Happy Valentines Day

We had a great Valentines day here at our house. We started the day off with little gifts and heart shaped french toast.

Grandma sent the kids the cutest little bugs filled with candy for their Valentines. They loved them. Brooklyn has carried hers around until it is bent, broken, missing antenna and covered in little chocolate fingerprints.

For dinner we made heart shaped pizzas. They tasted better than this one looked... I promise.

We were heart attacked by members of the ward. The boys woke up to it this morning and thought it was the greatest thing ever. Thank you to our sneaky valentine.

We hope you all had a wonderful Valentines day with those you love! We love and miss you all!

Little Prayers...

We had a big milestone in our house last night. Tim and I kneeled down to say nightime prayers with Brooklyn and got quite a sweet surprise. She LOVES to say prayers. I mean, she cries when it is not her turn and someone else gets a chance. The last few weeks she has been saying them on her own without help. It is usually a collection of things we have helped her say in the past or what she hears other people say often. They are always repetitious, which is fine, because that is how you learn right. Well, last night she said a little prayer that came straight from her heart. For the first time she said things that were new and all her own. You could hear her pause and could tell she was thinking about what she wanted to say. It was the sweetest thing I have ever heard. It went something like this...

Dear Heavenly Father

thank you for my family...

thank you for mommy...

thank you for my family...

thank you for my pillow...

thank you for my blankies...

please bless mommy

bless my family

Jesus Christ

amen

In all fairness, I might have been so touched because I was mentioned personally..sniff..sniff.

It is hard to see her grow up so fast, but I love the little person she is growing into.

We love you sweet Brooklyn.

Super Bowl Sunday

After months of prep and talking about the super bowl...it is finally here. We were excited to be the host city this year. We had to head downtown to see all the transformations. Friday was fairly warm so we pulled the boys out of school, Tim skipped work and we headed downtown. Whole sections of the city were closed down and turned into various festivities. All of Georgia street was one big long party with games, decorations, concerts, ice sculptures and more. There was an 800 ft. long zip line that was amazing. Tanner was heartbroken he couldn't ride (no more tickets) and Brooklyn had quite a giggle when a person in a polar bear suit went zipping overhead. We were there early in the day so we avoided the majority of the crowds. By the time we left at around 6:00 it was getting pretty crowded. We read on the news the next morning that it got so bad they had to close more streets, stop letting people into the area and even still people were gridlocked and multiple injuries occured. Needless to say we were glad we had gotten our kids out before that.

Walking down Georgia St.....

The numbers at monument circle...

Photo-op! Wake up Brooklyn!!

Ice football...

Lombardi trophy art..

What a great day! We can't wait to see who wins the big game!