Treats to Eat

This little Henry absolutely LOVES yogurt. If I cant get him to eat anything else, I can always count on at least getting some yogurt into his belly. I even dilute it with plain yogurt so it's not so sugary and he still loves it!

And, yes, it always ends in a mess at least this big.
 

My mom gave Shane some awesome Star Wars ship pancake molds for Christmas. They ended up making really great (and huge) cookie cutters too!

Kenzie rolled out this section of dough, cut her ship out and peeled off the surrounding dough all by herself.

Yes, she did pour that entire bottle of pink sprinkles on that one cookie.

Kenzie is my little kitchen helper. She absolutely loves to help me prepare any meal but treats are especially fun, of course!

Andrew

Andrew came home from his mission in the second week of January. The kids and I made a trip to California to greet him home.

Spinning in circles in the airport while waiting for Andrew

Katie made these awesome shirts for all the nieces and nephews. Henry's and Matthew's shirts accidentally got put on backwards, but the rest of them say "Uncle" :)

Our fist sight of the returned missionary coming down the escalator!

In celebration of his homecoming, our whole family went to Disneyland. We had a blast! We had so much fun that this is the only picture I was able to get all day long.

Kenzie absolutely loves Minnie Mouse :)

Little Mattew

Cousin lovin'

We tried to get a group shot of all the cousins but my kids kind of made it difficult...

My lovely family!

And my crazy family!

Break

And by break, I mean Christmas break :)

Henry and Makenzie love to pull each other around in this little wagon. I just love it when they play together.

Kenzie and her friend Willy

I tried desperately to get a good, frame-able picture of these two together, but Henry was just not having it that day. It's okay because I kind of love this picture that I got instead :)

Taking her animals, baby, and sippy to bed with her. Her arms are usually full like this when getting into bed.

This is a picture of Kenzie on her first day of primary at church. I cant believe this little girl has graduated from nursery and that I have a little Sunbeam now! I sobbed when I dropped her off at the primary room. I am going to be an absolute wreck when the day comes to drop her off at school.

You cant tell super well from the picture, but her head isn't even on the mattress. It's completely hanging off the bed. She always sleeps in the most comfy positions :)

Almost every night before Makenzie goes to bed, she gets a little daddy time with Shane playing Star Wars legos. She absolutely loves this time with her dad and begs to play Star Wars legos with him every day. It is really fun to hear them playing and using their imaginations with each other.

Kenzie and I went on a little mommy-daughter date to go ice skating. Makenzie had a blast learning to maneuver those skates on the ice. It was really fun for me to see her experience something so new and exciting to her.

Henry is my little snuggler and he still loves to be wrapped up in a blanket. Shane tucked this blanket around him to see how long he would stay on that couch and Henry did not disappoint us. He was totally content snuggled up in his blanket on that couch for the longest time before he finally decided to get up and play.

Random

So these pictures don't exactly go together but... who cares?!

 

Here are, basically, the only two pictures I took during Thanksgiving. Steve just sent me a couple CD's of pictures he took, though, so as soon as I find a way to get them on my computer, I will make a Thanksgiving post :)

Kenzie and Grandpa sat on the stairs and sang "Happy Birthday" to each person in the room. They were pretty cute!

This has been Kenzie's new pose for pictures and I kind of love it.

I saw this ice pattern on one of the windows of our complex and couldn't resist taking a picture. I thought it was so cool!