Ice Cream In a Bag

Beckham and I made this today and it was so much fun, and pretty delicious:

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/homemade-ice-cream-in-a-bag-684806/

Aloha

Brendon opened new Vivint Solar offices in Boston and Honolulu last week (he works so hard!), so when he had to go out to Hawaii for work we spontaneously (the night before) decided to join him. We stayed at the new Disney Aulani resort. That place is amazing! I was seriously impressed. The kids had a great time, and especially loved swimming, playing in the sand, and hugging Mickey. Since Brendon worked most of the time, I played it pretty low key with the kids and we just hung around the resort. There was plenty to do, and despite the not perfect weather, we had a great time.

A Little Catch Up

I'm not much of a blogger lately, but for posterity's sake here's a little of what we've been up to lately:

finger painting - which always turns into face painting
drawing at our desks
making snowmen in one of the rare (yippee for mild winters) snowstorms
hugging said snowman
tubing at Soldier Hollow with Nana Lynn and Papa Dale during their visit

Merry Christmas

A very late Christmas post...

Christmas felt so magical this year. Mostly because I knew Beckham would actually "get it" this year. I don't really feel like the pictures do it justice.

(don't judge the ugly chair - I am still trying to decide what fabric to recover it in.)

Brendon and our brother in law, Jared, made this amazing train table in a few hours. It's huge and Beckham loves it!

Happy Half Birthday

This sweet little thing turned six months today. She is sitting up, eating solids (apple sauce, rice cereal, sweet potato), and smiling ALL the time. She is a little angel baby. She absolutely worships her big brother (and he does her), and she rewards anyone that will look at her with a huge grin.

At 20 pounds and 28 inches long she tops the charts and threatens to break her mommy's back. She keeps this up by nursing every three hours, and doesn't give mom a bit of a break at night. Although mom complains plenty about being exhausted, the alone time at night is bittersweetly cherished.

Girls

I am so madly in love with and entertained by my hilarious big boy Beckham, but I feel so lucky to get to have a little girl. She is the sweetest little thing ever.

My Favorite Ski Bums

On Saturday we took Beckham to Sundance Resort to ski for the first time. He mostly loved it, with the exception of crying about cold hands at the very end (that's what happens when you take off your gloves to make snow angels). They only skied for about an hour, then enjoyed some hot cocoa at the lodge. All the rest of the day Beckster said he wanted to go skiing again. We'll see how it goes the rest of the season. Brendon intends to spend lots of time on the slopes with his season pass and fancy new skis.

First things first...the cutest little red nosed ski fan ever!









Love that kid (and that great daddy) so much!

We Believe

"Ho ho, I want Cranky the Crane, NOW! Please."

("It's nice to sit on a lap of someone chubbier than me")

Accessorize

I made some little felt bow headbands last week. Nothing fancy, but I thought they turned out cute for a 5 minute project.

I especially adore my model :)