work.

VDay breakfast.

We missed Jas as he was working in Florida. 

I went to TOFW with Candace, Aly & Melinda & came home to my VDay surprise of a clean house, flowers & gift certificates to Tonas😍 I love my 5 Valentines.

 

Jude's First Time Skiing

"Baby" Jude really isn't a baby anymore. On Fri Feb 17, we took him skiing for the first time! He absolutely hated the ski boots the second we put them on 😂

He had a hard time walking. First trip down the mountain, he became a wet noodle and was not loving it. However,that quickly changed & he grew stronger & more confident. 

Jude especially liked it when Jas would take him down the rollers & he would get "air."

Silly Keat.

It was so fun to go with the entire family!

This is Jude maybe 60 seconds after we got in the van. All tuckered out.

Thaddeus & Jonas followed shortly after. It's a lot of hard work taking everyone up the mountain, but worth it. Memories were made! Go Baby Jude!

Las Vegas Birthday Trip For Nana

Jas & my brothers were so kind to hold down the fort with all the kiddos (except Agnes)so the ladies could go to Vegas to celebrate my mom's birthday. We enjoyed an amazing spa day, an inspiring mind reading show & Tai dinner! We had a blast! We ended the night with icecream & green face masks with lots of laughter because my mom had taken Benadryl!

Letter to Jonas when he was 2

 

 

Letter to Keat when he was 4

 

 

St George

  

 

Favorite pic

 

    

  

Such a fun trip to celebrate Nana's birthday! The boys took the kids to Snow Canyonwhile we were in Vegas. We went swimming, hiking, played Pit (Keat &Jonas's favorite), ate yummy food, went to church& celebrated my mom. It was mass chaos with all the little cousins , but there was lots of bonding with laughter. Thankful for family vacations & the memories made.