Within 5 minutes

Packer is such a cute trouble maker.  He likes getting into things.

He's figured out how to open the drawer to the oven and climb in.

So I quickly got a picture before pulling him out.

As soon as I got him out, he went over to the dishwasher, opened the door and climb into that!

All this, within 5 minutes!

And the other day, I caught him pushing my electric hand mixer around in the stroller!  That boy!  Never a dull moment here.

I sure love him!

Ice Castle

We went the Ice Castle in Midway with Grandpa and Grandma Thomson and Aunt Jenny.

We went on the last day they were open and the line to get in was huge!

Luckily, there were a few things going on while waiting...

like Anna and Elsa from Frozen!

Aliyah was excited!  Hailey was nervous.

After hours of waiting in the cold - we finally got in!

It was neat, but it was crowded.

Beautiful ice!

It was amazing

The kids were troopers, but they were tired and cold

So I had to include these pictures to show how accurate things were towards the end

Jeff and I 

And one last picture before heading out - Grandpa, Grandma, and Jenny laughing at the situation -

Packer asleep, Hailey not wanting to look, and Aliyah's red eyes from crying because she wanted to see Elsa again.

Next time we are not going on their closing night!

It was beautiful though!

Thanks Thomsons for helping with the kids that night!

Sledding at East Canyon

We went to East Canyon and we were excited to find snow to sled in!

We found a little hill that was perfect for us.

Packer was still not feeling very good, so he and Daddy stayed inside.

Grandpa and Aliyah ready to go down the hill.

Aliyah loved sledding -and would even go down by herself!

Uncle Mark and Owen

Grandma and Owen

Aliyah and Vanessa

Aunt "Kimby" and Hailey made a snowman

And Hailey loved eating the snow!

Grandma and Aunt Laura going down the hill

And after their record breaking "going the farthest" ride

Grandma and Hailey

Grandpa recording our ride down

Aunt Laura, Hailey and Grandma helping

Aliyah and Aunt Kimberly with Grandma

Then the guys had a snowball throwing contest

Aliyah, Vanessa, and Aunt Kimberly

We had a lot of fun sledding!

Valentine's Ball

We were all excited for Valentine's Day - it meant it was time to dress up for our Valentine's Day Ball!

We had a yummy dinner before we got all dressed up.

The girls all dressed up with their dresses, crowns, shoes, jewelry, and even makeup. 

This year they wanted to dance with flower bouquets.

Then we took pictures

Our "chandelier"

More pictures while Daddy was getting the music ready.

The princesses with their Handsome Daddy!

Hailey wanted to take a picture of Jeff and me :)

Then it was Aliyah's turn - a little clearer and she got our heads :)

After some fun dancing to Frozen music...they got to open their Valentines presents

And poor Packer! He had his 1yr checkup and his immunizations done that morning.

So between that and teething he was not feeling the best that night.  He ended up snuggling and falling asleep.  We let him sleep that night.  We missed him at our Valentine's Day Ball, but he got up in time to open his present and was awake for the Valentine's Man.

The girls loved running to the door every time they heard the doorbell to see what surprises the Valentine's Man left them.  Thanks Valentine's Man!

Then we had our dessert.  Aliyah had helped me earlier that day dip strawberries, cherries, and orange slices in white chocolate.  She was excited for us to try them.  Yum!

Packer with his sucker from the Valentine's Man.

(Notice the band-aids - poor guy!)

Yummy desserts!

We had a great Valentine's Day and we can't wait for next years!