February 17th, 2013

• This week was Valentine's Day! The girls made their own Valentines this year for their friends and family. I punched out big hearts for them and then they wrote "I CHEWS ____ TO BE MY VALENTINE". Then they attached a piece of gum to it. They were pretty cute:) It was fun to make our own Valentines instead of buy them from a store. (I really should have taken a picture:)
• Brynn had a Valentines Party at her preschool. She made her own Valentines box there. Here she is with her preschool Valentines.

• Addy also had a class party and I was put in charge of a game. I had the kids play "Matchmaker" in which they had to figure out which character they were given and their character's match. It was pretty funny to watch six year olds play this game but they did great. 
• Valentine's Day Breakfast consisted of our usual heart shaped pink waffles. We also celebrated with our traditional fancy dinner complete with candles that Bodee insisted on blowing out within the first 30 seconds. Todd brought all us girls home roses and we had small presents for each of the kids. Grandma and Grandpa Mosley also sent gifts for the kids to open and Grandma and Grandpa Bassett ding dong ditched us with Valentines and McDonald gift cards. What a fun awesome night!

•  The girls requested fancy cheesecake for dessert. Kneaders sufficed since I refused to drive up to the Cheesecake Factory. (they know what good cheesecake is:) 

• After dinner we all went downstairs to watch "Up". This is the gift Brynn was given for Valentines that I found for a steal of $4! Cute, cute movie! 

• Addy's half birthday was this weekend so of course on Friday she got to celebrate it at school. Here is she with her treats and her teachers gave her a Sprite!

• Friday night after I worked for two hours we ate a little KFC and since Chris and Cathy were out of town we headed over to their place to watch TV on the big screen. Todd and I have come to love 'Duck Dynasty'! Seriously, one of the funniest shows on TV. Lucky for us they were having a DD marathon so we watched that while the kids watched a movie upstairs. Todd and I just laughed and laughed! We ended up having a late, late night so we all slept in Saturday morning since I didn't have to work. (President's Day Weekend!)
• On Saturday Todd took Brynn to get a big girl bike...aka 16 in! She has patiently been waiting since her little bike that been on the outs with a ripped tire since fall. She picked out one cute bike and rides is like a pro! I will always admire Brynn's determination! 

• The weather was pretty decent on Saturday so the kids spent the afternoon riding their bikes. 

• Bodee has finally got the trike thing down. (Except when he has to come uphill. It takes a little bit more muscle then he currently has:) I love that he is wearing a fireman's hat and is riding a purple/pink tricycle.

•  Just because he's my terribly two stud muffin! I'll keep him! 

• Sunday evening Kate and Dustin were invited to our ward to present a Marriage Fireside. They were amazing and Todd and I came away with lots of good tools to help improve our marriage. It was neat seeing them use their talents in such a positive environment. I really appreciate them as part of our family.