day at the park

I finally got these off my phone.  It was during that beautiful first week of Spring.  We went over to the "big giraffe" park.  It was Anna's first time there.  She loved going down the slide and climbing all the stairs and especially swinging. 

Jack had a dinosaur celebration at pre-k where we went through their classroom like a museum and got to see all the dinosaur projects they had made.  It was very cute.

One more cute pic of Anna.  :)

so far in March we've...

...had Anna help Daddy cook...(she was perfectly safe...)

...we visited the Herr's Potato Chip Factory in Pennsylvania and got to see how the chips are made and even eat some potato chips directly off the belt, still warm...very yummy...

...Anna just got cuter...so we took some pictures...she puts her arms way up in the air now when we say "how big is Anna?"...and when we ask her where her armpits are...she knows she'll get tickled...she loves to eat...she was 19.9lbs at her 12 month appointment so probably about 20lbs now...she is walking a lot more now...she realized how much more she can get into with her hands if they are free...she smiles...she laughs...she waves...she is happy and sweet and pleasant...we love her so much...

...we're going to attempt a new activity on Monday nights where I have one child help me cook something and hopefully sort of learn how to do it...(thank you JL for the idea)...so this is Jack...he picked Fettucine Alfredo to make...he did a good job shopping for the ingredients and putting things in the pot and stirring...

...this last week has been beautiful and Spring-like outside so we've been taking lots of walks...we decided to get all Springy in Anna's outfit on Monday and walk to the park and a bakery...then Tuesday we didn't walk there but went to the park and played on the swing...Jack was getting all kinds of parents to push him on the tire swing with their kids...Wednesday we went with our friends to walk on the Ma & Pa trail...it was a lovely...hot...walk...Anna had a great time chatting with Hazel though...it was fun talking with G too...:)

(this is mid-story..."my daddy is THIS big!")

...Hazel decided she wanted to come over the next day too and borrow some of Anna's clothes...her Mom said no so she took matters into her own hands and threw up all over the place...forcing her Mom to come over and change her...and maybe clean up the throw-up too...that's okay though...we like having surprise visitors...

...so far March has been pretty fun!!!

he is on it!

So my son has totally outdone me on the blog updates.  Check out Christian's blog by clicking on his name in my friends list to see what he is up to.  He did it all by himself! 

snack time

 

  

  

  

Jack's shirt...hahaha...

love my little cuties

YW Weekend Activities

Last weekend was full of fun activities.  The Young Women had a Daddy/Daughter Date night on Friday that my counselor Geri planned.  It was super cute and we ended up with a great group attending.  We danced and played some musical chairs.  It was a really fun night for the girls and their dads.  

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Then Saturday morning the girls had their last basketball game at the Stake center.  I finally made it!  We had 7 girls on our team and they volunteered me to act as their coach.  (I know nothing about the rules of basketball), but I yelled SUB! and was a great sideline cheerleader with the other parents.  It was a lot of fun and the girls stayed undefeated!

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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day was on Sunday this year so we dressed up for church and put on our bobbys and bow-ties and clip from the awesome fundraiser that TR did and headed off to church.  There were lots of bow-ties and a few clips and bobbys.  Everyone looked so cute! 

 Anna had to snap a picture with her friend Hazel.  

When we got home we did a V-day photo shoot since everyone was so coordinated.  That's about all we did for our Valentine's this year! 

 

  

  

  

My Valentine <3

My Anna is ONE...life in pictures

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

I love you Anna!