january. . . it's a love/hate relationship

i have a love/hate relationship with january. . ..

*i love that - there is more snuggling, eating popcorn, watching movies, reading, hot tubbing, beautiful snow and just simply snuggling in and slowing down! oh yes, i am also loving that the boys are old enough to really play in the snow for long periods of time, they have built a great snow fort, a darling snowman and went snow shoeing yesterday for four hours.

*i hate that - it is freezing, the kids are bouncing off the walls and it can be dreary and depressing!

here are some pics of the love part - from last weekend!

i love this first picture of the three hot tubbing in the snow . . kinkade was building a snowman.

emery and i have been spending lots of time with our sweet friends the hume twins.

three day weekends rock!

we had a full fun 3 day weekend!

on saturday night we took the boys out with janny and ryan to a fabulous Ethiopian restaurant.

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aaron took the boys and some friends from school to sky high and pizza. . the boys were in heaven.

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here are a few of my favorite things these days. . .

the first picture is emery squeezing between aaron and i as we hug. every time we start to hug she sprints as fast as she can to squeeze in with us!

the second picture is of my new favorite thing to cook. . i can't get enough curry! who knew we all love it. . i am scouring the Internet for great curry recipes.

the third i think i may of featured before my leg warmers i have been living in them.

the last i have started writing the menu for the week on a platter. . . i can take no credit for this cute idea. . my friend carla is brilliant and so creative! it holds me accountable to cooking and grocery shopping early and the kids love knowing what's for dinner!

welcome to the world joanna lee jarrett. . . i can't wait to get my hands on you!

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every day we drive by emery's favorite horses. . so finally i took a picture so she can look at them anytime she wants on the phone.

phone dump from the weekend. . . the restaurant. .. . creamer i brought to church. . . and we are now onto barbies in this house. . in this picture they are hot-tubbing in the middle of my kitchen. . . .

oh sweet emery!

on mlk day we had a family date and took emery to her first movie . . . the whole family saw Beauty and the Beast in 3D then visited a reptile store and sports store. . . perfect! k&k found t-shirts of their favorite QB's!

lucia at the reptile store and emery with her packed bag for church. . it was the perfect family weekend. . .

winter

there has not been a lot of snow here, yet it is definitely winter. . here are a few fun activities we have done! on new years day we went snow tubing with the buth famlily. it was a great morning even the girls had a blast!

we took the girls out to lunch the other day after preschool and there are just times i am mesmerized by lucias sheer beauty and cuteness!

on december 26th we headed to oregon to spend time with the mcmurray family and celebrate christmas. we had tons of cousin time!

i got to take emery on a special date with her friends maryn and kehne. we met at a coffee shop and walked to mobius. it was so fabulous to just have time with her and she loved the attention. she was so excited to be with kids her age and proud to have her own friends. emery decided she wants to have her birthday party at mobius which is perfect for a 3 year old party! i love this picture of the three of them.

goodbye 2011 hello 2012

we have been talking a lot about resolutions around here and tried to come up with at least one in each category - faith, physical, relationships, and learning!

here are the families resolutions for the new year!

mom - phrase - choose joy!

*date the kids - one on one time at least 2x month

• tell each child once a day i love them and a specific compliment, hope, dream for their life
• plan dates for us creatively on a budget
• read “where the red fern grows to the boys”
• work out 3x a week - 25 minutes cardio
• save a buy a real adult comforter - it is already picked out of course
• save up to get enough chairs to fit our family around our table
• pray more - be creative car and shower

Dad -

• friday morning breakfast dates with each kid
• more spiritual leadership in family
• make sure Lucia, Kinkade, Keagan and Dad always clean up after meals, never Mom
• build working out into calendar

keagan

• read The Lost Hero before december
• listen to verses more attentively during church
• be more patient with my sisters and try not to harass them even though it is so fun
• go undefeated in basketball and football again next season

kinkade

• finish the book the last Olympian
• try not to melt down in football, basketball and soccer all year
• rebuild my relationship with Conner spend more time with him

lucia

no more fighting, more loving and one candy a day

emery

• spend more time with caitlin

best memories from the 2012!

keagan

• cross country camp with grampy
• christmas break
• spending time with my cousins
• my diving catch from my brothers awesome throw in football
• my buzzer beater in basketball

kinkade

• pogo stick camp
• going to the beach with my cousins
• my hail mary throw to my brother for a touch down

dad

• the girls dedication at church on mothers day
• going to penticton with my wife

mom

• the boys mcmurray to mcmurray touchdown
• lucia and emery dancing at ashley and chris wedding
• going to santa barbara with mandolyn and my sweet husband
• penticton to celebrate anniversary
• sea world with the kids

lucia

• my birthday

emery

*going potty

• being at the lake with all my friends

favorite pictures from the year -