The Ultimate Play Place!

Some girls in my ward told me about this play place that was about 20 or so minutes away and it was AMAZING! (as you can clearly see on Kell's face below) We had a blast here and will definitely be returning often! Why don't they have anything like this in Utah?! (I should open one up and make a killing- Utah is kid central with lots of mommies going crazy from being with their kids 24/7! ha)

 We played here for over 4 hours. The nice thing is it's in a mall so we played, ate lunch at target (also in the mall), shopped a little, and then played until their hearts content some more. We literally left at closing time and afterwards the kids passed out in the car two seconds later. Now that is a way to expend some energy!!

 They both loved the area where balloons are flying all around.

Mckell told me this was her favorite day and could we please go everyday- she was in heaven!

GO BYU!!!

We went with some people in our ward to the BYU basketball game against Santa Clara.  Kell had a blast dancing around and cheering, "Go BYU, Go Cougars!" It was pretty cute.

 Pretty good lookin' bunch wouldn't you say!

Random

Just an ordinary day...

Colter loves getting into EVERYTHING he can- he stole Kell's veggie chips and had at them!

 I think Kell looks so hilarious here- she kinda looks like a china doll or something (outfit too big, and hair too short). She'll grow right?

 Love my two munchkins!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Thanks grammy & grandpa Astill for the fun package of goodies and grandma & papa Rabe for the cute cards! Can you tell Mckell REALLY liked them?! (and Colter's giving her the 'it's just candy, what's the big deal?' look)

 Kell's eyebrows kill me- they're so prevalent? Is that the right word to describe them?- they just stand out so much. Lucky girl!

 She definitely got her momma's sweet tooth- not so lucky girl! haha

And aren't these flowers Courtland got me AMAZING?! I love them! So gorgeous!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S!!!

Love my hubby and love my life!

Keeping busy...

With Courtland working LONG hours (as in leaves before the kids are up and gets home after they're in bed pretty much everyday except Sunday) we have been trying to find things to do to keep us busy and entertained.

We love going on walks to the library- it has a good playground and Mckell likes making friends to play with.

 And the library is good about having special events for kids. This one is a group they hired called Octopretzel- they were super cute and Kell was in heaven singing and dancing around with Colter bouncing and clapping along too.

 We go to the mall by us often as well- they have a great toy store that has lots of toys already open so kids can try them out.
Colter 9 months old

And this is what happens when I give up and let them go crazy- madness! They get EVERYTHING out and create a disaster, but for those 30 or so minutes while my mind is elsewhere and I'm temporarily  in another place- it's worth the clean up to get the much needed mental break!

 And this last picture is for my mom- I like to prove I can be domestic sometimes! haha Hopefully one day I'll be more into cooking and learn more elaborate meals (for Courtland's sake)! This is my mom's super easy chicken tetrazzini and I think it tastes amazing!

Sunday afternoon at the beach!

We don't get to spend much time with daddy these days so we try to make the most of them! After church we headed to the beach to play in the sand. Not sure if this is an appropriate Sunday activity, but we had a good time just all being together as a family!

Mckell could play in the sand for hours on end- we had to drag her very unwillingly!

Colter's first hair cut!

I decided it was finally time to get Colter's first hair cut- he was starting to look a bit scraggly with all the thin baby hair and unevenness. We just went to great clips (no way was I going to spend $25 on his haircut that takes 2 minutes to do).  Anyway, I think it was fine for Colter, but I'll spend the more money next time and take Kell to a good place.  They completely butched her and it was all uneven and very badly done, I was so mad! You live and learn right?!

Colter was great. For the most part he just sat still in my lap wondering what in the world was I letting the lady do to him.

His baby hair was a bit strawberry blonde, but after the cut- he was all toe head blonde!

Mckell was good too... but her after was WAY to short and the lady did not listen and I was too busy with Colter to notice what she was doing... NEVER again!

 (I wish these pics weren't so blurry- they're from Courtland's iphone)

Our two kiddos with new haircuts!

 After getting haircuts we went out for burgers and then to Trader Joe's for some groceries for Sunday dinner.

 Sibling love, they're going to be the best of friends and never fight... right?

 Love our two little bugs! Best lookin kids around.. not that I'm biased or anything!

And after our fun family night we came home and tried to wind down the kids for bedtime but they were having way too much fun playing!

 Love this face- he was on the attack!

 "Look at me, I'm a big girl!"

(don't mind the chocolate dribble running down her chin) Love my juicy girl! (I couldn't resist getting these jammies- I think they're so cute and worth the $20 right?!)

 Getting ready to give us an "oooooo tight"!
(Papa Rabe started the 'ooo tights' with my siblings and I and we are carrying on the tradition)