February Is Over

February is over. The days went by slowly and the month went by quickly!

We love to celebrate Valentine's day in February, we feel lots of love in our home!

It makes me so happy to see these two have fun together. They truly love each other. Here they are dancing. We have a Vtech toy on the fridge that is for learning to make matches, but Creighton and Macey Jo prefer to push the buttons and dance to the music. (In fact Macey Jo carries it around like a 90's boom box.)

Creighton was spoiled this Valentine's Day. Not only does he have a mommy and daddy and grandma's and grandpa's who love him but he has some special Valentine's in our ward (some older women) who brought him over some special treats.

I certainly understand why they have a thing for my handsome guy! He is such a sweetheart.

Recently he has been going the extra mile to be extremely helpful, saying such things as,

"Mom, when you need help driving the car, just holler back at me." (When he is sitting in the back seat of the car.)

or he likes to always make sure I am ok.

"Mom, let me feel your forehead.... (feeling) Uh-oh. It feels warm. You must be sick. Lay down and I will take care of you."

February means our daddy's birthday. Unfortunately he is not much for a big to-do and really likes to lay low. But we did our best to make it special. The morning of his birthday we went and picked him up balloons and took them to his work. I am sure it was more exciting for Creighton than for daddy! Than we took him to Costa Vida for lunch.

Dad had class the night of his birthday. Sometimes being an adult is so responsible! But afterwards we had a pizza dinner and toasted pecan cake!

Happy Birthday Cason!

"27 Feels Like Heaven!"

All of that happened in the middle and the end of February... but at the very beginning of February we did do something pretty fun! We headed to Salt Lake City for a mini-vacation! Cason went to a Jazz game with his brothers and some friends so we headed down as well. We took the kids to the Gateway Discovery Museum, which of course- was a hit! Creighton keeps asking, "Do you want to go to my museum again?"

The most fun of all was "the Beehive" or what our family called the ball pit.

 

The kids also found fun pretending like they were riding a horse and grocery shopping...

Or rock climbing and pretending to be an Indian or a pioneer.

Overall it was a fun time spent Saturday afternoon at the Gateway Children's Museum.

When daddy headed off to the Jazz game the kids and I headed to the swimming pool at the hotel.

My water babies loved the swimming pool until it got too chilly. A little hot tub action made us feel more cozy though. Then we headed to our room and had a much better time than our daddy snuggled in a warm bed watching the Olympics. All until... Creighton got a sick tummy! We were planning on seeing our Grandma and Papa the next day but decided to leave early the next morning for home.

A lot of our February was spent sick. Someone in the family was sick at each point in February and Macey Jo went to the doctor twice in 2 weeks. I think that is what I have heard from most families.

When Macey Jo is not sick she is either exploring future occupations...

 like nurse or doctor

 or perhaps seamstress.

She could just be accessorizing however.

And she is beginning to take care of her babies.

Now it is March!!

And Big Daddy has arrived for the blessing of his new grandson, Renner.

He is also here to help celebrate Creighton's 4th birthday on Friday!

Creighton has been anticipating his birthday for months now, I hope it meets his expectations! We have a fun weekend planned!