Happy hearts day!

What is Valentine's day without making a box for school... Peyton had so much fun making hers. The girls loved the bright, shiny pink wrapping paper I found to cover their boxes. Peyton topped hers off with some left over bows from Christmas. She was proud of her creation!

Sydnie's had hearts, a monkey and a butterfly.

Peyton picked groovy, 3D valentines to give to her classmates.
Sydnie couldn't decide so she got Hello Kitty and Princess valentines. She made all the little boys valentines first and then did the girls in her class. She continues to be very boy crazy!!

Grandma Judy sent a package full of Valentine's day goodies. It had socks, stickers, candy, pajama's, Webkinz and cups.

Even Zuri got a valentine's gift in the package. She was so happy!

We made some Valentine chocolates, but I didn't get many pictures between helping the girls and reheating the chocolate. They were very yummy!

Grandma Vickie and Grandpa Michael also sent a Valentine surprise. It had a necklace, bracelet, candy and stickers. We had a very happy hearts day at our house! (By the way, the girls dressed themselves, can you tell....) :-)

Rain, rain and more rain!!!!!

We had a week of rain last month and we are still trying to recover. The desert doesn't know what to do with so much water in such a short period of time. Here are a few pictures of our house. Our backyard still hasn't dried out completely......

Growing puddles under/around our trampoline.

Possible swimming pool or mud wrestling pit.....

Waterfall from our roof.....
Floating front yard. The rocks were squishy for weeks. Who knew rocks could be squishy.....

A beautiful Hailey that should have put her hat on before posing in front of the cascading waterfall above our front porch. Look at the water, not me. :-)

Peyton's first slumber party

Peyton had her first slumber party at our house in January. She invited a cute little girl from school. Actually, she invited many little girls from school, but only one was able to make it. She is my party child and is constantly trying to organize some kind of get together with friends.
We got some crafts to paint, they jumped on the trampoline, ate pizza and stayed up until midnight watching movies. Sydnie was sad that she didn't get to be involved in all of the fun, but I made it up to her with a special date for just us the next day.


Here is Sydnie painting her craft.

Peyton and Mikayla painting.
The finished products..... This is Sydnie's

Peyton's....

and Mikayla's.

It's giving me a glimpse of what's to come with lots of giggly girls, late nights and fun.