A WEEK with Dad!

Ron's been bustin' butt in North Dakota since Christmas and hasn't been home for 6 weeks!! 
We decided it was time he got to spend some REAL time at home. 
The last week has been GREAT!!  The kids couldn't have been happier  and I felt like I was dating again! We haven't gone out so much since we got married! 
We've all enjoyed every minute of it!  Unfortunatly I didn't capture any of it with pictures.

WE...tagged along while Ron took care of some business at the Idaho Fall office, went grocery shopping, visited family, hung out at home, watched basketball, had dinner with friends, spent a day in town without kids, ate at famous dave's, went to green canyon, made a mad dash to town in a snow storm to get basketball shoes for one day of morning basket ball, bought a blue tooth, took Landon's 2-year pictures, picked up the new work pickup, had a birthday party, went to the temple, put off going back to work, cuddled with a sick little girl, spent a morning fixing a FORD, if we're lucky we'll get to keep Ron around for a couple more days until he can get the pickup in the shop, and in the end...gained back my 5 pounds!!

Now its time to get started on some projects so the rest of us can get out of here too! I've had everything packed and ready to go for a month now! So I'm sure things won't get going for us until I break down and get myself in the middle of a project!..or maybe I'll start unpacking...anything to speed up the process!! 

Happy Valentine's Day!

For Valentine's Day Kristy brought me some delicous homemade Oreo's because she felt bad I was by myself! And I ate every single one MYSELF! :)

Then, the kids and I made cupcakes and valentines to deliver to friends and family!

Madilyn was VERY careful!

 and amazingly so was Landon

..at least at first!!

 We had a GREAT valentine's day!   

and we loved our package we got in the mail from Grandma and Grandad! 

(Sorry, no pics!...we were too excited to open it!!)

No TV??

The kids are GLUED to the TV...all day if I let them!  Any time I tell them to go play you'd think it was a punishment!

However...

Landon is starting to really like the trains! He's gotten really good at putting them together...

  AND

Have I told you about Madilyn's imagination lately?? 

Check out her waterfall!!

Warning: Viewer Disgretion Advised

Once in a while Madilyn decides she wants to be a BIG helper...and she does a great job.  This morning was one of those days!  She got ALL of us breakfast by herself, usually its just hers, but today she suprised me by getting EVERYONE breakfast!

Then, she decided Landon needed his morning diaper change.. 

I think I'll let her do it more often. 

He actually helps her and doesn't attempt to run away!!

Its been a VERY COLD WINTER! 

Thank goodness we have lots of wood to keep us warm! 

We've ALREADY gone through the first two rows!!!

 

Play Dough Creations

We're usually pretty boring when it come to play dough...but I'm trying real hard to be creative!

Here is a family watching TV..yeah you know what we must always do!

 an aquarium...

Madilyn's 4 Year Pictures

I waited too long last year and never got pictures done for the kids.  This year I made sure I was on top of it!!

 ...but I'm not sure I'm happy with the poses I picked :/  Her face is a lot darker in this one than I remember it being when I picked it out!