Life is Good!

Our first Spring Walk

It finally warmed up enough (and the snow melted enough) that we got to go on a beautiful family walk yesterday. I love Spring! The kitties followed us the whole way. We all had such a nice time! Did I mention I LOVE SPRING!?

See, Mamma? Two boys!

That's what Elijah tells me many, many times each day. He loves to play with his little brother. And he loves to narrate each and every activity of his day. He is quite the little talker these days.

How we made it through February...

I don't think we'll have to find so much stuff to entertain us in March. In February, we had to do SOMETHING to survive the rest of winter. So we visited the new beautiful CAL Ranch store in Vernal, which was funded by Grand Valley Bank (the building was funded, not our shopping spree). Other amazing places of interest that you just shouldn't miss if you ever visit the lovely Uintah Basin: IFA, Stewart's Marketplace, and.... okay, that's all.


I'm also doing something new with my hair. Most people at church and stuff say, "Hey you cut your hair!" They don't notice that it's straight. But it's been a fun change for me.

After all the shopping, we spent most of our money on a knee surgery for Abram and a new wood stove. It will be a lot safer and more efficient than the beast of a wood stove that we have in now.

I guess January can be beautiful after all....

We had a very special little visitor today! How beautiful! Does this mean SPRING is here!?!? (I doubt it -- this picture was taken at about 2 o'clock this afternoon, the warmest part of the day. See all the frost?)


Pretty.....

And just because the boys are adorable and growing so fast... here's a picture of them.

Homemade Christmas

Like father, like son: Elijah played a penny whistle for our talent show on Christmas Eve. Such talent.

We decided to do homemade Christmas gifts this year. It was such a success and so much fun! Here McKay and Elijah are modeling their new pajamas (the new dolls have new pajamas, too).

Yeeehaw! Ride 'em cowboy! Elijah has already named the horses. Ready for these unique names? The black one is "Black" and the white one is... yes... "White".

Abram made me this much-needed, much-wanted beautiful thread spool holder.

And he made the boys this slide!! I have to say it again... such talent.

Has it really been a YEAR!?

Happy birthday to McKay! What a milestone: he's walking all over the place, calls for Elijah ("Ya-ya") when he wants his big brother, and is generous with snuggles and smiles. We're so grateful that our family was blessed with such a wonderful little person a year ago. We love you, McKay!