Valentine's Day

What is Valentines Day without some fabulous sugar cookies??  Caleb was so cute & concentrated really hard while decorating his cookies.  Each cookie had 5 conversation hearts & they had to be color coordinated for each cookie.  Five hearts because he is 5 years old.  Same color....um...probably some OCD that got passed on from my Hunsaker gene.

I got each of the kids a little Valentine.

Taylor & Rylee love to have drinks with straws - but they always take the straw out & make a mess.  These fabulous little cups have a hard plastic curly straw inside so that it can't be pulled out.  Boo yah!  They love them.

I am a terrible mother & didn't plan a cutsie themed dinner (we did have heart shaped mini pizzas for lunch though).  Caleb assisted in making his own Top Ramen for dinner.  He was happy.  Casey was sick & stayed home from work - so we got delicious Maddox Fried Chicken & a banana creme pie.  It was wonderful.

Not only did the kids get awesome new water cups - they also got new pajamas.  This is the best picture I could get out of 6.  If this is the best - you can just imagine what the others looked like.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Brithday Girls!

How do they grow so fast?!  We went from this....

 to this....

to this in a blink of an eye!  (Something interesting that I just noticed about these photos - Taylor is always on the left & Rylee is always on the right.  Think I can keep that up for the next 16 years??)

I made a fun collage of their cute little lives from the past two years.

Their cake was a total team effort this year.  I get so stressed out when I do things.  I made Casey sit at the counter while I made it & when I got to the purple layer & I had mini meltdown, so Casey frosted the purple & stacked the cake.  The piping was me & the pink layer was me.  I know it looks amateur - but it was made with A LOT of love.

I wonder what they wished for? I hope they wished for their mom to be skinnier!! :)

Taylor had an obsession with having the plastic fork in her mouth.

Rylee enjoyed the ice cream more than the cake.

Taylor & Rylee love to play on the kindle.  Here they are showing Dylan how they can draw their shapes.  This is the only aspect in the twins day to day routine where Taylor is in charge. 

 They both got a baby doll for their birthday this year & they love them. 

 Angela got them strollers & they haven't stopped pushing them around the house.  Here is Taylor..... 

& here is Rylee.

 Taylor LOVES to be cuddled.  Here she is with Papa Don,

and then Ashley got a turn.

 They girls got a tea set with "realistic pouring action".  Caleb hasn't stopped playing with this since they got it. 

  Great Grandma & Grandpa Hunsaker gave the girls pop up toys - they even got Caleb one!  They are NOISY.  I am excited to take them outside this summer & follow them as they push them down the sidewalk.   

 Ashley gave the girls some cool bath crayons.  They love them!  Something sad about this picture...I'm not 100% sure who is in front :( 

 Colby & Tamara's family gave the girls cute paper dolls with magnets on the back.  They played with them for quite a while tonight! 

Promontory FUN

This year we have seen SO MUCH SNOW!  Even right this second - it is snowing.  I am grateful that I don't have to drive in it & I am grateful for the moisture - but spring can start NOW.

 

Last week my family & Angela's family met my dad & Jordon at the prom do enjoy some snowmobiling.  We had to give the dogs some love before we started our fun.

 

Taylor & Rylee loved them.

Griffen & Bandit.

Rylee & Tess.

Jordon is a freaking string bean!  I didn't realize how much taller he was then my dad.  I love my dad's bomber hat.

Caleb really enjoyed this outdoor activity.  It took some convincing to get him to go for a ride, but then he never wanted to stop!  Casey said that Caleb would throw one arm up into the air with a big enthusiastic "WOO HOO!!"

Casey took him for rides, Griffen, Jordon, Angela....he didn't care who was driving he just wanted the snowmobile to be going fast!

Taylor & Rylee spent most of their time in the car watching Finding Nemo.  They got a tiny sleigh ride, but the weren't too keen on the idea.

My dad took Caleb for a little run also.

I let Angela take me for a spin.  I really dislike how freaking cold my face gets!

I don't think I've ever seen Blake have so much freaking fun.  If he wasn't driving a snowmobile, he was on the sleigh being pulled.  I've never seen anyone fall off so many times & just jump right back on.  He was having a blast!

This is Blake driving Griffen.

Taylor touched the snow & hated that it was on her finger.  It was funny.

The uni-bomber came to snuggle with Rylee.  She was at the beginning of a cold - so she wasn't feel her best.

I told Jordon that his legs look fat in this picture.  Is that really even possible?

Do you see the patch of fog off to the right?  That is what we were in.  We thought that it was just a nasty, foggy day.  But as soon as we came up a little hill, there was beautiful blue sky.

Hardware Ranch

We drove up to Hardware Ranch on Saturday to see the elk.  We met Casey's parents, his brother Shelby & his son Shayden there.  It was around 40 degrees...no wind...hardly a cloud in sight...it was a gorgeous day. 

We were first in line for the next sleigh!!

 This was the biggest bull that we saw grazing.  Not huge - but not super shabby.  I know Casey would shoot it. :)

The girls were funny.  When the sleigh would stop they would both scream "GO!!!"  and then cry.  I'm that person.  The crazy person that takes her (almost) 2 year old twins out in public & they cry & make it so others can't hear things (like the tour guide).  I hate that person!  I hope this phase passes quickly.   Extreme close up of Caleb on the sleigh. He thought it was a fun time. 

 Caleb & Shayden played in the snow after our little tailgate lunch.  They were cute.  I asked Caleb what he was doing in this picture & he was protecting the snow fort.  Cute imagination.

I asked them to look at me & smile....I'm assuming that sun was in their eyes.  Either that or I looked hideous!

 Here is a cute picture of Shelby & Shayden.  The sky looks amazing!

 Brad & Mona were so nice & bought our sleigh ride tickets & provided us with a yummy lunch.