Well I can't believe January is over and we are headed into February.
A few other things from January that I don't think I blogged about:
-We set up dentist appointments for Kimbri and Garrett at Cascade Family Dental. A guy in our ward works there and we heard great things about it so we went there and it really was amazing. They were so good with the kids! Especially Garrett- he was so nervous but they took their time with him and showed him all the tools, including "Mr. Thirsty" who sucks the water out of your mouth. They let him take a ride on the chair as they moved it up and down so he could see there was nothing to be afraid of. Oh, and the prizes at the end that they got to pick out were so fun for them. And they both got t-shirt as part of the "No Cavities Club". They thought that was pretty cool :)
-Kimbri had a Walking Report Card for the end of the term. It was where parents could go and watch their child show what they had been learning in school. It was pretty fun to see Kimbri in action, although it was a little difficult bringing the other two kiddos along with me. She also got another pizza coupon for a free personal pizza at Pizza Hut for completing her reading so we went and picked that up for her to have for dinner. Kimbri thinks it's pretty cool that you can earn a free pizza for reading, ha! I think it's cool too!
-I had a dermatology appointment, finally! I saw a dermatologist when we were living in Arizona when my eczema had flared up super bad on my hands. Because I was pregnant with Brenna, he said there wasn't much that could be done. So, I started using all fragrance-free soaps, lotions, face wash etc... and use gloves when I do dishes, wipe counters off, or bathe the kids. I also have switched to Tide Gentle detergent for my laundry. It has been hard to change so many things, not to mention I can't wear any fun smelly-good stuff anymore, but I am grateful that doing all those things helps and the steroid cream I can use now has helped the insane itchiness on my hands/palms go away!
-Connie and Brenda also came up to Utah, from AZ, to attend a funeral. It was a quick trip for them but we got to go ever to the Stone's house one of the nights they were here and visit them. Kimbri fell in love with Connie when we lived in Arizona and so it was fun to go visit them with the kids. Connie always had a room full of fun things for the kids to play with when we would visit their house in Arizona. Kimbri especially loved the Beary Bears. She was a like a Grandma to them while we lived in AZ. We made some great memories at Connie's house!
-The week before Rick had to leave for his Arizona rotations we went on a date! Nolan and Brooke had given us a gift card 2 Christmases ago that we never used. It was dinner/movie gift card for Red Robin and Cinemark Theaters. Well, living in AZ they only had Harkins Theaters so even thought they have Red Robin in AZ, we never were able to use the gift card for the movie.... anyway, that was a long tangent. So we went to Red Robin and saw the movie called, "La La Land". It was pretty good! It wasn't like a, I'm dying to see it again show but I like it a lot and it has some good meanings in the movie. It was really fund to go on a date before he will be gone for so long. And the wonderful Olivia offered us free babysitting so that was super nice of her!
-One more thing... I didn't realize there was so much that went on... was that I was able to attend and AMAZING Stake Women's Conference. There were some incredible speakers and some really interesting and thought-provoking stories that were shared. One of the speakers was and LDS author that has written many book about the temple. It was really interesting to hear his remarks and have a discussion about how to prepare our kids to attend the temple. About how we should teach them, when reading scriptures, about symbolism, to prepare them for learning and understanding for themselves symbolism they will see in the temple. Anyway, it was a very uplifting conference to go to and I loved it!
Finally, here are a few random pictures from the last week or two:
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| A little hard to see because of the shadow, but they have been loving playing in this crazy big box! We've made fort after fort with it! |
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| That can't be comfortable, Brenna... |
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| Brenna snuggling with her baby doll Gma & Gpa Haycock got her for Christmas. |
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| So. Much. Snow. Check out the fence and mailbox... crazy! This is at the corner of our road where we drop Kimbri off at the bus stop. |
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| Brenna loves books. Enough said... |
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| When they were sick, we watched a lot of movies and snuggled on the couch. |
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| Brenna loves yogurt... but makes a MESS! |
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| But she sure was enjoying it! |
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| I was doing Kimbri's hair for church (see next picture) and I came out to find this lovely mess that Brenna created. Ha! Game pieces, movies, books and more game pieces, everywhere! |
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| Kimbri's hair-do she requested. |
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| She sips her sippy cups in the weirdest places. How is that comfortable?! |
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| I have no words.... |
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| Kimbri loves asking me to take her picture. |
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| I often find Kimbri like this when I check on her before going to bed, ha! She love sleeping with her stuff. I love that the light saber is on right next to her Jesus picture, jewelry box, doctor kit/set and piles of books. She is too funny! Also, how is this comfortable?! hahaha! |
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| Kimbri's 100th Day of School! |
So last weekend we invited cousins over for a pizza party. I picked Oaklee, Bridger and Kimbri up from the bus stop and brought them back to our place. And Olivia picked up Luke while she was out and about and brought him over to join us. We got pizza from Papa Murphy's and they all had a blast. While I cooked the pizza they all played Candy Land. Then we turned on some fun kid music and they all had a picnic on the floor. After dinner we played Bingo and then Dawson came and picked up Oaklee, Bridger and Luke. We sure need to have some fun cousin time while we like in Utah because it will be a while before we visit again once we move!
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| Bridger, Luke, Garrett and his grumpy face, Kimbri, Oaklee |
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| Silly face picture! |
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| She wants her picture taken all the time... model face much? The not quiet a smile and those deep, soul-searching eyes. Wowza! |
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| Garrett has really been loving playing with his batman toys! Apryl Bradford, a fellow med school wife, was getting rid of a lot of her son's toys he outgrew and gave this to us when we moved from Arizona. We kept it hidden till his birthday and gave it to him then. He loves it!! |
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| This little baby of ours loves babies! |
