Catching Up

I have some serious catching up to do.

On January 7th, Gus's day off, we took Lilly and her friend Addie to the Children's Museum in Maryland. It was such a fun place! The girls loved running from room to room. They even had a pet room with baby bunnies. I wanted to take one home, they were so cute!

On the 15th, Gus dropped me and Lilly off at KA's bridal shower. KA had so many friends and family there to support her, and she received so many fun gifts.

Cousin Jenny, Aunt Patty, Lilly, KA, MJ, Me, Cousin Kaylynn, and Emo

On January 21st we took Lilly to Chuck E Cheese's. She always sees the commercials and flips with excitement, so we decided it was time to take her. We told her she could invite a friend and she of course wanted Addie again.

On the way there I was listening to the two of them talking. Addie was telling Lilly how fun it is at Chuck E Cheese. Lilly said, "I've never been to Chuck E Cheese, but I've dreamed about it my whole life." It was hilarious.

The girls ran around like wild animals and would occasionally drop by the table for a few bites of pizza. They had a wonderful time. I did take pictures but then accidentally erased them the next day. Darn.

Sledding

We have had a few wonderful snow storms over the last week or so. I love the snow and so does Lilly. The day after the storm, I ran to 3 different stores trying to find Lilly a sled. You definitely shouldn't wait until after a snow storm to buy a sled. It wasn't fun, but we finally found a really cheap one at Target. I love that store.

We have a nice little hill right behind our house. Lilly had a great time sledding down and climbing back up over and over again. She has quite the stamina, and we stayed out for about 2 hours. When we got home we drank hot Chocolate and then laid down on the couch. Lilly was so exhausted she fell asleep. Anyone that knows Lilly knows that napping is non existent. So this truly was amazing.

Then on Saturday we went over to the rec center by our house that has some bigger hills. Lilly's favorite part was pushing Gus down the hill. She thought it was hilarious.

Christmas Break: Part 3

On December 22nd we drove back down to Utah.

On the 23rd we decided that Lilly's hair was getting too long and it was time for a trim. She has only had her hair trimmed one other time. That's when she was 3, and I was the one who cut it. At the time I just got sick of her screaming about me brushing it and I took my kitchen scissors and cut off a few inches. This time, however, we decided that it would probably be best to have a professional do it. Lilly was SO excited. She has been begging me for a while now to go to a salon and get her haircut. We cut off 3 inches, the last of her old curls. I was sad, but it has made brushing out her hair every morning so much less of a struggle.

That afternoon we dropped Lilly off at Megan's house and met up with Gus's family at the temple to support Emo who went through for the first time. It was so special.

That night we all had a family dinner with Clint (KA's fiance) and his family. Susan had decorated the entire room in their wedding colors, baby blue, white, and silver. The food was amazing, as always. It was fun to get to know Clint's family.

On Christmas Eve, me, Lilly, Emo, and MJ made sugar cookies. When the cousins got there they had a great time decorating them for Santa.

That night we read the Christmas story...

On Christmas morning, Lilly woke up at 9:00 and then went and woke everyone else up. She was SO excited!

She loved giving Grandma and Grandpa the gifts she picked out. She got grandma some sparkly body wash and grandpa some work gloves.

Lilly with all of her loot

On the 28th Megan and I took the kids to pizza pie cafe. Lilly loves her cousins so much.

Maddox, Berkley, and Lills

Savanna and Lilly

Lilly also had a wonderful time with her Henshaw cousins.

Playing Doctor with Sedrah

Painting Sedrah's nails

At 3:00 on the 29th we left to go home. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 5:00, but when we arrived they told us our plane had issues, and they didn't have a plane for us. They finally found one around 8:00, but we didn't end up leaving until about 9:00. We arrived home at 3:00 in the morning. It was brutal.

Our trip was wonderful but we were so glad to be home.

Christmas Break: Part 2

The first weekend  in Rexburg we had so much fun with my family, including Megan and Mike, and their kids.

On Saturday, we all went to the movie Tangled, which I absolutely LOVED! It is such a cute show. Then we went home and the kids got to open their pajamas from grandma.

On Sunday, we had a Christmas Dinner with both of my grandmas. Then the kids opened their presents from Grandma and Grandpa and  their presents from each other. My mom made them all the cutest aprons. Lilly's cousin Maddox had Lilly for Christmas and gave her a Barbie Potty Training Pups set, which she has wanted forever.

Over the 2 1/2 weeks that we were at my parents Lilly played with her cousins, Brinley and Ashlyn and also my youngest cousin Harley. She always needed a friend over or she would go crazy!

Brinley, Ashlyn, and Lilly watching "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

When none of her friends could come over then she would play with the cats. She loved carrying them around and leaving them love notes in their bed. She was obsessed!

 On Saturday the 18th my mom took me and Lilly to the Nutcracker at the high school. Lilly LOVED it! She sat through about 2 hours and then fell asleep. She loves ballet!

That same day Gus flew in and met up with us in Rexburg. We were so excited to be with him again!

The next day it snowed and snowed. Lilly helped Gus shovel the driveway. 

Lilly getting ready to throw a snowball at me

That night we had a family party at my Aunt Gina's house. We had dinner and chatted. Then Santa came with a bag for of gifts for all the kids. Lilly was totally freaked out. Santa sat down and started pulling out bags for each of the kids. Lilly held her hands over her ears because she was so nervous for her name to be called. Of course she was the last one to be called! It was so funny!

Lilly is very lucky to have 2 great-grandmas on my side to visit when we go to Rexburg. She loves them both so much and we made sure to visit them as much as we could.

Every morning and night Lilly would beg my dad to take her to feed the goats. She loved spending time with her grandpa. 

On the 22nd, before we left to go back to Utah for Christmas we had my parents open their presents from us. We got my dad a rice cooker and my mom a cute pair of black boots. We let Lilly get everybody something at the dollar store. She gave my dad a box cutter and my mom some dish rags.

We always have such a fun time when we go to Rexburg! It was wonderful to spend so much time with my family.

Christmas Break: Part 1

On December 5th, Lilly and I boarded a plane for Utah for our extended Christmas break. Now, Lilly has flown plenty of times and has never been motion sick, but this time was different. For the first 2 hours she watched videos on my ipod, colored in her Strawberry Shortcake coloring book, and played with play dough. The second 2 hours were VERY different. She started to tell me that her tummy hurt, so we got out the barf bags. She threw up about 7 times over the next 2 hours.

When we landed I just wanted to get off that plane as soon as possible. We were sitting at the front, so when the plane landed I jumped out of my seat to get our bags down and make a run for it. As I was pulling our 2 carry on bags down, I looked over to see Lilly move her sick bag away from her mouth and throw up all over the seat and floor where we were sitting. A kind old man behind me grabbed a cheap Delta blanket and threw it over the seat so it would be easier to clean up. I sat back down and waited until everyone got off and then drug Lilly off the plane and on to safety.

We spent the next 4 days in Utah at Gus's parents house. Lilly played with the Henshaw cousins and the McEwan cousins. She couldn't get enough of all those kids.  She also loved playing with her Grandma and Grandpa Henshaw and Aunt Emo.

Lilly loved the "putting dice on each other's face" game

I shopped, hung out with Megan, and went to lunch with my friends Rachel and Natalie.

On Monday, Susan and Vernon took Me, Lilly, and Emo to the lights at Thanksgiving Point. Lilly had a great time hanging out the car window and looking at all the lights.

On Tuesday night, we went to the "This is the Place" Park with Gus's family. It was really fun to walk through the pioneer houses, make fun little crafts, ride the train, and see the reindeer. At the end the kids were able to sit on Santa's lap. Lilly didn't want to but stood next to him and told him that she wanted a new iPad for Christmas.

On Wednesday, we went to the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum with Megan and her kids. It was so fun! Lilly loved digging in the sand.

On the 9th my dad picked me and Lilly up and drove us to Rexburg, and the next day Megan, Mike, and the kids joined us.