Sam is Walking!!

In the last three days or so Sam stopped holding on to things and started walking on his own. Its so cute to see him taking little baby steps everywhere. He is liking this new freedom but he is still wobbley. He has had a few face plants but he loves trying to keep up with Madee. He will definately get there.

Sick Kids

Well for the last week or so we have had sick kids. As everyone knows sick kids are no fun. Madee was sick and not her usual cheery self last week, for a couple days and you can totally tell she was sick because instead of her usual running around and demanding help on many different things she just sat on the couch in one spot for way too long and fell in and out of sleep. She was really sick, she had a cold, fever all that fun stuff. Well she so generously shared her sickness with Sam and 10month old babys are not very pleasant when they are sick. Last night though he woke up at like 10pm from a dead sleep and started screaming bloody murder. It was not the usual I'm awake scream. It was a I am very angry or something is really bothering me scream. I kind of scared me a little, because we would hold him and nothing was calming the kid down. We had our friend come over and help Lincoln give him a blessing and soon after he calmed down and went back to sleep. Its a weird feeling not being able to make everything better for you kids. I am truly greatful for a husband who can bless my kids when they are sick. I really believe Gods power heals us. Sam seems to be feeling much better today and is hopefully on the mend. I am ready for spring and the sun and much less sickness.

Coraline

After John and Jenn recommended Coraline as a good movie to see, Lincoln decide to get the book. Since we don't get to the theater much with two little ones we both enjoyed reading this book. I recommend it to anyone and do want to see the movie now. Maybe when it comes on video.

Guess where this is!!

So this was a few weeks ago but. We took the kids and the camera and headed somewhere just a hop and a skip from our house. If you still still haven't figured it out keep looking at the pictures.
It was in the evening and beautiful and Lincoln took some cool pictures I think. Utah is really beautiful.


My Family is really beautiful too. I love them even when life is crazy! Moments like these make life less crazy and just peaceful and happy for a minute.
If you didn't figure it out.....Its Utah Lake. Its 3 miles from our house and frozen over in parts of it. We caught it at a pretty moment.

Sam Sleeping!

We just moved Sam into Madee's room. With only two bedrooms and Sam waking up two to three times a night we didn't want to move him yet.(He was in our room still) In the last week or so he has started waking up only once at night so we decided to try the big moving of the crib into Madee's room and seeing how it went. He did great. And Madee did great! Instead of coming into our room in the morning Madee just stayed in her room and played with Sam for another half hour or so. It was nice.
Sam has started falling asleep like this. In a little ball. It was so cute we had to take a picture.
Yeah for having our own room back. Both the kids are now sharing one room.

Snow Shoeing!

Yes these are Snow Shoes. This was our second attempt at going snow shoeing in two days but it was worth it. We had a great time. Just Lincoln and I went out to Sundance and rented some snow shoes and had a fabulous time hiking out in the deep snow. There was snow shoe trails and it was fun to explore the mountain. We could not have gotten better weather.
It was just the two of us. Lincoln and I. No kids for a few hours was so wonderful. Not that we don't love our children. Sometimes you just need you time. This was our time. The mountains were so beautiful and peaceful.
Here is Lincoln being a poser. He is so cute! Especially in snow pants and snow shoes! :)
The snow shoe trail and the cross country ski trail were pretty close to each other but it was all away from the skiing and snow boarding. If anyone ever wants to try it I recommend it. It was really fun to do.

My Youngest sister Kaytie and her Baby Shower

Kaytie is the one in the white. She is my youngest sister and she is having her first baby, a little girl around April 5th. We are very excited for her. This is all of us Tricia is on the Left and she is the older sister. Then her daughter Kaylie is in the pink and me in black. I think its funny that Kaytie looks skinnier then us all and she only has a few more weeks left. We are not pregant!!

This is Kaytie with our Cousin Sarah. Sarah's Mom requested that they get a back to back picture. They are due a week apart from each other. Sarah a week later. It was fun hanging out and visiting. Kaytie got plenty of pink things. Aren't girls fun!!