February

We visited The Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point  at the beginning of January.  The kids loved the exhibit on how toys work. 

Phin loved playing in the sand at the sand/water table...Millie not so much.

Our nephew Henry was blessed the first Sunday in February.  I went to nursery with Millie and she loved it.  They had some pretty deluxe snacks...applesauce packets, ham, cheese, crackers,etc.

Phin and Millie loved running around with their cousins afterword at the luncheon.

They also loved drawing on the white board with cousins.

Seth and I loved catching up with family.

We had some really gorgeous days in February.  The kids were troopers on a trip to Costco...so we shared a frozen yogurt on our way out.

We also met Seth at the park one Friday for lunch.  

Seth challenged Phin to a race around the park.

My dad and I celebrated our birthday at Ti Amo Wood Fired Pizza...it also happened to be National Pizza Day.  The food was so yummy...my favorite was the gnocchi and fettuccine in a creamy red sauce.

There was an amazing accordion player in the restaurant that sang Happy Birthday to us in Italian.

Kim and Carver were in town so they joined us for pizza and then came back to our home after for Marzipan and ice cream.

Phin and Millie celebrated Valentine's Day at  their school and each came home with a bag full of treats.

Millie was the most excited about this Minnie Mouse Candy necklace.

Phin loved the Ring Pop.

Phin and Millie gave out squeezable applesauce pouches that said "You're my main squeeze Valentine!"  The morning of Valentine's day Phin woke up and said none of his friends like applesauce...and wanted me to go to the store to get something else...tough luck.

We have been working on potty training Millie.  She is doing pretty well on the days that I get my act together enough to really work on it.  Most days she can be found running around in Minnie Mouse underwear...she also stole some of Phin's socks for this picture.

Millie also got her first scooter ride and she loved it.  This particular day was so warm that we picked up a pizza and had lunch at the park.

Phin is starting to ask to have his picture taken more often...here he is pretending to be Daddy.

Pop rocks are surprisingly one of  Millie's favorite potty treats.  She holds her mouth open so we can all hear them popping away.

Phin continues to do the Preschool Prep program of UpStart...some days are a serious battle.  On this particular day he pulled both the bean bags upstairs and created a little fort in front of the computer.  I found out later in the month that he is motivated to work on the laptop as well.

We also had some fun with cousins eating cheeseballs.

I haven't posted many pictures of my bump this pregnancy...here I am at 34.5 weeks.  I am just grateful that the end is just a few weeks away!
 

Don't these two look so cute dressed up and ready for church!

  

January

New Years Day we gathered with Seth's extended family for the annual New Years Day party.  We enjoyed delicious pulled pork sandwiches and then visited and played games.

 

The first Friday in January I was able to catch a session at the Bountiful Temple.  It is so nice to see all of the scaffolding done and the repairs complete. Seth and I went back later that night for a sealing session. 

 

Our sacrament meeting now starts at 9:00 AM...which means we get Sunday afternoon naps!!!

Our beloved Prophet President Thomas S. Monson passed away at the beginning of January.  The day of the viewing happened to fall on one of my days off from work so I took Phin and Millie to say goodbye to President Monson.  I was anticipating the line to be very long....when I went to President Hickley's viewing we waited outside the Conference Center for hours.  I also have a memory of my mother taking me to a viewing of a prophet years ago.  The line wound all across temple square and into the Administration building.  This pregnant mama was very grateful that we essentially had no wait at all.  It was so peaceful in the Hall of the Prophets...I hope Phin and Millie remember that peace.

After the viewing we walked across Temple Square.

We had lunch in the City Creek Food Court and then the kids played in the play area.

 On our walk back we stopped to see the Christus Statue in the Visitors Building.

Seth's work party was February 19th at Fleming's Steakhouse at the Gateway.  The food was delicious and we loved going out on a date.

I took the kids to Hogle Zoo one Monday morning.  I was actually afraid the zoo was closed when we drove up...there were less than a dozen cars in the parking lot.   It turns out they were open and it was one of our favorite visits to the zoo...we had almost every exhibit to ourselves.

We also visited the Natural History Museum up in Research Park.  Our Connect passes were expiring in February...so we tried to catch up on some visits.  

Millie loved dressing up as a butterfly.

Phin decided to be a little skunk.

The kids loved a new exhibit where thy put together pottery shards. 

At the end of the month I got another peak at our baby boy.  At the 20 week ultrasound my placenta was close to my cervix so they wanted to make sure it moved up and out of the way.  Everything looked great in the ultrasound and it was fun to get a few more pics of our baby boy...who is measuring in the 65th percentile.  

This was the first time he cooperated with a profile shot.

The last Monday in January we visited the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum.  We hadn't been since our annual pass expired at the end of July and it was the perfect winter activity.

The weather has been really nice...but we are excited for warmer Spring weather and more time outside.  In the meantime...we will continue playing with play dough...

and flying Seth's helicopter over in the Cultural Hall.