Handy Man

Scott is amazingly handy. It's one of the reasons I love him so much, and I just think there is something super sexy about a man building things. Our front fence was looking pretty bad so Scott decided to put an entire new one up one day. He pretty much did all the work by himself with a tiny bit of help from Ethen and I. It is perfectly spaced and level. It looks beautiful and I love pulling into the driveway and seeing it every day now.

The Beautiful Finished Project!!!!

Luke Star of the Week

Luke was the star of the week for his Kindergarten class.

Girl hair

I love playing with my girls hair and trying new styles out. I wish I could be as creative with my own hair, but it is harder to do on myself and most of the things I do don't really work on a mama. Here are a few pictures I have taken of some of the things I have done. Sorry lots of them are pretty blurry, but you get the basic idea.

Back Cracking

My brother, John, is in Chiropractic school here in TX and we LOVE having him so close by. Not only is he a fun guy to have around, but he is really good at cracking our backs and necks and anywhere else that may need some adjusting.

Here's Luke enjoying a little adjustment

Happy Birthday to Paisley

Our baby turned 4 on Valentine's Day. It seems hardly possible for her to be this old already. She is our fiesty independent girl and brings so much laughter to our home. Tina and Phoebe made a sweet heart cake that was so big that I was able to save the top layer for her little party with friends.

We went to Build A Bear on her big day and got her a new bear she named Pinky

The party was thrown together at the last minute and only lasted an hour, but they had fun and Paisley was happy (even though I forgot to invite 1 of her church girlfriends). The little girls made cereal necklaces and frosted heart shaped rice krispie treats.

New Tile

Scott found the perfect tile for our kitchen backsplash. It helped to have some family in town when doing this project. It went pretty quickly with Scott and John doing most of the work. The kitchen feels totally new and I love it!

Ethen's Deacon Quorum Initiation

Apparently Ethen thought it was Scott trying to get him up from sleep, but he quickly realized that was not the case. They took him out to IHOP for breakfast

Feeding Ducks on a Cold Day

While Nana was visiting we took an afternoon and went over to Town Lake to feed the ducks. The wind was blowing pretty strong and cold that day, but it felt pretty good in the sun and the ducks seemed to really appreciate our donation. The seagulls even hovered over our heads in swarms. Paisley didn't like that very much. They got too close and look a little scary in such large groups. It was good to get out for a little, even in the cold.

Winter Won't Stop

We came home from our Utah trip and winter just won't stop. It has been unusually cold for Texas and we keep getting snow and ice storms.

Deacon Ordination

Ethen was ordained as a deacon in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on January 16, 2011. We are very proud that he is living worthily to hold the priesthood. My parents were able to be there along with my brother, John, and the Barr family. It was a very special day.

Happy Birthday to Ethen

He is 12! Can't believe it. We had a fun family party with my Mom, Alana, and John and Liz. Thanks to everyone for being here on his big day

Paisley sledding & eating snow

Sledding in Eden

We had some fun in the snow making angels, snow forts, and sledding. This place was named really well, it is a slice of heaven.

Christmas Vacation 2010

A quick stop in to visit with Grandma and the Kilts and make a snowman

We spent the rest of the week with all of my family up in a condo on Powder Mountain. We got a great storm that week and Scott was in heaven with lots of powder to snowboard in. He went out all 5 days, I went 3 and the kids did 3 days as well. Luke only took in one day on the mountain and Paisley had her fill with sledding and hot- tubing. It was a wonderful week together with everyone from the Perriton side being there together once again. It has been over 6 years since we have all been together like that so we were very overdue for a gathering. The cousins love to see eachother and all get along so well. I only wish we lived closer together so we could hang out more often.

The crew of adults at the top (L-R Nathan, Dad, John, Scott, Alana, Brian, me)

Feeding Luke chewy treats on the lift

Luke taking a break for a granola barDad and I (my many layers making me look like a marshmallow)

Phoebe on the trail

Alana and Brian (still acting like newlyweds)

Bergen's at the top

We did take one evening and headed down to Temple Square to see all the pretty Christmas lights up. It was freezing, but we were able to duck into a building every now and then to warm up a little. We also picked up Grandma Bergen who is serving a mission there and she was able to join us for the evening.