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FEBRUARY - TOP NINE



February felt like a really bummer month. We were all sick for what felt like everyday of the month. Even Josh got sick, which doesn't happen very often! I found my self wishing the month away, especially because we are all so over these cold, play indoor months! It was nice however, sitting down to do this blog post and being genuinely surprised of how many little moments of complete joy we had this month. There were more moments than I could remember, which made it hard to limit my amount of photos down to a top 9!

  1. Hudson and his puppies! This kid can seriously let out the cutest "meow" in the world, but his love for puppies is turning into our new favorite obsession. He now carries two stuffed animal "pu pu's" along with him for the majority of the day.
  2. We missed 3 weeks in a row of gymnastic this month! 3! in order to feel like I hadn't completely wasted our money I grudgingly signed up for the make up Saturday class. This one class made up for our completely crappy last 3 Mondays! Piper got to be with her favorite substitute teacher, who really has encouraged Piper's new found love for gymnastics + we ran into the Spencer's! So, Piper got to do gymnastics with Lynlee and I got to watch my sweet Ellie do her gymnastics's class while Hudson had CeCe to play with! It made for a perfect class followed by a lunch/play date!
  3. The snow is MELTING!! We are so thrilled and are secretly hoping this doesn't mean we are just going to get dumped on again in a week or so! Hudson has discovered the drops of rain that drip off the side of the house and it keeps him amused for hours! 
  4. Like I said earlier, we were sick a lot this month but, no one gets more sick then our little Piper with her ear infections! She had an especially bad one that caused a pretty constant amount of infection coming out of the tubes in her ears! It was awful, and makes her super unconformable. However, the one beautiful thing that comes from her poor sick body is the amount of snuggles we receive from her that make being her mom 100 x over worth it!
  5. Hudson is still on a train kick! He got 3 new ones for Valentines Day and I've never seen a kid appreciate a gift more. I literally melt inside when I watch him line up these trains over and over again!
  6. Piper got her first Valentine from a BOY! They were homemade cookies which just added that extra touch of love! Jack's mom and I pretty much have their whole marriage planned out, but I think it struck a shock of terror for Josh!
  7. Hudson is rocking a new hair cut! Dang Stud!
  8. Piper received her first set of BFF necklaces from her sweet friend Sadee! These two our the perfect combo of just plain cute and ridiculously goofy together! Piper has worn her necklace every day since she got it and is just in love!
  9. We finally had a beautiful day on Saturday! Like extremely beautiful! We ate both breakfast and lunch outside, the kids played for HOURS! + we got started on some much needed yard work! I live for these days!
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UNICORN VALENTINE'S DAY PRINTABLE



I am super late at getting this out there this year, so I am just choosing to think that I am extra early for next year! :) Piper had two requests for her valentines to all her little friends this year and they were.... Unicorns and Kisses! I wanted her Valentines to reflect who she was at this beautiful age of three, so I told her that those sounded perfect and we headed to the store. To our dismay we couldn't find any Unicorn Valentines anywhere! I had one sad little three year old, so I gave in and decided to make them for her.





They were delightfully cute and she thought they were absolutely perfect for her with a unicorn and a rainbow. Plus I am the worlds biggest fan of silly little puns, like ugly cry laughing over them kind of fan!



I've decided to share this tag for anyone else who has a unicorn valentine loving child! All we did is print and cut the tag, then cut a slightly bigger pink tag out of card stock. We backed our bag with some more pink card stock, filled it with some festive kisses and stapled it all together. All done! Quick and Simple! Click the links below to download the free printable. There are two different versions of the unicorn with both including 3 magically cheesy sayings. Print out as many as you need!
  • You're like a unicorn, pretty & rare!
  • Have a Magical day!
  • You're one a kind!
Unicorn #1 Free Valentine Printable

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MIDWAY - ICE CASTLES



It takes some hard convincing to make my husband skip school or work or all of the above, but we succeeded a few nights ago, and decided to take a family night to Midway to go visit some Ice Castles! None of us had been before, but Piper's excitement to go see where "Elsa lives" could have made anyone excited. (They actually do have a live "Elsa" and "Anna" their on the weekends)




The process used + the amount of work and time they put in to building these castles was truly jaw dropping amazing! It was complete with towers, archways, mazes, tunnels, and even slides for the children. Then on top of all of that, they have multi colored lights frozen inside the ice, so when it got dark the entire castle turned into a beautiful palace pinks, yellows and blues!. It definitely exceeded our expectations. 




A good friend recommended having the kids wear snow pants instead of just warm clothes if we planned on going down the slides. I was happy we did, because the slides were the kids favorite part and nobody left with a wet bum! Second to the slides, my children loved grossing me out by eating the snow! I can't even count how many times I told Piper to stop licking snow off her gloves because of how many people had walked on it, or how many times I caught Hudson licking the castle structures. I just knew we would be that family who had their child's tongue get stuck to a castle! Josh must have thought I was ridiculous, because when I turned around he had broken off an icicle and given it to Hudson! I almost got mad at him until I saw the cutest little Hudson smile! He was so happy! So I calmed down for 30 seconds and let him enjoy his moment. 


After sometime walking through all the tunnels and making sure we had looked at everything, we decided to get one last picture on the ice thrown (which I actually didn't get a picture of, because the seat was so slippery that the kids kept sliding off!) and then we headed home. I'm even happy to announce that my children left with 100% of their tongues and haven't died from some dirty snow disease! The kids slept the whole way home and Josh and I enjoyed the beauty of the snow covered canyon. There really is just something special when you have a reason to enjoy the snow and ice instead of dreading it. We will definitely be going again.
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JANUARY - TOP NINE


One of the things I want to work on this year is remembering the little every day life moments that make me happy. I often find myself in the habit of thinking "we didn't do anything this month", or "nothing is new", but in reality that is just not true. My children are growing and learning something EVERY single day, and there really is something just so heart warming about that. I'm often reminded of this by my three year old, but it really is the small simple things in life that bring the most joy into our hearts. That my friends is what I want to remember. I've decided that every month I am going to put together our best 9 everyday moments that I want to remember and cherish. Heres to the small and simple!


  1. Piper's first day as a Sunbeam! Or as Piper calls it a "Sunpink!" I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that she is old enough to go to primary, but Piper had nothing but excitement for this new moment in her life, and I've decided that I really could listen to here sing "Jesus wants me for a Sunpink" forever! Hudson was really lucky and got his first month of nursery with his big sister, and now that she is gone he is having a very hard time! 
  2. Trader Joe's! I have been going to Trader Joe's for forever! We use to spend summers in Washington and it was always on our must go and stock up list, and then when they opened one (now two) in Salt Lake we haven't even gone once... until now! Josh was given a jar of Cookie Butter at work for Christmas.. and we are in love with it, especially on our french toast on Sundays. :) So we just had to go their to get some more! It is officially Piper's favorite store! Mini Carts! Do I even need to say more... It made grocery shopping so fun, I wish everywhere had them!
  3. Hudson Bear - the phone theft! This kid can pick pocket a phone out of anyone and get away with it! Which is shocking since he is just so short! You can always tell when he has one though, by his quick pitter-patter out of a room with a silent little laugh! Siri on my phone now has an accent.... and I have no idea how to fix it!
  4. Hudson has found a love for lining up cars and trains! It's been one of my favorite things to find around the house since my little brother would do it growing up, and the fact that Hudson does them, and they keep him entertained for hours is just the best thing ever!
  5. Piper has finally mastered head stands against the wall! Way to go little gymnast!
  6. Teddy Bear Picnic at preschool, or should I say Unicorn Picnic! Piper finally had an excuse to bring her "Big Sparkle" to school. It made her whole week!
  7. Zombies! Piper came out of her room one night and I expected her normal " I have to go to the bathroom" stall tactic.. but instead it started with "there is a wombie coming!" with a whole story of what sounds they make, and that they live in the mountains! I have no idea how she knows about Zombies but I was dying! Since then she see's their shadows everywhere... this picture was of her hunting one in Oliver's kennel.
  8. Hudson's first time wearing a tie! I may be a little biased... but what a little baby stud!
  9. Piper learned how to write her first word this month! Mom!! It was MOM! I was so excited! She can also now write her name! Her cute little letter scribbles are probably the cutest things I have ever seen! 
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