my little sunbeam...

She was a little nervous to not be walking into the Nursery room, but once she sat down, she was sold. When I picked her up in her sunbeam class, she was still busy talking to her new friends and told me that she didn't want to go home and just liked primary. Her teachers are great! They are a cute little married couple that don't have kids yet, and they seem to love all the kids so much already! Plus, I think it helped that they made princess crowns that said, "I am a child of God," on them. I'm so relived that she likes it!!

walking into church on her first day of primary!

and jumping over every "canyon"

and these next several photos are just great! I tried taking pictures of her at the church AFTER primary, but she fell in the snow and wasn't happy. 

So then I tried to take a picture outside of our condo, and she said she wanted to stand in the snow for the picture…but then realized that snow is cold and that she wasn't dressed for it and started to panic. haha. Oh I love this little sunbeam so much!

see mom, I'll stand in the snow

something isn't right here...

oh, right. I'm in the SNOW!

don't panic, don't panic….

changes for the year of 2015

My main resolution is to finish Gilmore Girls so that I can move on with my life. I don't know what I will do with out the sassy mom/daughter combo in my life, but my guess is that I'll get more house-work done and go grocery shopping!! (and organize and clean that nasty fridge)!

I also started a fitness challenge with all my family that will go through March. I'm really excited about it, and I love getting to work out with Dan (and the kids) at our home. We also went shopping and loaded up with healthier foods and less soda. here's how it works:

I'm hoping to keep it going all the way through July because our family also decided to do the Idaho Falls Half Marathon on July 25! There will be 11 of us doing it and I am actually really excited for it already! It's the one I did on my birthday last year, and loved the course!

I also have some spiritual goals-I realized I needed more of those because all my YW are way smarter than me! :) Maybe I just need to go back to Seminary!

I would also like to take more pictures with the actual camera, rather than my phone. My phone is just so quick to use when the kids are doing something cute and I don't have time to grab the real camera. But as I look back on my posts, I see how poor the quality of my photos are, and the whole reason for my blog is to document our lives and reflect on all our fun memories. Only seems right that some of the pictures actually look decent! :)
Like how I wish these pictures were clear!

I asked her to go get me a diaper, and she came out of hr bedroom with one shoe on, and Stori's panties on her head. 

And one last goal. eat less pop tarts.

Cheers 2015!

Christmas 2K14

Christmas this year was pretty chill. Not many people went home for the holidays this year, but it was still great. We stuck with tradition and had a case of the throw-ups from the 3 year old, who had been talking about Christmas since her birthday last July. It seriously broke my heart to see her so sick for so long. She told Granny, "I just really don't want to be sick anymore."

Her body was completely limp for about 4 days, and when Dan took her to the Dr. on Christmas Eve morning, he sent her right home saying there was nothing they could do! I hate that! We got her some "sprite medicine" and that seemed to help a little bit with her appetite. She kept requesting 7 layer dip, so we finally gave her some. She ate and ate and ate.... Then threw it all up! But I took it as a good sign because she hadn't been able to even speak really because she was so weak, and there she was actually wanting food. Before Josh's family went home that night, Dan asked him if he would help him give stori a blessing. About 7 hrs later she woke up, looked at me and said, "i'm all done being sick now!" She was happy as can be and WALKING!! She could actually move! It was a Christmas miracle! She still didn't have much of an appetite, but she was able to enjoy Christmas Day, and that made us so happy! We were also very thankful that no one else got sick! Not even sylvie who kept sneaking sips from sick sisters sipper!

The other Christmas miracle was all the snow!! It snowed all Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! It was so magical! The girls played outside with their cousins (the Petersons and Rigby Christensens) and lasted about 7 minutes because it was too blasted cold!! Which made it even more cozy inside!!

Other things that made the holidays wonderful:

shopping, dancing, eating, lounging, Netflix watching, going to Big Hero 6, making sugar cookies (that no one actually eats-but we still do it every year), talent show (see pic of the 2-person cartwheel haha), reading, playing at AC, learning letters for June bug, Christmas Eve walk in the snow with my #1, dress ups, horsey rides, putting together new Legos, celebrating dads (what would be) 66th birthday, going on a date to Unbroken, Dan going shooting, Dan going to the hobbit, and yummy yummy food! It was a great 2 weeks in idaho! It made Dan and I really miss living there! And it was SO AMAZING to not have Dan in school! I loved all the time with him! Even if he spent most of the time reading the book he got for Christmas. It was Unbroken and he had to finish it while we were there because he won't have a chance to read it during law school, and so that we could go see the movie.

It was hard to come back to Provo and start real life again, but we are doing it! Even though we are still in our Jammie's at 3 pm while I write this! :)

day before the sickness... 

Christmas Eve morning. minutes before Stori went to the Dr.
It looks so peaceful if you block out the throw-up bowl!

had to be carried everywhere. :(

our Christmas eve walk in the snow 

Christmas morning!

a failed attempt. Don't worry, we soon perfected the 2-man cartwheel.

best money ever spent.

a cherry cordial for Dad's b-day

cozy movie time with cousins while Josh and Dan go see The Hobbit

A trip to play at Arctic Circle. Just like we used to do in the winter in Idaho when we lived there  

Starfall on daddy's computer. She is getting so good at reading! She knows, the, and, dad, dog, mom, stori, I, & up.

At Big Hero 6 in Rexburg

reading, reading, reading….boring, boring, boring. ;)

yes, that is correct. He was READING as the year turned 2015! At least he gave me a kiss and drank the grape sparkling cider.

Stori begs me nightly if Sylvie can sleep with her! Sylvie would love it I'm sure, but in the crib she will stay for now.

I was suppose to get a new niece on Christmas day, but little miss decided to let her parents have a little extra time and came 8 days late.

Dresden Noelle is such a cute little nugget and we love looking at all the cute pictures of her! Congrats Kristen and Rick! Dresden made me an aunt for the 35th time, and evened out the score on the Radford side. 3 boys, 3 girls.

Here are some pictures from dan's camera just to make this post even longerrrr! :) 

this is probably my favorite picture haha. both of their smiles are so cute!

can't put my arms down.