Temple Trip

Last weekend, we tried to take advantage of the ward temple trip, but the session we wanted to get in was full. Luckily, there was room in the Friday night session, and thanks to the kindness of Nonnie and Dan we had a place nearby to spend the night.

My Mom was nice enough to come over to help watch Sydney, then spent the night too since she had to work the next day. She said Sydney was good (especially since she was occupied for a full 20 minutes eating cake and ice cream), and she laughed when Sydney tattled that James was "on his feet on the couch!!" since the rule at our house is to sit on her knees or bum. It was nice to stay up late talking and not having to worry about waking up early on Saturday morning.

We had fun playing with cousins, chatting, and, as can always be expected

with Dan around, went to a yummy place for lunch. Before we left on Saturday afternoon, I really wanted to take Sydney over to the temple so she could see it first hand. She's seen tons of pictures, including our wedding pictures, and frequently says, "I see the temple!" when we drive by some of the larger churches around town. So even though she was ready for a nap, we made the effort to let her see a temple in real life.

When we got into the parking lot and told her we were at the temple, she said, "You gonna get married Mommy?" I thought that was really cute.

Not the best picture of us since the sun was in our faces, but check out that blue sky!

This picture makes me smile. I sure love this little girl.

Spencer was trying to be all artsy fartsy with the camera, and I thought this picture came out really nice.

I didn't have to work on Monday since it was President's day, so we slept in and drove Spencer to school. When we walked outside, everything was totally covered in ice.

Thank goodness we parked our car in the garage. Our poor neighbor Trent was scraping his car for like 30 minutes that morning!

Thank Goodness for Spray 'N Wash!

Sydney went through six pairs of pants today. SIX!! That's totally a record for us (thank goodness- I feel like she goes through clothes super fast as it is!). Here's how it happened:

Pair #1: With freakishly warm temperatures for February, we spent quite a bit of time outside today. After an early prenatal appointment, we took Spencer to school, came home and fished Sydney's bike out of the deep recesses of our garage, then went to see if Addie and Macie wanted to play. I, unfortunately, didn't think to change her footwear from her favorite black dress shoes into her rain boots. The result was mud all over the back of her jeans and her knees.

Pair #2: I put a new pair of pants on her when the girls got too cold and we went into the Barnum's house to play. When Sydney was riding her bike home, she ran over some dog poo. Then she got off of her bike and got it all over her pant leg. Sick.

Pair #3: After we ate lunch, we went upstairs to play. She was sitting on her princess chair, then told me she had to go potty. Turns out she had already peed her pants.

Pair #4: Shortly after Sydney woke up from her nap, we went outside to play some more (cause how can you stay inside when it's 60 degrees outside in the middle of winter?). This time I put on her boots and tried to tuck her pants into them, but she was still all muddy when we came in to make dinner.

Pair #5: She had to go to time out during dinner because she kept standing up in her chair after about 8,239,482 warnings to sit on her knees or bum. This is a big rule for us since she's fallen out of her chair several times in the past few days because she was standing up. After 1 minute in time out, she told me she needed to go potty. I was busy cleaning up the table and told her to wait just a second. Then she peed her pants again.

Pair #6: Lasted the rest of the night until it was time to put on pj's!! Wohoo!!

Happy Valentine's Day (and more)...

Our Valentine's Day this year consisted of work/school (blah), dinner at home, Family Home Evening about the Creation, getting treats in Valentine's mailboxes, and delivering Valentine's to our neighbors.

Sydney was really excited about her treats. I asked her to hold up her treats for the picture, but instead she held up her arm. She has been cracking us up lately with her singing, funny comments, and occasionally using our first names (e.g. "Spence, stop kicking the ball!").

Since I've been a terrible blogger lately, I thought I'd throw in this picture to show Syd all ready to go out in the snow to help Daddy shovel.

We've had quite a bit of snow in the past few months- I've had 4 snow days off from school so far! Luckily, this week has been a bit warmer and some of the snow is melting. I'm sure another storm will come along to replace it, but it's nice to have a break from the really, really, ridiculously cold weather.

Something else we're looking forward to:

Finding out if baby #2 is a boy or girl. Our families have known since around Christmastime, and I recently announced it at church, work, and on Facebook. I'm 16 weeks along and have an appointment this week, so I'm expecting to schedule the "big" ultrasound sometime in the next few weeks!