J is for...

 

Kabrees surprise for Jeff

The picture is actually Kabree and Keagan

    Kabree learned the letter J in preschool and at the dinner table we were talking about everyone we knew that's names started with the letter J.  Zach says "Jeff" and Kabree immediatly says "we need to take Jeff treats...I know lets make him jelly cookies because his name is Jeff!".  Kabree was so excited and planned the whole thing.  She wanted to write him a letter, draw him a picture and surprise him with a treat.  Kabree had me write the letter on a paper so she could see how to spell everything when she wrote it.  She was very strict about how the whole thing was to go down.  She knocked on the door and then ran and hid around the corner so she could jump out and yell surprise!  Jeff was a great sport about it and made Kabree's day by putting her letter on the fridge!

Pamper Day

Grandma Sally and Kabree 

Keagan didn't want left out 

Grandpa Gary played with KeaKea 

Grandmas turn to be pampered 

The final results

    Kabree and Grandma Sally decided they would have a pamper day.  Grandma Sally put Kabrees hair in curlers and Kabree painted Grandmas nails.  Keagan felt a little left out so Grandpa helped put a couple curlers in her hair too!  Kabree had so much fun and LOVES that Grandma Sally is always letting her paint her nails.

Hot Tub Time!

 Hanna, Kabree, Justice and Keagan 

Kabree and Hanna 

Keagan just wanted to put her feet in

Keagan kept saying "ooooooohhhhhhhhhh" 

  Heather invited us over for a "Hot tub party!"  We ate yummy tacos, watched How To Train Your Dragon and then played in the hot tub.  Kabree LOVED it!  She was a wild woman with goggles, diving and jumping all over the place, she had a blast!  Heather held Keagan over the edge of the tub and she thought it was pretty funny to kick and splash, she kept saying "ooooohhhhhh...hot, hot" (Heather had turned it down so it wasn't hot but Keagan thought it was funny to say I guess :).  As always we had a great time and look forward to more hot tub fun this winter!

New Years Day!

Shawn and Keagan

Wyatt, Mattie and Kabree

Uncle Shawn showed the kids how to have a "real" snow ball fight

Little did Shawn know when he threw the snowball at Kab,

she had a stick in her hand! 

    What better way to spend New Year's Day then, sleeping in and more family fun!  Mattie and Wyatt came over to Grandpa and Grandma's and played outside with Kabree in the snow.  Keagan watched jealously from the window until Uncle Shawn snatched her up, got her dressed and took her out for a little bit.  Shawn had to join the kids snowball fight and even showed them how to "white wash" each other.  Little did he know when he went to throw a snowball at Kabree that she had just picked up a stick and came around swinging!  Keagan just loved picking up the snow, dusting it off her gloves and doing it again.  The kids would have played all day long if we would have let them, Jessica was sweet enough to let Wyatt stay even longer past his nap time so that Kabree could play with him a little longer.  Keagan was so upset when we made her come in but Grandma's hot chocolate quickly distracted her.  

New Years Eve

Ethan, Libby, Kooper and Hanna 

Kabree, Justice and D 

Kabree and Katie 

Kabree playing minute to win it

JoAnn, Tiffany, Laurie and Elyssa

Elyssa and Tyson 

Zach

 Kooper

Mattie and Hanna 

Haylee, with Darrel photo bombing 

Laurie 

Eric won! 

JoAnn and Albert 

Zach finally got it! 

Larin, Heather, JoAnn and Libby 

 J.T.

Katie and Libby 

Firework watching crew, Justice, Kabree and Tiffany 

Vance and Shay

aka the sickies : (

    We headed to Darrel and Lauries for New Years Eve this year.  As always there was good food, fun games and lots of fun with family!  Laurie asked everyone to bring minute to win it games this year and they were a hit.  Everyone who played had fun and quickly  learned the games weren't as easy as some thought.  The boys shot off some fireworks and most braved the cold, the rest watched from the windows.  It was a great way to ring in the New Year.  2013 made us stronger as a family, renewed our faith in tithing and the gospel, reminded us how lucky we are to live close to family and have great friends, amazing neighbors and two perfectly busy little girls!  So here's to hoping 2014 is just as rewarding and promising as the last!