Valentine's Day & February

February has been quite a fun and busy month! The weather has actually been pretty warm too--between 50s-60s (except this weekend we were surprised with snow). We had such a fun Valentine's Day, we spent the day in a little town called Thermopolis  and went swimming at the hot springs. It also has one of the top rated dinosaur museums in the U.S., we'll have to check that out next time we go back. It was seriously the most perfect weather, we explored the World's Largest Mineral Hot Springs near by (it reminded me of Yellowstone) and enjoyed the beauty of Wyoming.

Here's a look at our Valentine's Day and the month of February....

At the beginning of the month Keith spent a whole week in the mountains doing winter survival training for work. He had a blast, got to play on snow toys all week, and sleep in a cozy hotel at night (no sleeping on the mountain thank goodness).

Wednesday crafts with Emmett and Sophie. They painted and assembled sailboats!

Valentine's floats! We had Emmett for the day while Athena and Sophie were in Denver so we played, went to the mall play place (Carson's favorite) and out to see Big Hero 6.  Athena brought over stuff for Valentine's floats and the boys were in heaven!

Wednesday field trips--a girl in my Ward organizes field trips to places around Casper every Wednesday. This particular Wednesday we went to a train museum in Casper that had all sorts of model trains, tracks, and villages, it was quite a site!

Out to DQ for my friend Kuulei's birthday (she's hiding). Carson had fun with her two kiddos.

Thermopolis.....

They had an indoor and outdoor pool with a hot tub. They also had two outdoor slides and one indoor slide.

This is what we did the majority of the time....catch Carson coming down the slide.

Outdoor pool

Maybe this will be our new Spring Break tradition?! Growing up my Dad would always take our whole family to Givens Hot Springs in Marsing, Idaho over Spring Break. We always looked forward to going and have so many memories there. (Kirk and the dominos, "And I said "Forget it" lady, eating outside when it was so cold, exploring the old train nearby, riding in the back of the old white Toyota pick up, Dad stopping at a fruit stand on the way, apparently almost drowning, buying candy at the store inside-- the long licorice ropes were my favorite.) Good times.

Exploring the mineral springs

Crazy swinging bridge

Beautiful Wyoming

Carson was so excited to put a lock on the bridge like everyone else, make a wish and throw the key in the water. (ours was a combo lock so we can open it next time we go). 

Yesterday we had a going away dinner at Old Chicago for my friend Wendy. I met her in my old ward before we were switched. She's actually married to a guy I knew at Byu-Idaho! Small world. She's moving to California and I'm sure going to miss this funny/sweet girl! (She's the gorgeous blonde in the middle)

We'll miss you Wendy!

I hope March is as exciting as February! I know at the end of the month it will be pretty fun since my brother and his family and my sis are visiting!

This guy...

Little Man is 4!!

Little C turned four on the 29th!! I say this every year but I still can't believe how old he is getting. It truly is bittersweet to see him grow, he amazes me everyday with his smarts and personality, although he can be Carson Crazy sometimes we sure love him to pieces.

We celebrated his birthday with strawberry pancakes, jumping, jumping and more jumping at Jump Craze, and lots of pizza, fried chicken, root beer, cake and presents at Pizza Ranch. Seven of his good friends here in Casper came and they sure had a blast. My favorite was seeing Keith and his boss get so worn out from jumping and trying to get out of the foam pits. Hilarious! The evening was spent playing with all of Carson's cool new toys!

Carson and Reagan. We still haven't perfected taking a moving shot without it being blurry.

Keith and his boss trying to get out of the foam pit, this was hilarious!

Keith throwing Emmett into the foam pits

Before--Emmett grabbing onto Keith's leg and pulling him into the pit

After..haha

Two silly boys--Carson and Emmett

Friends and some of their kiddos--Jamie, Julie, Marie, Athena

The "boy" table--Ash, Andrew, Carson, Emmett

Cake Time!

All the kiddos--just missing Kaelyn who had to leave early

Lego Robot!

Opening presents

I constructed this fort for Carson--this was one of his gifts from us.

Carson's pump action shotgun from Keith's boss! haha Gotta love being in WY now.

Happy Birthday Little Man! We sure love you!

January Photos

January has gone by surprisingly fast, it's already the 22nd!! I usually dislike January since it's sooo cold and right after Christmas so there's not a whole lot to look forward too (except Carson's birthday on the 29th), but this January has been quite warm and quite fun! Here are some pics...

Carson's first day in Primary--My little SunBeam!

Lunch and craft day with Emmett, Sophie & Athena--gumdrops and toothpick construction.

Cupcakes and Canvas (art project) at the library

Saturday morning breakfast date with my love at Trailhead Lodge on Casper Mountain.

Family day at Martin's Cove

Late night movie with Emmett & Sophie (and lots of play dates during the day)

Girls night out with my closest friend here in Casper--Athena. Bosco's Italian Restaurant and the movie Unbroken. Complete with lots of candy, popcorn and soda. I'm so lucky we found the place we did because I have the best neighbor!

Another movie date with my little man to see Big Hero 6.

Next week we have a trip to Jackson Hole and then Carson's 4th birthday party on the 29th!! What a month!!

2014

Goodbye 2014........

12. Twelve inches of snow of Christmas

11. Eleven hour drive moving to Casper

10. Ten months of my parents home

9. Nine months of Carson potty trained

8. Eight king sized candy bars on Halloween

7. Seven years of marriage

6. 6th Ward newbies

5. Five months of living in Casper

4. Four hour drive to our temple (Billings)

3. Three years living in Boise

2. Two new nieces-- Baby Emma (January), Baby Ivory (May)

1. One new place we call home.

Hello 2015!! Happy New Year!

Seven guys! Seven!

2007-2014

I'm still in awe every year when December 28th rolls around and we add another year to our marriage. This year it's seven. SEVEN. Please tell me when this happened?! It feels more like three, but then again it feels like we've always known each other and been married---weird. Anyway... in seven years we've

1. Both graduated from BYU-Idaho
2. Lived in Rexburg, ID (2007-2011),
                  Boise, ID (2011-2014)
                  Casper, WY (2014-Present)
3. Moved six different times within Rexburg and Boise combined
4. Had one little man
5. Had nine different jobs (between the two of us)
6. Visited 17 states
7. Owned two cars

And created seven years of memories together....

I wouldn't want anyone else by my side.....Happy Seventh Anniversary Love.

Christmas Week!

This past Christmas week was so fun and magical, especially having a child to enjoy the special day with.

 Tuesday the 23rd Carson went to his buddy Emmett's 5th birthday. It was a police officer themed birthday and Carson is still talking about catching the bad guy, putting him in jail and finding the gold he hid!! He had so much fun and the food was so yummy! We sure love our good friends the Curry's, Casper definitely wouldn't be the same without them.

The gold!

Happy Birthday Emmett!

Playing around with toys in the goody bag

Wednesday--Christmas Eve, we went to work with daddy for a little bit, and did some last minute shopping and preparations for Christmas. We had the yummiest dinner---Philly Cheesesteaks! We ended the night with Home Alone, Holiday Switch, singing Christmas carols and reading about Christ's birth.

"Working with Daddy"

Christmas through the eyes of a child

Christmas Eve---Just the three of us

Christmas morning we woke up to this.....

Yes!! I got my White Christmas!! It snowed all day and into the night on Christmas! I was soooo happpy!!
 After opening stockings we had strawberry and raspberry crepes with orange juice and bacon for breakfast!

Then it was present time!!! This is one of my favorite presents from Keith. He also got me a sapphire ring, perfume, slippers, toasty gloves, amazon gift card, a new wallet, and two movies. 

Keith's brother and sis-in-law got us the picture of Christ. I am so excited to hang these two together!!

Carson's "big" present! A marble run!

Carson's loot---Crazy Sand, Marble Run, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, a Fishing Pole, and Lego Movie. (Lots of games for this boy, he loves games!!)

I got this picture text from Misti on Christmas---"Mom's new ride." My parents are just the cutest! 

Playin' all of Carson's new games!

After opening presents we got ready and headed to a sweet hill in Casper with some friends from our ward and went sledding!!

 Keith was unfortunately on call this week and had an emergency at a site so we had fun driving in a blizzard for six hours to go to the site and back (normally three hours), so we didn't get to have our Christmas dinner that night, but it was still fun taking a trip together in the snow. Oh I just love snow on Christmas!!! So we had our dinner Friday night (last night) and had the Currys over.

This is what my car looked like Christmas night. YES!!!!

Today (Saturday the 27th), we all went out as a family for an early anniversary celebration to  breakfast at our FAVORITE place here in Casper, only the best---Eggingtons.

Love these two of mine.

Pecan french toast---I literally died and went to heaven!! SOOOO good!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and have a happy New Year!!