Parents Came To Town!

My parents decided to make the long trek from Idaho to Texas and come visit us for the week! They drove and stopped in their old stomping grounds of Westminster Colorado and then headed our way the next day. They pulled in super late Monday but I was so excited for them to come that I stayed awake and greeted them with open arms. I was so happy to have them here.

The last time they came to visit was when we went to Fiji so I didn't have any time to really see them or spend time with them. So this trip was overdue for sure!! 

Tuesday, June and Owen both had school which worked out great only having one tag along for the day. We spent the morning shopping and had lunch before we needed to go pick Owen up from school. Kate was in high Heaven riding on grandpa's shoulders. I was having a panic attack that she might pee on him. Hahaha Potty Trained struggles. 

We got Owen home from school and Kate down for a nap, so we all just took it easy until June came home from school. We were all pretty tired from being up so late the night before. 

Owen was snuggled in real tight working on some puzzles with Nana and Papa. 

June came home from school and could not wait to show Nana and Papa that she can ride a two wheeler. Papa hopped on my bike and they rode around for a while. They were making shapes and doing little synchronized bike riding. It was pretty cute and June could not get enough of it. 

My dad wearing Owen's Helmet. June thought it was the funniest thing. 

(Oh and Dan was in Midland for a couple days, that's why he isn't pictured.) 

That night June had an open house at her school of all the work she has been doing over the past year. My goodness it was incredible to see how much she has grown and improved. She's finding her footing in what she loves to do and was so excited to show us all her work. It was extra special to have Nana and Papa there. 

Some of June's work that is up on the board. 

Art Class 

Kate stood by this poster and kept saying "I Picture. Smile" Hahaha so I had to take one of course. 

Tuesday night we got the kids settled and off to bed, then my parents and I just hung out and talked for a while. Catching up on life.

Wednesday morning is a regular yoga class that I take and my mom wanted to go. It's in a gym so my dad came to just workout while we were in class. So, funny story. The night before I told my parents to just sign up for a free five day pass at my gym and we will deal with the whole "signing up" thing later. Well we get there Wednesday morning and they bombard my parents with what kind of workouts they want and bla bla bla... So my mom and I just walk away and head to yoga class, and since my dad is so incredibly nice he listened to the whole sales pitch. Later on in class I look out the window and see my dad with a trainer working on some machines. I laughed out loud. It was so funny. He definitely took one for the team.

It was so fun having my mom in yoga class with me. My teacher called me up to run a series for a bit so it was fun teaching while my mom was in there. 

When we got home we did a little more yoga and took some pictures. My mom is the coolest!!!!! Look at that headstand!! 

Wednesday we went for a walk and waited for Dan to get home from his business trip. We walked around the lakes behind out houses and fed the ducks. 

Kate just ate her bread. Typical

My little buddy 

Dan got home that night, kids got put to bed and then we had party mix and watched Survivor together. 

Thursday morning we woke up and just had a bit of a lazy morning. Owen didn't go to school that day and we pulled June out of class early so we could all go to Lego Land with my parents. We had so much fun. 

The Lego ride where you save the Lego Princess. 

And of course a bunch of different building stations 

June bug is a huge fan of Lego Friends. We build pretty regularly with Legos and she loves watching the Lego Friends shows. So she knows all these girls. It was cute. 

Space Station 

Always keeping track of my kids and mom. Haha They cause trouble together. 

Building a tall tall tower 

Building our lego cars and racing them down the tracks

After we had lunch in the food court and headed home. We were all exhausted!

We rested for a bit and then us adults headed downtown Fort Worth for some dinner and grown up time. It was great being able to chat with my parents without little ones constantly needing our attention. 

Then Sadly on Friday morning they said goodbye and headed home. It all went so quickly but it was a great visit and the kids loved having Grandma and Grandpa here. We look forward to our summer trips planned to see family! 

Thanks for visiting mom and dad! 

February Randoms

February came and went in a flash and now here we sit almost mid way through March. SLOW DOWN TIME!!! 

June had her 100th day at school and each grade at her school does different 100 things. Kindergarten dressed up like 100 year olds. 

They also had 100 day snacks and sorting stations. Also- I am so grateful for school technology. Our school has this app where they constantly send us pictures, and work that our students are doing. It's been amazing seeing June's work on a regular basis and it makes my day when I get pictures sent to me. I really love it. 

Dan patiently waiting for me to finish all my yoga stuff. 

June's school hosted a Daddy/Daughter dance. We went and got June a new little dress and got her all fancied up for the big night. She thrives for these kinds of things! 

Kate wanted in on some of the action. 

They were so cute. 

June is officially a little girl. It sometimes catches me off guard how much she has grown up this year. Kindergarten has done her wonders in her confidence and her ability to be more independent. 

Our cul-de-sac neighbors and little besties at the dance 

June said the best part of the dance was that they had a live DJ and that he knew how to mix a beat! Bahahahaha 

 My little tag along one day. It has been so weirdly cold here in Texas and we are over it! We are begging for warmer days, sunshine and swimsuits 

Sometimes she just lays down to take a little rest. I laid down with her and we sang songs for a bit. 

She refused to take a nap and then eventually crawled into my lap and fell asleep. I obviously hated it. ;) 

We were all ready for church one morning and right as we were about to leave this HUGE ice storm came and everything was frozen in seconds. Church was cancelled and we were all just taken back by this storm that came from no where. It lasted for about 20 minutes, long enough to not make it to church but by late afternoon everything was melted. It was the weirded thing. 

So we baked cakes 

Our annual Valentines delivery to Dan's office. Kate did the majority of the work. Owen was a bit shy but he liked walking around with Dan. 

Dan left Valentines Day so we actually planned to celebrate the weekend before but Kate ended up getting super sick so we backed out. We got some take out and I got some flowers. It was kind of perfect. We then had a group date with friends the following weekend so we got somewhat of a date for Valentines. Haha 

The kids got little Valentines goodies 

Owen came down later that night and he laid down with me for a bit. I didn't mind at all. The company was nice with Dan gone. 

A few nights with Dan gone I get really really bored. And I had already done my yoga stuff for the evening and still was restless, so I cut my bangs with kitchen scissors at 10:30 at night. I was really really bored. 

It worked out? Haha 

Sunday walks and waiting for Dan to get home being gone in Canada 

Park days when it warmed up a bit. We were still in the newness of potty training here so I was on high alert here. 

I push my limits sometimes with yoga. I get ambitious and get a little over zealous. A lot of the times I succeed and a lot of the times I fall and hit my head incredibly hard on the wood floor. Like hit so hard I passed out for a minute (more like a few seconds) but I collapsed on the ground. It also turned incredibly dark and I could not see. It was freaky. I had some pretty good goose eggs after that fall and a bruise that followed that week. Flying pigeon. 

Owen came down one night while we were finishing an episode of "Top Chef". We let him stay up and watch it. But he wanted to sit close to the fire and then Ranger came and snuggled next to him. 

He then ran and snuggled in our bed to finally fall asleep. 

This is an incredibly grainy picture and horrible lighting but I really love how willing Dan is to play along with all my yoga. He's so supportive in all that has been happening and will be happening. We have fun doing yoga pictures together. 

So we have some good space in our house for the kids to play. I mean we basically have an entire upstairs that we have dedicated to kids but somehow we find them setting up their play stuff right in the middle of the floor. I had mutual that night so I didn't really care because I didn't have to clean it up. Haha 

I can pretty confidently say that our ward here in Roanoke is the best ward we have ever been in. The amount of love and friendships we have received here is overwhelming. I love that majority of June's friends from church go to school wit her. That there are kids that are the same age as all of  my children and everyone just clicks well together. It's incredible. I know without a doubt our wards will split probably sometime soon due to all the growth out here but for now I'm completely consumed by this little Roanoke bubble we live in. 

We had an awesome ward party one night. Fire dancers included. 

I quickly had to sneak a picture of Dan one day at church. I know you can't really see it here but all three kids were ALL OVER HIM!! It was so funny and I just sat there quietly and got to enjoy the speakers. It was great. Dan had other opinions about the day. Bahahaha 

So this is so stupid but I had to document it. With an apple watch you get achievements for doing different things. So I got a new phone and sadly my watch went all crazy and didn't back up all my workouts and achievements. I don't really care all that much about it except for this 400% one. It's one I earned during my yoga Teacher Training where I literally did yoga for 12 hours. I burned over 1400 calories that day and was completely worn out. Something I want to remember and didn't want to lose. It's dumb I know, but really it has significant value to me and what it stands for. Now here is to starting over with new goals and achievements. Worth if for a new phone. Haha  

And now we say goodbye to February. Thanks for being so great!