February Brithdays at my parents

Sunday, February 19th, 2023

We headed to my parents for Jake and William's birthday.

I met up with my mom on Friday evening so that the kids could have a sleepover with her so Jake and I could celebrate his 35th birthday with no kids.

Jake and I made the cakes Saturday night. It was quite entertaining, because I had a car cake idea for Williams cake, but as always, talking with Jake leads to doing it easier or better. So this car cake was definitely a joint effort. I appreciate his willingness to help me. Then I made a homemade carrot cake for Jake.

William enjoyed getting his gifts. Sarah gave him an egg. My parents gave him that giant truck-which he picked out at Walmart on Saturday while with my mom.

The girls each made a card for Jake. Sydney's had no words and was a "shield" which she thought was hilarious to give to him. And my mom gave him a note saying she was waiting for his gift to come in the mail (which that meant we were going to buy it with the Amazon gift card she gave him so that we could ship it directly to the house.)


Sydney made this sign for Jake and William. It says "Happy Birthday too William and Jake we love you"
Then dad helped her put it up.

Lizzy decorated my parents house with these red ribbons everywhere. It was quite hilarious. She was so proud of her decorations.

Josh came over for five seconds to pick up something from Jake for Lydia. (Can't remember what it was.)

Jake and I chose to give William one of our gifts at my moms house. So this is the one we chose.

My parents gave William a car puzzle.

Sydney's card to Jake.

William got a watch from my parents.

Jake's "gift" from my parents. It says "Pending, coming soon."

 

Sledding

December 30th, 2022

Mom was taking the kids for the weekend and then she was going to bring them down to Blair and Crista's on New Years Eve. We were meeting up at Mountain Dell Golf Course in the canyon like we always do. Mom wanted to take the kids sledding, so we decided that we would just go while we were there. It was a lot of fun. It had started snowing by the time we got there, and then it just kept snowing harder. The kids got soaked by the end.

I kept rolling down the hill instead of sledding.

William kept doing the running start and jumping onto his sled. It was so entertaining. He went the furthest. And he had the last sled ride before we left. I ended up having to walk down the hill and get him because he had such a long walk back and he was super tired, I mean at that point we'd been sledding for an hour. I was able to carry him up part of the mountain, but I got tired so dad took him the last little bit.

The girls had so much fun.

Lizzy's laugh every time she went down the hill was just *chef's kiss*.

Sydney is getting good at sledding. She's starting to get her own style to it. I by that I mean, she prefers our round sleds, so she usually spins down the hill. Lol.

Watching other people sled down the mountain on blowup mattresses or in a sled chain was just hilarious. There were actually a lot of people there.

After we were done sledding, the kids got into my parents suburban, I took off their wet snow pants and coats and boots so they could warm up on the drive to Heber, and I got in my van and we drove seperate directions into the Canyon.