March

March was another busy, fun month. Here are the highlights. 

Mia got to go to her first (non family member) birthday party.  It was for her cute friend Ari. It took her a few minutes to warm up enough to let me leave but eventually she loosened up and had a ton of fun.  

Since he played Jr. Jazz we got to go with Alex to another Jazz game.  This time we decided to leave Mia with a babysitter since she got pretty bored last time.  It was a lot of fun.

 We took a couple of road trips up to Logan this month for Mikah and Max's birthday parties.

 We had lots of fun at preschool this month.  We celebrated Dr. Seuss Birthday with pretend green eggs and we got to go on a field trip to the Fire Station.

Mindi also took our class pictures this month.  They turned out so cute.

We also celebrated St. Patrick's Day.  Once again Alex made a trap to try and catch the Leprechaun.  He must of missed him but at least he left us a few treats! Brandon also made shamrock shaped, green pancakes that the kids thought were pretty cool.

Alex had a piano recital this month.  We didn't know it was this month until a few weeks before but he still memorized his piece and played it perfectly!  He got to play the theme from Harry Potter this year.  I am so impressed at how well he is doing at the piano. 

Mia and Alex also took another round of swimming lessons this month.  We went after school for a few weeks and they both did great and passed their levels.

My side of the family got to visit the Jordan River Temple Open house.  Alex and Mia went on and on about how fun it was.  I love the temple and it is always great to be there with my whole family!

The week before Easter we, as a primary presidency got to put on an Easter egg hunt for our ward and neighborhood.  We filled and hid over 1200 eggs.  It was threatening to rain all week so even though it was cold I was just so glad it didn't rain.  It was fun but I'm glad it is over for another year! 

We shot the candy cannon again.  It is always fun to see the mad dash for candy.

Later that day we went to Grandma and Grandpa Hettinger's house for another egg hunt and to decorate Easter eggs.  It was lots of fun as always! 

One of Brandon's masterpieces.

The next Saturday we got to have one final Easter egg hunt at the Clements' house.  

What a fun month!

February and Disneyland!

February was such a fun month.  Despite starting off the month with a few of us sick we got to spend a week in Disneyland so that is definitely a win.

There were a few highlights besides going to Disneyland.  

The cute Activity Days girls in our ward decorated our garage for Valentine's Day.

Mia got to be the Star of the Week at Miss Joey's preschool.  I got to go and share a little bit about her. 

Alex was so excited to attend his first Blue and Gold Dinner for Cub Scouts.  He loved it and can't wait to officially start scouts in May.

A very rare nap!

After we got back from Disneyland we got to celebrate Valentine's Day.  Brandon clearly knows me well!

We all took turns getting sick this month.  Poor Alex got a little sick while we were at Disneyland and then it came back the next week.  This is how we spent our Valentine's Day.  Poor kid!

Of course the highlight of the month was going to Disneyland for a week.  We went with my side of the family but were missing the Everitt's.  It was a ton of fun.  Mia especially asked for weeks after if we could go back. 

For her snack for the day Mia insisted on getting some cotton candy even though we tried to talk her out of it.  She held it happily for a few minutes and then gave it back to us and said she would eat it later.  She didn't. 

One of the highlights of the trip was taking the girls to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.  They were so excited to get their princess makeovers.  

Even though Mia looked less than thrilled during her makeover she actually loved it.  She still talks about it.  She just tends to be shy. 

They did her hair, makeup and even her nails. 

After becoming a princess herself, we had to take Mia to go visit some Princesses. 

I wish we could have gotten a picture of Mia's face when she turned the corner and saw Ariel there in a matching dress.  It was pretty funny and she was very excited!

While the girls were becoming princess the Aunts took Wilson and Alex to sign up for Jedi Training which they got to do later in the day. 

Alex was so excited he to to fight Kylo Ren.

It was another successful day in Disneyland!

The next day we took a break from the park.  It ended up being perfect timing because Alex got pretty sick and took a three hour nap.  Afterward he felt much better.  In the meantime we Mia and I played games with the others.  

After Alex was rested we did a little swimming.  When we came back to the hotel room Alex and Mia made themselves very comfortable.  

That night we headed to Goofy's kitchen for dinner.  It is so fun! 

The next day we finally headed to California Adventure.  Everyone headed to the Guardians of the Galaxy ride while Brandon and I took the little girls on some rides.  This picture might be one of the best ride pictures ever.  Most of my family looks terrified! 

Brandon mocked all of us for wearing ponchos on the Grizzly River Run but we did stay nice and dry! 

Mia was very tired by this time of the trip and this was our second attempt to get her to take a picture in front of the castle.  She was actually happier at this point but still had red eyes from crying.  Sweet Alex was very patient with her and did his best to make her happy. 

Mia fell asleep again at the end of the night.  We still wanted to do a few more rides so Brandon carried her asleep onto Pirates of the Caribbean.  She said asleep until just after the second hill.  We thought she be upset to wake up on the ride but she was excited to see where she was. 

It was such a fun trip that we can't wait to repeat!