Valentine Treats

Libby, Mallory and Elisabeth are all taking a dance class together every Thursday evening so Kristin comes and spends the day at Mom and Dad's with the girls and Elisabeth comes over too. (I'll post pictures of their dance class later, maybe even a video so you can see how cute they are.) Grandma usually has fun activities planned for the girls while they're here. The Thursday before Valentine's Day the girls and I made special Valentine rice krispie treats. We added red hot candies and the girls had a lot of fun molding the treats into fun shapes. They were so proud of themselves. Here is a picture of the girls with their creations.

Mallory, Libby, Ellie

Dorian's Birthday

In celebration of Dorian's birthday we of course had a party. Do we ever pass up an opportunity for a party? I say NO we don't! We first went to Bangkok Grill in Orem, our favorite Thai food restaurant. They have the best Massaman Curry and Tom Ka Gai Soup ever...really, you should go try it if you haven't. Anyway...after dinner we went to Lisa's for games, cake and ice cream. I was in charge of games and I brought a game we used to play when I was a kid. It's the one where you pack a cup of flour, turn it upside down on the counter, put a coin on top then take turns cutting away the flour. Whoever makes the coin fall has to pick it up with their teeth. Leandro and I were the unlucky ones who made the coin fall and then had to search for and pick it up. It's harder than it sounds. When the coin falls it gets buried in the flour so it's hard to find and I was laughing and kept inhaling the flour and generally making a mess. We played a couple other games too and had a really fun time.

Make a wish!

Cheese!
Thanks for holding my hair back Bethany.

I should have worn a bib.

Find that coin Leandro!

I Love to See the Temple

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the Draper Temple Open House. The whole temple is exquisite but I think my favorite room is the one with the mural of the mountain scene. It looks just like the Utah mountains with the Aspen trees and a stream flowing down into a lake. We are so blessed to have so many temples nearby.

Kathleen, Dorian, Bethany and Leandro