Clowning Around

My mom watched my girls while Amy and I had a meeting in Logan. My mom found tons of her dress up clothes and I guess the girls played with them whole time. My mom took these pictures of the girls in these clown outfits. They are my 2 older sisters' outfits. If I remember right, my mom made these. I can't believe that Halle left that wig on. What a couple of nooches.

Loungin' With The Mom... and Dad

Daddy's Girls All The Way.

Occasionally, they'll sit with me too. Just teasing, any time either of them are hurt, they want me. These pictures were taken right after Halle slammed her head into the wall and Chloee had tripped on the tile.

These pictures remind me a lot of what we do on Sundays. We usually eat some great meal, because let's face it, Josh is home and he can cook up something amazing. We then all sit on the couch downstairs and watch a movie together all curled up on the couch in blankets.

California Girl

My sister, Annie (far left) was in town from California for a few days. She came up for a birthday present. It was just her and her fat little kiddo, Ian, he's still attached. It was so fun to see her. I picked her up from the airport and I was wearing capris and she had on a winter coat. Big difference in weather. Here we are at the bowling alley. This is Amy's picture and she was taking out the "red eye" in the picture when she accidentally dragged it over my mom's cheek. She couldn't get it to undo and that is why it looks like my mom is wearing camo/army paint on her cheek.

I didn't have my camera there so this is the only other picture I got from Amy. Of course Josh is trying to do something in this picture. My parents took the whole family out to lunch at the Copper Mill and then out bowling. It was so much fun.

The fat little Ian. Oh, he is so cute. I love those big blue eyes and those adorable FAT cheeks. I couldn't stop kissing him and I even made up a song that I would sing to him and he would smile and laugh. By the end of Annie's visit, everyone was singing that song I made up for Ian. They may have been singing it in annnoyance that it was stuck in their head but they were singing it nevertheless. (I don't even know if that makes any sense) Oh well, don't care.

While Annie was here, I took a few pictures of Ian

He has the longest eyelashes and they curl up so far, they practically touch his eyebrows. So cute. We all had so much fun during their visit, the only bad thing was that it was too short. We'll get to see the whole Datwyler family come August. Wahoo!

St. Patrick's Day

I got the girls a present for St. Patty's day. Halle got her shirt and Chloee got that cute little green outfit. It has a hood too, which is her favorite part.

I don't really know what was going on with Halle's hair that day, but those piggy tails are STRAIGHT up in the air.

I think I've posted about 50 pictures like this of her and here I am doing it again. She's just so darn cute.

Kai's Baptism

Amy's son, Kai, was baptized on Saturday, March 5th. About a month before, Amy had me take some pictures of him so that she could have his invitations made. He sure looks handsome.

With his dad's scriptures.

It was so freezing that day. I think it was like 15 degrees outside. I am not joking. He was so cold, he started to cry but I love his face in the picture. At one point, I couldn't even push down the button on my camera to take the picture. It was that cold.

Those were just a few. He looks so cute and all grown up. I can't believe that he is 8.

Boyd (Micheal's dad) baptized Kai and my dad confirmed him. It was a really neat experience... if only Halle would have cooperated so that I could have been in there for the confirmation. That's a joke, I can't believe I even said that. I think over the course of the program, she went out around 8 times.

One proud mother with her son.

Halle laid on the table while Matt just spinned her around and around. She loved it. He did it over and over and she never got sick, just laid there laughing the whole time.

Halle does not let people, men especially, hold her and play with her. The only other people Halle has EVER let play with her and throw her in the air (besides Josh) and she just instantly loves has been, Matt Alleman and our friend Jer. She gets her "daddy fix" from Matt whenever I'm at Amy's when Josh is out of town. He throws her in the air, chases her around and she just wants to sit on this lap. About a week ago, she met our friends Jer and Jen for the first time. She instantly fell in love with Jer and let him throw her in the air and play with her. It's weird to see your child do things you never see happen with other people. It brought tears to my eyes.

Spare No Expense

This is back from Valentine's Day. We weren't able to go out for V-day for a few weeks after. We both decided that we'd "spare no expense". In the 8 years we've been married, we've never just got whatever we wanted on the menu.

We got an appetizer, drinks, dessert and we got whatever we wanted on the menu. Yes, it was my first filet mignon. Oh my, so very delicious. I can still taste the steak melting in my mouth, I hardly had to chew. Yum!

Yes, the bill was expensive. The most we have ever spent on dinner together, but oh it was so good!!!

Amazon Mom

No, not an 8 foot tall mom swinging from vine to vine in the jungle. It's from Amazon.com and it is wonderful. If you go on and subscribe for Amazon Mom, which is free, you get such good deals. If you are an amazon shopper, like myself, this is really a neat thing. You get discounts and free shipping on all "baby/child" things, such as diapers, wipes, etc.

A friend of mine told me about it. Also, you get the "perks" of Amazon Prime. So for the first 3 months everything you buy, child stuff or not, you get the free 2 day delivery. I got killer deals on diapers and wipes when you sign up for the "subscribe and save". The amount shown on there, isn't the actual price, after you put it in your account you get an extra 30% off. The "subscribe and save" is where you set up for it to come every month, 2 months, 3 or 6. So after a month they will just send me another box of diapers and it will come in 2 days. I set my wipes up for a 3 month renewal because I won't go through those nearly as quick as the diapers. The best part, you can cancel whenever you want and you don't have to go the the store anymore, it comes right to your doorstep. Could I sound any more lazy? Probably not.

Another great perk is that for every $25 you spend in a transaction in baby items, an extra month of the free 2 day shipping gets added to your account. You just can't lose.

It's a killer of a deal if anyone is interested. The link is here.