Wow, it's been a minute since I've written. There are so many things I want to remember, but there are also so many things going on that keep me busy! So I'm going to write things down as best I can.
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Christmas church day! I actually really enjoyed this Sacrament Meeting. David and I did a musical number, but I didn't have to direct the choir in any songs! (thank you Covid...I guess? I don't really love being choir director - I'm more of a behind the scenes type person) But look how cute these girlies are!
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Mia sometimes has trouble giving me a natural smile for the camera. But I thought this one actually turned out pretty cute!
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Ava does not have trouble smiling for the camera. She has the opposite problem where she goes super cheesy. But this was also a pretty cute picture!
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I love my little babies!
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I appreciate very much that Asher will actually give me a good smile almost every time I take a picture!
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Decorating sugar cookies on Christmas Eve! Someday I'll think ahead and make the cookies the day before to cut down a little on the craziness. I love this tradition mainly because I love baking with my kids. It was a semi-late night for me after this, but all totally worth it!
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It's hard to get them all to smile and look at me on Christmas morning. But they were all so excited! Our Christmas is nothing to brag about, but it's fun and the kids all had a great time.
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Seriously, so hard to get them to smile.
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Mia has worn this dress about 75 times since Christmas. It was a good purchase, IMO, as it was a clearance dress at Wal-Mart for $4. It's the dress Anna wears at the end of Frozen 2. And has a cape. And Mia loves it.
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Our house was a mess for a few days...
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A few days after Christmas my mom had all the grand-kids come to her house for an art project! They were painting gnomes. Kind of. Asher wanted to make his gnomes into different characters like Pikachu and a Minecraft Zombie and the girls just wanted to cover their pages in as much paint as they could. But everyone had fun! This was my mom giving instructions.
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Having fun painting!
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Cute little boy.
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After the art project my mom pulled sleds behind her 4-wheeler! And Mia got a little ride in front. I love this picture. ;)
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Millie is a spoiled dog. She hates sleeping on the floor and waits for any opportunity to jump on the couch.
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One of David's private cello students made these for my girls for Christmas! They are so cute and I know were a ton of work to make! They have been played with plenty.
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She also made Asher these cute Star Wars figures.
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One trip we took during the break was to Utah. But for some reason my family is now allergic to Utah because the last 2 trips we have taken there have ended with us leaving early because somebody is puking. And as soon as we get in the car to go home they stop. This time it was Mia. Since we came home early from the trip, I told Asher we would go to a trampoline park as long as no one threw up. No one threw up so we went! Asher was in heaven! That is one of his favorite places to go!
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The girls were old enough this time to enjoy the whole thing. They had a blast!
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This place was made for Ava. Lots of things to do and places to explore!
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We were all exhausted by the time we got home.
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New Years Eve! We have kind of made a tradition of getting party supplies and glow sticks from the dollar store and having a dance party. Which we do at 7:00 because I still want my kids to go to bed. Asher doesn't know yet that staying up until midnight is a thing, and I'm not sure I'm going to be the one to break it to him. But we have so much fun anyways!
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Party time! David doesn't like this picture because he thinks he look mad. But he had that face in all the pictures....so...I guess it's hard to smile when you're blowing on a noise maker!
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They love the glow sticks!
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| On New Years Day I took the kids sledding and they had a blast! We went to an elementary school near us and there was hardly anyone there. We came back a couple days later too. |
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| Asher by far liked sledding the most! The girls liked walking around playing in the snow or on the playground, and Millie liked chasing everyone. |
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| Good start to our new year! |
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| They are ridiculous. |
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| All year Asher has been in school 4 days a week and does Friday online school. We both hate it. Remote learning really strains our relationship. But the girls think it's great and will usually sit right next to him the whole time he's doing anything on the Chromebook! I bribe Asher with snacks to get him through homework. But starting next week they will be full time, 5 days a week! |
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| Since I moved them into this room and their bed are completely separated, I don't usually see this anymore. It was very sweet to find them like this one night! |
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| I'm convinced Millie is the most patient dog in the world. My girls have never been easy on her but she still lets them do whatever they want around her. |
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| I was a little worried that as Ava grew up she would lose a little of her spunky spark. That has not proved to be the case, and I love it! One morning when we were taking Asher to school she insisted on wearing this in the car. And in the gas station after we dropped Asher off. ;) |
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| There is a ballet show on Netflix that Mia loves to watch and sometimes after watching it she wants to watch real ballet. This time she wanted to put shoes on like the ballerinas and yelled out "I need to get my slippers!" and Ava yelled out "I need to get my snow boots!" Mia is such a princess and Ava is such a quirky child and I'm legit going to be sad when I don't get to spend as much time with them! |
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| They love the snow. Ava wanted to bury herself. |
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| Asher wanted to show the girls a big snow hill at his school so one weekend we went and played on the playground and in the snow. They are definitely Idaho children and don't mind the cold! |
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| Slides are Ava's absolute favorite thing. |
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| At the top of the hill! |
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| I was getting the girls ready for a bath and couldn't find Mia. She came out looking like this and said she was hiding under her bed putting on makeup. I had to hide my lipstick and nail polish because she kept opening them and trying to put them on. I need to hide my makeup better I guess. |
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| Asher trying out his cousins hoverboard go cart thing! He was very nervous about trying it (he has a hard time with new things) but he did and I was so proud of him! |
