Mom's Birthday, Valentine's Day, and More February Fun

Jack's Fieldtrip to the Fire Station!

Mom's Birthday

Lily at her favorite store, Trader Joes.

 Enjoying the nice weather !

Valentine's Party with some friends from the ward.

(Lily eating the frosting from her cookies with a spoon).

Gilbert Temple Open House!

No more training wheels!!

Valentine's Date

Ashley and I ~ Mason's Baby Blessing

Day Trip Jerome, AZ:  Old Mining Ghost Town

An old jail that remained fairly intact after sliding down the side of a hill during a landslide !

John standing above a mining shaft deeper than the Empire State Bldg is tall !

Very scary.

January Stuff

Just looking back at the past few weeks, I've realized we've had a really fun month !

Jack started the new year off learning a new form of artwork :  Graffiti. 

We decided to nip that habit in the bud.
Wouldn't want those chalk sticks turning into spray paint. 

 Cause, ya know. Every little gangster starts somewhere.

I just thought this is so cute . . . Lily playing Wii boxing with Jack. 

MLK Holiday: Hiking the Whitetank Waterfall trail. 

These lil troopers did awesome on their first two mile hike !

(That big rock behind us has petroglyphs from the Hohokams)

Lily started her "We Can Dance TWO" class this month, and she's loving every minute of it !  :)

Jack started a Hip Hop class this month. He gets right in there and bust out the moves !

 Jack has started reading the Bob Books. We're so proud of this awesome little reader !

California Vacation

We had a chance to visit Legoland in Carlsbad, CA this Christmas Break. I will say this, Jack LOVED it . . . We made the mistake of putting Lily on a roller coaster first thing when we got to the park. We didn't really think twice about it as we got in line, I mean, she's our crazy-daring kid so it just seemed like the right thing to do.  Needless to say, it took some convincing to Miss Lily on each ride for the rest of the day. Poor kid. She was a great sport though :) 

Here are some pics from our trip !

The Pit Stop 

A popular restaurant in Carlsbad that did not disappoint!

A very nice lady took this lil beaut for us . . .

Volvo XC90 made completely out of Legos (minus the wheels of course)

Jack and Lily on a train ride together . 

                                     

Jack at "Driving School"

                                      

This is impressive . . . 

This is Luke Skywalkers X-Wing made completely out of legos. Made from 5.3 million legos and it took a team of about 23 men three months to build !

Posing with Mr. Lego Skywalker himself. 

Out to lunch with Uncle Kyler and Aunt Whit-wee !

Our New Year's Celebration!

Jack and Jax (Whitney's sister's lil guy) painting and eating pizza !

During our New Year party, Lily climbed up onto Uncle Kyler to get all snuggly. Lily didn't end up making it until midnight, she fell asleep right there on Kyler. I think they both enjoyed that moment very much.   :)

It was about 70 degrees outside so we got to enjoy a nice evening at the beach. The boys played baseball in the sand and Lily just loved digging in the sand and splashing in the water. It was all fun and games until the sun went down and everyone was soaking wet !

 We love you all and wish you the best in the New Year!