last week of february

:: hanging out downstairs waiting for the brothers to wake up + fixing cavities - needed a little convincing but he did amazing! ::

:: blue and gold - such a great shot hahaha ::

:: starting a phase of unique smiles ::

:: Wendy's! while dad and brothers are at the winter camp out ::

:: less than twenty-four hours and there was THIS much laundry ::

:: and in those twenty-four they didn't get a whole lot of sleep, but they were warm, in fact they were too warm ::

:: this kid was seriously exhausted ::

:: cleaning bathrooms + playing connect four ::

:: mopping the floor so obviously we need to play on the chairs ::

:: these brothers! ♥♥♥ ::

:: Jr. High is way more demanding, thank goodness for a little mountain dew (urgh) ::

:: Adeline is constantly trying to get her brothers to come play with her ::

:: oh my heart ::

:: sneaking into nursery during Relief Society ::

:: church with a 16 month old ::

The end of February was good to us!

teenage birthday party

As Corbin and I were planning his birthday party, it all seemed so surreal that we were planning this for his THIRTEENTH birthday! He's at the age where most of my memories started. Friends and school became extremely important to me when I became a teenager. 

It has been so fun hearing his stories of lunch time with 'the gang'. Selfishly on my part, I wanted them all to come (Corbin did too) because I wanted to meet each one of them and see how they interact with each other. Especially since girls are involved. :) And I can honestly say that these kids are fantastic. They get along so well and don't seem weird around each other at all. In fact, I was blown away with how comfortable they are with each other. I never had the confidence that they have. 

My favorite is the friendship that Corbin has with his 2nd cousin. My cousin moved to town 1 1/2 years ago and these two instantly became BSCF (best second cousins forever). I. Love. It!!

:: Adeline totally climbed up to an empty spot and started eating the food. Corbin's friend was so gracious and said it was totally fine ::

This party took a life of its own. They had dinner and played a couple of the 'teenage games' we had planned. But wow, then they created their own party, and it was way better than any I could have come up with. They turned up the music and ran around chasing each other screaming and laughing, they played a hilarious version of murder in the dark (again lots of screaming and laughing), and even played truth or dare and would you rather (appropriately), and then they got in groups of two or three and each took turns lip syncing. Seriously! Like I said, they have way more confidence then I ever had. 

It was a blast for me to watch. And I felt lucky enough that Corbin even let me be involved. And also his brothers. He's a good kid.

I adore all these kids and it just makes me all the more excited to hopefully have lots of gatherings here. 

valentine's week

This year, Valentine's day (and week) left mom quite sick. And when a mom a sick, fun holiday things don't really happen. But this year, there was plenty of love happening. 

The two grade-schoolers took care of Valentine's stuff for their parties. Corbin and daddy made a special Valentine's dinner. Justin gave me happy pink flowers. Adeline scrubbed walls and cabinets. :) Rudger made me laugh a lot while I laid on the couch. Daddy stayed home from work to take care of me and play with the two littles during the day. 

Each one of them knows how to speak my love language...service! So looking back, it really was the perfect Valentine's week.

 And I was thrilled when I started feeling much better Thursday afternoon, because we had a big party to prepare for.

♥♥♥ I am seriously in love! ♥♥♥

a weekend in the middle of February

:: pizza and roasted broccoli totally go together + climbing is her thing and if it involves getting to forgotten food, even better ::

:: some of our favorite neighbors moved this weekend and it made us so sad + going to see Fantastic Beasts at the dollar theater made us feel a little better ::

This weekend the sun came out and we enjoyed plenty of time together. That's how every weekend should be!