Spring Is Here!!

We celebrated the beautiful weather this past week by taking a bike trip to the library. The light rain didn't stop us, and we had a wonderful time!

The kids have been picking flowers all around the yard (and a few from the neighbors - I'm trying to discourage that :) Most have pretty short stems but we are finding ways to enjoy them!

After our sunday evening stroll all changed into pajamas while Mama put the new flowers we picked in many small vases and bowls.

Happy Pi Day! and Other Adventures

Enoch had a great time calculating the circumference of several household 

objects using pi in honor of pi day.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches are the girls favorite, but this past week we decided to get a little more creative and aesthetic with the way we served them. We used craisins for eyes. . . any suggestions for making the antennae and proboscis?

Yesterday we took the kids Bunny Hill Skiing at Brighton - a great local resort where kids 7 and under ski free and bunny hill passes are a deal! We are super grateful that my sister Lisa and her friend Eric came along to help with the kids and we all had a great time. By the end of the day even Sarah was able to ski independently.

January - Pinewood Derby Winner

Enoch and Papa worked hard on this Pinewood Derby Car together with an experienced and kind brother from our ward. (Thanks Brother Warren!) The three of them designed it, cut it out, sanded it, buffed the wheels and wheelwells and polished the axels. Enoch hand painted and shellacked it and dubbed it the "Flaming Speedster". We were all excited and surprised when he took first at the Troops Pine Wood Derby (1/27).

Past 6 months - Other Fun in Utah & Idaho

Our trip to Utah was great. We were able to spend time with both Sides of the family and have lots of fun adventures including . . . .

A trip to the Enders Ranch near Soda Springs Idaho with members of Melissa's Family. . . .

  Several Trips for Refreshment at the famous Hooper Springs outside of Soda Springs. . . (Gotta try this water folks, it's mineral selzer right out of the ground!!)


A visit to Cascade Springs with Grandpa Christensen (We didn't drink the water aside from the fountain, but the watercress looked tempting!)


 

A visit to the Bingham Copper Mine with Scott's Family - This is a standard size dumptruck tire for this site - Really!!

Attended the Open House for the Brigham City Temple - Beautiful!

Enjoyed a couple days at Bear Lake with Scott's Family and Extended Family....Thanks to everyone who organized this!

We all had an awesome time on the vacation!!

Past 6 months - Bethany's Blessing (Aug 2012)

Wow! Time flies, and I haven't gotten much into the habit of posting. But we have been having a great time and I wanted to share some of the sweet moments we've been able to capture in the last 6 months.

Bethany was blessed in August in Utah and almost all of my family and Scott's family were able to be there.

Mama's Great Aunt and Uncle couldn't make the blessing, but we celebrated with family the evening before. 

 Bethany surveys the Big Back Yard at Aunt D's House.

All of Mama's Family that came for the Blessing. 

6 of the 8 siblings with attached families were able to make it!

Great Grandma shares some love!

 Four Generations of Daniels!

Bethany week by week

           4 weeks

           5 weeks

            6 weeks

           7 weeks

New Family Photo

So my friend Gabby recommended a sweet little park (Mayfield Park) where we could shoot a family photo just a couple weeks after Bethany was born. It was a treat with abundant peacocks, beautiful walkways, fountains and flower gardens - The kids have been begging me to take them back to find peacock feathers. The older kids got to be the stars for this shoot - mostly because I was so busy chasing them that I couldn't sit still to photograph Bethany. :) She mostly just sat in her stroller while the rest of us ran circles around her.