Snow fun!

The last several weeks we have had snow storm after snow storm after snow storm and they aren't little ones either...we've gotten at least five inches, usually more, with each one. As you can tell, the snow is piling up. We've got bets going on how long it will take to melt this spring.We have had lots of fun outside lately too. Today I made some slides in the snow mounds next to the driveway and Annicka has been getting a kick out of them.


Annicka was "iceskating" on the trampoline here. That's what she said.
And we finally were able to get Park into a forward facing carseat. Yes, he's 14 months now and barely hitting 20 pounds. If we wait until he's 22 pounds, it's not going to be until he is at least two. He loves it though!

Let it snow/the dentist

Sunday night we came home from my brothers and it was clear as a bell, we woke up yesterday morning to this. A good seven or eight inches on the ground. Since Scott is out of town this week I had the joy of shoveling the driveway.
Annicka has been doing some crazy things lately. A few days ago she came up to me with this hairdo. Stylish, don't you think? She is definitely going to be a trend setter.
Today I took the kids to the dentist for the first time. Here they are showing off their pearly whites. Annicka did great too. She was a little nervous at first, but having grandma there helped (Scott's mom is their office manager)...okay, and the fact that they had a TV on the ceiling that she could watch cartoons on. She even let them take X-rays of her teeth, which the dentist said most kids her age won't do, they usually can't hold still that long. No cavities either! Which is something I hope will be how it always is. When I was a kid I had cavities every time we went. In fact I thought it was regular to set an appointment for two weeks after your checkup.
What an adorable little man! Can you see the eczema this kid has on his face? Poor guy...I'm open to any suggestions.
Gotta get a shot of the upper teeth too, right?

Love birds?

I think we have a couple of little love birds on our hands. This arm around Annicka is happening with increasing frequency. They were watching "Toy Story" together here. Sam's dad, Adam, has told us of a few times it's happened at their house too.
The other day Annicka came up to me with this hat on...it's one Scott used to take snowboarding. I think we might have a little thug on our hands too.

For those of you who have been reading our blog from the beginning you'll remember that last year Scott, wrote "I <3 Karin" on our trampoline with the first snow of the year and I posted it. Well, this isn't the first snow of the year, but I wanted to do this for Scott. I know this might make some of you puke (mostly BJ) but I want EVERYONE to know how much I love Scott.
You are the best thing that has EVER happened to me. I mean it. You are incredibly patient and understanding with me. You are an amazing father. THANK YOU for sharing your life with me! I LOVE YOU!

Happy New Year, Happy Birthday, Scott and finally Happy End of the Holidays!

Well, Happy New Year, I know we're a little late on that. Happy Birthday, Scott(yesterday) and with Scott's birthday comes an official end to the holidays for us. With both kid's birthdays and Thanksgiving in November, my birthday and Christmas in December and Scott's Birthday and New Years in January the last three months have been CRAZY! The break will be nice. This morning we got 6+ inches of new snow and Summer (our next door neighbor) and I decided it was time that we made a snowman! The snow packed very nicely, but wouldn't stick to the ball if we rolled it and so it turns out that we had to pack up a pile of snow.

Here is Annicka and Sam with our snowman...we later found some old Christmas tree branches that made great wings to make it an angel.

One more funny little blip, Annicka is now calling me by my first name. It's still "mommy" some of the time, but most of the time it's, "Karin, I'm really hungry!" Or something similar.

Christmas

Christmas was pretty low-key for us, especially after the crazy week we had before. Christmas eve we made a gingerbread house (gotta love the pre-package houses that have everything you need in them!). I did the icing and Annicka put on the candy. We had a lot of fun. For dinner that night we went to Chili's and left a big tip for the server. That's kind of a tradition that we have going. My sister Maureen came and spent the night and watched us open presents. We have video of that, but no pictures, it was too crazy. Annicka was really excited this year too. She woke up really excited to open presents and when we told her we had to eat breakfast first she had a melt down. Park on the other hand had no idea how to open the presents. He was excited when we got them open, but the opening didn't register. I think it is safe to say also, that Park is finally an official walker. He's been able to walk, but chose not to for a long time. On Christmas eve he spent a good 45 minutes walking back and forth between our couches and ever since, walks practically everywhere.


These pictures are the ones we took right before my brother's wedding reception.

Happy Birthday to me! (tomorrow)

Well, tomorrow is my birthday, but Scott took me out tonight because we'll be spending tomorrow at my dad's and at our ward Christmas party. We had a blast too! He took me rock climbing and shopping. I used to go rock climbing all the time in high school but I haven't gone since we've been married and so this was a great treat for me.

Scott took off from work at 3:30 and we were off by 4:15 and in Provo at The Quarry by 5. We climbed for an hour and fifteen minutes and then we decided to get something to eat. We went for Crappe Rio as Scott calls it, though he loves it as much as I do. It hit the spot, I love their Pork. Then we went to Kohl's so that I could spend a gift card and some money I had gotten from my mom and step-dad. I've decided I love Kohl's clearance racks...I was able to get four tops and five pairs of pants all for about $115. It felt good to get some new pants too, all of mine have gotten way too big. For some reason after I had Park I lost a bunch of weight. In fact, for the first time in my life I bought size six pants. AWESOME!


This is my favorite shot! Remember that picture from this summer, Scott? It's payback time!