Lucy's Hair Chopped

 Lucy was SO excited to chop her hair off and surprise everyone. I had an appointment scheduled and she really did keep it a secret from all of her family and friends. She was so excited for a big change. 

St. Patrick's Day Fun

 Our plans changed last minute. We had invited the Bleak's (Bryan and Jennie's family) over for St. Patrick's Day dinner but Andie ended up having an important event so we postponed. It ended up being really good that we postponed because we ended up having the stomach flu that went around the family 😳. So happy we didn't pass it on. But we still had fun with our traditional green dinner and treasure hunt. 

Gma and Gpa Bleak Get Home from Hawaii!!

 And just like that they're back! Eighteen months later and they're back from Hawaii. It's great to have them home and now it seems like their mission went quite fast. My mom said that the transition home has been quite easy mostly because they lived in a dump before with no AC, terrible beds, and no dishwasher or kitchen space to cook in...so their mansion in Bountiful has been very comfortable to transition to :). A lot of the people they loved and knew there are also not in Hawaii anymore and so that makes it easier to be home too. They've gotten together with a bunch of missionaries from their mission since they've been home. 

It was fun dressing up in Hawaii clothes and waiting for them at the airport. At least the dressing up made it exciting for my girls. We are excited to have them home and spend more time with them. 

Valentine's LOVE Dinner

 Our annual family love dinner was fun as usual. I really look forward to these fun family dinner traditions to go along with the holidays. It is just a tiny bit more effort than usual dinner but makes it so much more fun and special. 

Nora and Reese had a fabulous time being creative with their valentines boxes. I made the outside form and they painted and decorated and glued and loved the end product. 

Lucy had her Q and U wedding in 1st grade and got to dress up for that. 

One of our favorite traditions is opening our Valentines notes in our envelope. I love all the notes I get from my family. 

These two have become such good friends lately. I love how they interact with each other...of course as I write this they are screaming at each other...and now they are giggling like crazy. They are so fun. 

Lu Lu's 7th Birthday

 

Our spunky girl turned 7 years old on Feb 11th! She had been counting down almost since Christmas. In the morning she opened her gifts and chose to have Sophie's family over for spaghetti and ice cream and cupcakes. I'm not sure if she was more excited for her birthday gifts or for playing with Sophie :). 

Lucy got to bring a show n tell to her class and chose to bring her bunny, Socks. 

For her birthday parent date she decided to go swimming (no surprise there :)) and we ate some food at Cubby's because they had a hot dog for her. This girl LOVES to swim!!! We had a wonderful time spending time with just our Lu Lu. 

A few other things about Lucy...

She LOVES to be social and friends mean a lot to her. She runs around to everyones homes after school finding a friend to play with or I often set up playdates with school friends. She has been taking tumbling now for about 4-5 months and loves to do hand stands ALL DAY LONG. She constantly says "mom! Watch this!" and does a hand stand. She's getting really good at them already. Lucy learned how to ride a bike last month (she mostly learned last summer but now can start and stop by herself). She is full of energy and song and movement and we love her for it!

Snow Hike with Boose

 Why have I lived in Utah all these years and not gone snow hiking before now?? Okay, I have gone snow shoeing ONE time...only once. But winter is so beautiful. I can't believe I am saying that. Let me rephrase that...winter with SNOW is so beautiful. If it's going to be cold, we might as well have snow to make it amazing to look at! This year has been a record breaking year with snow. The resorts have gotten over 400" of snow.

Anyway, Boose and I went snow hiking just close by my home at Battlecreek Falls. I've hiked this place dozens of times with my girls but it was so amazing covered in snow. The waterfall was partially frozen and the river beds too. And of course I love spending time with my sister. I love her so much. 

Lucy Friend Party

 It was Lucy's turn to invite some school friends over for movie night. Lucy had 5 friends Part of the events of the night were decorating flamingo sugar cookies and taking them to their 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Mecham. We love Mrs. Mecham! She is so great and she is obsessed with flamingos :).

Lucy had such a great time with her school friends. She lives for friendship and playing with others!