The Circus, Snow and FHE!

We've had a lot of fun so far in February. Our friends the Yelle's invited us to go to the circus with them. Here are some pics from that! Camri loved the the horses, but the elephants were her favorite! She got this hat with the cotton candy. She kept saying," I'm the cat in the hat"! It's too cute!

Our awesome friends, Ryan and Erin. 

This last week we finally got some snow! Camri  woke up and got her snow clothes on immediately and went sledding with our sweet neighbors. We have the perfect sledding hill, and she had a blast! Here is their little "snowman" they made. Obviously without any adult help. :)

Capri wasn't terribly impressed with the cold, wet stuff. She looked pretty miserable while we were outside, but she still didn't want to come in. 

For FHE we had a lesson on Modesty. We thought it was the perfect time since Camri has been looking at swimsuits this week. She fell in love with a darling Hello Kitty two piece, and was heartbroken when we told her she couldn't  get it because her tummy would show. She was upset, but after our lesson and talking about why we're modest she agreed that she needed to find a modest swimsuit (which we did). After the lesson we made Camri's favorite cookies, peanut butter with Hershey's kisses in the middle. Capri obviously loved them.

Happy Valentines Day!

We had a really fun Valentines Day, and hope everyone else did too. 

Well, I woke up to beautiful roses, chocolate and a cute card from my sweet girls and Steve. I was in a festive mood so I made heart shaped pancakes that we topped with strawberries and powdered sugar. The girls LOVED them! I love how simple it is to please children. 

I got the girls matching outfits this year, so of course, I had to get some pics to show off their cuteness. 

Capri wouldn't hold still long enough to get a pic of her outfit, so here is Camri modeling it for us. They matched right down to their twinkle toes. SO cute!

 I just love these girls. 

What We've Been Up To...

For some reason, Steve and I have had the itch to start packing. Problem is, we are not going to move until the end of May, so we need to do other things to keep our minds off our impending move. Here are a few things we've been doing:

FHE: We decided it was time for Camri how to learn to pray properly, giving thanks for our blessings, and then asking for things we need. So we knew our topic that week would be "Prayer". I've also been going through all my old cooking magazines, and getting recipes I like out of them so I can throw the rest out. Well, we stumbled onto a recipe for homemade pretzels and thought that would be a fun treat for FHE. 

 Camri loves to help us in the kitchen, but these were a little tricky for her so Daddy rolled out the dough for her.

 She liked helping me put butter and toppings on the pretzels.

 Here is the finished product of the pepperoni pizza pretzel. Looks pretty good right? WRONG! They were sooo nasty! It didn't stop the girls and Steve from eating them, but I thought they were horrible. 

We were also lucky this month to have Papa Gary come visit us for a day! The girls had a lot of fun playing games and reading books with him. He even showed Camri how to do a puzzle.

Mommy and Camri also went for a date to see Beauty and the Beast in 3D. Camri loved it, but she kept taking her glasses off. I had to put them back on her at least ten times. She had so much fun eating popcorn and other treats. I think she ate the whole time we were there!

The girls have been enjoying Friday movie nights. We take their couches from Papa Steve and get them in their p.j.'s and pop popcorn to watch a movie. They are such sweet sisters. Sometimes you will even find both of them in one couch, snuggling together. Love it!!

I know I'm going to get in trouble with G. G. for this picture. Capri is getting older, and naughtier! So we've been putting her in the corner for punishments. Much to our surprise, she will stay there!  Still, it makes me sad to put her in timeout. She just cries and says, "sorry".

Luckily, she bounces back from her timeout drama pretty quickly.

For Christmas we got Camri "Elefun", and we have been playing that whenever she can talk us into it.

Oh, and on Friday the 13th ( Sounds like a dumb day for surgery, right?) I had my wisdom teeth removed. It was all just fine, I had no problems with the sedation (unless you call shamelessly hitting on my sixty five year old oral surgeon a "problem"), and Steve even got to yank one of them for me. My recovery was amazingly quick, and relatively painless. Lucky!!

It was quite a month, we'll see what February brings!