A Full Weekend and House :)

This weekend was great! Probably one that we won't be able to top for a long time.

On Friday Wes' Mom, Dad and little sister Emily drove up from Arizona to stay with us for the weekend. It was so fun to have them here! We've really missed them.

We had so much fun!

Friday night we went to DISNEY ON ICE!!!

Totally amazing! I'm not sure what else to say besides everyone should try to go to it sometime if they can. If you don't have kids, you should probably borrow someones (with their permission of course) and go. :)

Sadly I didn't take my camera, so no pictures. :(

Then Saturday afternoon we went to the Hogle Zoo for the first time.




I love elephants. They are my favorite animal.
Whenever I go some place new, I try and buy a little one.
I really loved this one.
I told Wes that I wanted one like this in our backyard. Strange and not useful. I know.

***BUT WHAT IF!!!***

It was hollow on the inside and was a little fort, the tail was stairs and the trunk was a slide!!! Now we're talkin!

I fully intend on having one someday, even if it's for the grandkids years from now. :)

Jared loved these guys. Bat Eared Foxes, he loves bats and is mischievous like a fox. Need I say more?

I want one of these. The end.

Not so much one of these.

Novalee and Wes barely survived the lions mouth. :)

Novalee loved the camels. She kept saying, "Awww, their so cute!"

Jared pretending to be a sloth. I kind of think he's pretty fun. :)

Here's the whole gang.

We were so happy to spend time with so much of the Crockett family.

It was such a great weekend!

One is Plenty

Jared and Novalee are watching Nanny McPhee and Jared just asked me. "Mom, if you are married and your wife dies, do you have to get remarried?"

I said, "No you don't have to get married again but you can if you want."
Jared: "But would that mean I would have two wives? Is it better to have just one?"

To avoid confusion I just said, "If your wife dies, it is alright to get married again."

To which he replied, "When I grow up, if my wife dies I'm not going to marry again. I think one wife is plenty enough." :)

Sadie is Six Months

Happy Half Birthday Sadie!

Today I gave her those little fruit puffs for the first time. I love how babies try to grab things and when they are hidden in their palm they totally forget that they are there. :)



Here is another video of her crawling that I took last night. She has gotten so good at it! You once again will hear me talking. Why do I do that? It would have been totally fine without the audio. :)

I Just Couldn't Resist

A $5.00 off coupon came in the mail the other day from Deseret Book. It required no minimum purchase. I technically could walk in and get something under $5.00, up to $5.00 for FREE.

Well I saw a picture frame that I totally wanted for $7.99. I could justify spending $2.99, right?

Well when I got there they were on sale for $4.99! I could totally see my cute little girls filling up the frame.



But then I saw the boy one. I just couldn't resist getting one for Jared too. I mean, how cute would a baptismal picture of him look inside? (I do realize that is about two years from now.)

So I justified that since the original plan to buy one was going to cost less, why not buy both for a little more! I'm a sucker, I know.



But I still feel like it's was a great deal and I love the frames.

It only cost me $5.64 total!

I do realize that my whole spending more than I was planning to, is the exact reason why they have those kind of coupons. :)

Sadie Started Crawling

On March 4th Sadie started crawling. It was really great because both Wes and I were right there when it happened so neither of us missed it. It was so great! We kind of love her! :)

Here is a little video of her the next day.
She doesn't go too far but you get the idea. :)

Tutus and Ballet Shoes

Bottoms Up

It might be hard to tell at first what this is. But it is a mothers sigh of relief.

With more than one child in the home, many hours of the day can be spent resolving conflicts, melt downs, or roof shattering yelling.

But not at the moment captured above. No, in the above photo Jared and Novalee are sitting together (very closely I might add) without hitting each other or fighting. They are sitting together coming up with ideas and laughing from excitement about the legos they have just dumped into a tub full of water.

Now, I did realize that I would eventually have to skillfully drain the tub without a single lego going down the drain but that was something to worry about in some other moment.

For now, just relief. :)