Valentines

Zach has been so excited for Valentine's Day and the party at Preschool. I couldn't resist taking a picture of him and Cort in their Valentine's glasses. Look out ladies!!

For Valentine's Day when I was little my parents would take us kids to the book store to pick out a book. I think the four of us kids do it now with our own families. Caeden took time to look at the books, Zach chose the first one he saw so he could go to the Thomas table and play, and Gabby gathered every book in sight. For Andrew and I's book we bought a family Book of Mormon so we can start reading each night with the kids.

We also had an Elder's Quorum party on Valentine's Day. Not as many people came because of the day it was on, but it was successful none the less. Andrew and his presidency set up the primary room like a bowling alley and we played Wii bowling. It was fun to see the older couples who had never played. We had 7 Wii's set up and everyone had a lot of fun. The Bishop told Andrew what we need to make it an annual party!

Meet Lidetu

He is finally here!! We have waited months to meet Lidetu and now he is finally here. We were so excited all day, we could hardly wait until the cousins came home from the airport with our new cousin. Everything with Kristie and Dave's adoption of Lidetu is final and as soon as they touched down on US soil, he became a US citizen. What a blessing he is, he has such a bright personality and a huge spirit for such a tiny guy. You can see him glowing even when he isn't smiling. He barely comes up to my nephew Ben's knees. He is 10 months old, but he is still in 6 month clothes. He is tiny, but will grow like a weed now that they have him home. He even gained a pound the week that Kristie and Dave were in Africa with him. Zach and Caeden were thrilled to hold him and tell him who they are. Zach had been waiting all day to play with D2 (that is how he says his name). After several cookies, Gabby finally found Lidetu and rubbed his fuzzy head and gave him lots of hugs. He was quite overwhelmed by all the people, but after a while he started to warm up. We can't wait to play with him some more, he definitly was worth the wait!! Thanks Ben, Cari, Nick, Noelle, and Sarah for letting us play with him tonight, now he is all yours.

First Haircut

Today Gabby got her first haircut. We got rid of the curls so that we could get rid of the mullet! When she saw the boys getting their haircut, she was insistant that she should get hers done too.