Friday the Twelveth

Friday morning I pulled off some fancy hair for both girls.  Then I bathed Ryan and fluffed his curls a bit.  That poor little baby boy of mine.....Friday night was our ward social.  I took that delicious caprese salad, and it was gone minutes later.  Austin and I posed in the photo booth and laughed the night away.  Home again, and I curled up with my ukulele and perfected-ish a new song.

Maddie's Stitches

Maddie was running to the bus stop and tripped.  The result was a three stitches and a couple of black eyes.  Luckily Austin and his team made it all better.  She shed no tears the entire time -- I was the only one who cried.

Maddie the Monkey

Maddie spends Monday hanging like a monkey in silks.  She is a sweet little acrobat.

Bike Rides

Nick loves biking.  We three headed off on the Bill Gray Trail for the perfect adventure in the 70* winter sunshine.

Pinkies

I have no idea how that little boy puts up with his big brother.  Seriously.

SNOW!

Winter came for a day!  Huge snowflakes fell and covered our yard.  We stayed snug reading books under blankets all morning.  The snow was mostly melted by the time the kids got home, but Maisie managed to make a snowman.

Chicken Point

We love hiking.  Grandpa and Grandma B. came up for the weekend just to hike.  We spent a brilliant Saturday together.  The best perk was that Austin spoke and sang in ward conference, and they got to hear that as well.  Then Sunday night we sat around their feet and listened to the stories of their childhood.

Together is really the best place to be.

Laundry and Lullabies

These two help me with at least 14 loads of lanudry eack week.  They love watching the water pour in.  I love watching them.  (I really don't think Eddie's buns could be any smaller.)


One evening on his way to bed, Eddie asked if he could rock the baby.  Eddie sang Ryan a sweet lullaby, and Ryan sat still and closed his eyes.  There is only three pounds difference in weight, but neither seemed to notice.

And we play a lot of BINGO.

We also play lots of hide and seek.  I especially loved Eddie's finger poking through the hole.  Confession: I couldn't help but bite it.

And we spend many morning on our swings -- our friend was loving her swing as well.