Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a big week this week. Kirsten got her ears pierced! I have been telling her forever that she can get them pierced whenever she wants to, but up until last weekend she was too nervous to. Last weekend she got some little stickers that she was putting on her ears and they kept getting stuck in her hair and falling off so she said "these are driving me nuts, I guess I'll get my ears pierced tomorrow." So Monday during lunch we took her to the mall to do it. The one girl working there said that since she's so young they like to have 2 girls there to do the piercing at the same time so the little girls don't freak out and chicken out with only one ear pierced. So I said ok we'll come back later. After some drama with our town mall we decided to go to Odessa, 25 minutes away. Kirsten was super excited and a little nervous. She picked out some pink flower earrings (of course she wanted the craziest ones she could get) and sat on my lap to get ready. There was only one girl working there so we said just do one at a time and hope she doesnt' chicken out. So the girl said ok count to three. Kirsten did and they pierced it. She had to try really hard to hold her tears in. The girl went over to the other side and Kirsten said, "one, two, three" really fast, she wanted to get it over with. And then she was done. And she had two beautiful pink flowered ears to show for it. I could not stop smiling. I think I was more excited than she was.






And then the kids played at the mall.


We went to get bubblegum ice cream. While we waited the kids were cracking each other up.







I had preschool this week at my house which was awesome because we got to party all week. We made Valentine's boxes and decorated them with potato stamps, something I remember doing with my mom when I was a kid.




Last Wednesday Jonathan had the Young Men over at our house for dinner so I went over to Dannie's house, which is always fun. Colton actually fell asleep on the couch.


I was watching Colton eat his breakfast the other day and he looked so cute I just had to take a picture.


We had so much fun this weekend. Friday night we had a couple's party at our friends house and then last night we had a ward Sock-Hop. I wish I had a camera there because we all had so much fun. Colton danced with me for most of the night and was just loving it. Kirsten was running around with her friend and trying to hula hoop and Jonathan was too cool to hokey pokey, but he did bunny hop so overall we all had a great time. Oh and they had a daddy daughter dance it was so cute to see Kirsten and all the other girls dancing with their dads. Kirsten was standing on Jonathan's feet dancing around and loving her life, it was precious.

Last Week

So my birthday was this week. I had such a great day.
We started off by making some chili for Jonathan's work chili cook off. Jonathan got to stay home for longer in the morning to make it which was fun. He got this great recipe from our friend Cameron. Everyone said it was their favorite, even though he didn't win. They were allowed to bribe the judges so the one with the biggest bribe ended up winning.


That night I opened presents. And yes I am still in my pajamas. I decided to let myself stay in them all day and do nothing...actually that's not all that unusual. I just felt less guilty about it than usual.


Jonathan got me some black boots that I've been wanting and Kirsten wore them around all night. Well, until we went to take them back. That may sound really mean but Jonathan got me two pairs of boots so that I could go exchange them and get what I really wanted. We went out to eat while my great friend Danie watched the kids. Then we went back to her house for cake. I've been getting into yoga lately and she got me a mat and a block, which I've been in desperate need of and was such a great gift. She's such a wonderful friend! My family got me a great tent, which is just what I asked for and my mother in law got me a a beautiful Cristus statue.


I got so many great gifts but the very best gift of all was from Kirsten. She said, "close your eyes I have a present for you." When I opened them she did this.


She's such a sweetie. She was watching me get ready for Jonathan and my date. When I was ready she said, "you look so beautiful mom." Kirsten and I went on a date to Gigi's cupcakes this week. It was tons of fun to go out together, but I don't get the whole 2 cups of frosting for every cupcake. Anyway, that's not the point I guess. Here's a picture of Emily she did. Look at those lovely lips and eyes.


Jonathan's mom and grandma game out to see us this weekend. They were so good to read lots of books to Kirsten and play dollhouse with her.


On a side note, we're watching the super bowl right now. The Doritos commercials have been hilarious.