We rang in the new year at Peggy and Paul's house in the midst of great company. We played Code Names for hours and had lots of fun.
I had a work conference in Phoenix, so it was a great excuse to bring the family and visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Swingle in Mesa. Grandma chased and walked all around with Tad, played Skip-Bo with Alexa, and made lots of yummy meals. The kids were excited to fly there and Tyler and I made paper airplanes on the airplane to make it even more fun and special (his idea).
Kyle would bring the kids to come and visit me every day. I would sneak out of the conference and play a quick game of tag or hide and seek and try to talk to them on the phone before they went to bed.
The circus came to Orem and we had fun going as a family. Tyler loved the motorcycles riding in a ball of death and fury. He asked if he could have one for his birthday ;). Tad would raise his hands in the air and clap and cheer and did surprisingly well sitting on my lap through the whole thing thanks to all of the bright lights, music, and continuous activities and shiny things to distract him.
Alexa is still loving school and being in kindergarten. She is obsessed with cursive recently but always calls it "cursey." I died laughing at the face she made in this hard boiled egg before she ate it. My silly girl.
She was a very dedicated snowman/woman architect with me and collected bark for smiles and "shiny crystal rocks" for eyes, weeds for long beautiful hair, etc.
Tyler is now a sunbeam and loves going to Primary. He wants to wrestle with Daddy every day while Alexa is at school.
Lately Tad has been drinking 16 ounces almost every night before bed. They don't make bottles big enough for this guy. We had a babysitter over and told her that if he was fussy or woke up crying to just throw more milk at him. He pounded FOUR BOTTLES in one night! Here is a picture of him defeating Tyler at wrestling just by sitting on him ;). He is not super chubby, but man is he tall.
Quotes/stories to remember:
Kyle put Alexa's hair into a ponytail but couldn't get the elastic to work so he told her "sorry, I don't think I can do it."
She responded, "That's ok Daddy, you tried."
Kyle: "But now I can't get the elastic out."
Alexa: "That's ok, I can do it. Don't worry."
And here's a link to our annual kids' video telling us what they want to be when they grow up!
I had a work conference in Phoenix, so it was a great excuse to bring the family and visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Swingle in Mesa. Grandma chased and walked all around with Tad, played Skip-Bo with Alexa, and made lots of yummy meals. The kids were excited to fly there and Tyler and I made paper airplanes on the airplane to make it even more fun and special (his idea).
Kyle would bring the kids to come and visit me every day. I would sneak out of the conference and play a quick game of tag or hide and seek and try to talk to them on the phone before they went to bed.
The circus came to Orem and we had fun going as a family. Tyler loved the motorcycles riding in a ball of death and fury. He asked if he could have one for his birthday ;). Tad would raise his hands in the air and clap and cheer and did surprisingly well sitting on my lap through the whole thing thanks to all of the bright lights, music, and continuous activities and shiny things to distract him.
She was a very dedicated snowman/woman architect with me and collected bark for smiles and "shiny crystal rocks" for eyes, weeds for long beautiful hair, etc.
Tyler is now a sunbeam and loves going to Primary. He wants to wrestle with Daddy every day while Alexa is at school.
Lately Tad has been drinking 16 ounces almost every night before bed. They don't make bottles big enough for this guy. We had a babysitter over and told her that if he was fussy or woke up crying to just throw more milk at him. He pounded FOUR BOTTLES in one night! Here is a picture of him defeating Tyler at wrestling just by sitting on him ;). He is not super chubby, but man is he tall.
Quotes/stories to remember:
Kyle put Alexa's hair into a ponytail but couldn't get the elastic to work so he told her "sorry, I don't think I can do it."
She responded, "That's ok Daddy, you tried."
Kyle: "But now I can't get the elastic out."
Alexa: "That's ok, I can do it. Don't worry."
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