January 2018

You would think this post would be about March or February, but we're a little behind over here. :)

We welcomed in the new year by trying out a local gym that had a racquetball court. Jason and I love to play racquetball, but unfortunately we seem to be some of the only ones. This is the only court in this area and there is only 1 court! Pretty crazy after you've seen the line of courts at the BYU Richards Building and had a hard time reserving one.

Future racquetball players

Life is so unfair!

Lydia loves trying to put her own clothes on now. I often find her in the morning with her pajamas already taken off.

Ethan loves playing with the magnet tiles he got for Christmas!!

Ethan had an awesome day at the mall in January. Because we were with friends he got to do lots of things he typically doesn't get to do and he kept saying "this must be my lucky day!" It started with a MOMS club activity with Auntie Anne's pretzels. A man talked about the history of pretzels and showed how to make them and let the kids play with some dough and practice making their own, and then we got to eat some and they were yummy!! They also let us ride the carousel in the Food Court. The cool thing about this carousel is that it has two levels and of course Ethan wanted to ride on the top!

After that, Ethan's friend Claire also got to ride these motorized animals and Ethan got a turn too. Claire could hardly steer the animal but Ethan rode it like a pro. :)

All dressed up for the first big snow storm. Lydia lasted about 5 minutes. :)

Ethan's first time roller skating at GV's birthday party. He couldn't go 5 feet without hanging on my arm, but he was determined!

Ethan came home from the neighbors looking like "a robot"

Building his own train tracks

A day warm enough for a little frisbee.

We celebrated my birthday by going to an Escape Room with friends. You are put in a room for an hour and have to solve several puzzles to get the door unlocked in time. It was my first time and I really enjoyed it.

Afterwards we ate appetizers and cheesecake

On my actual birthday I had a couple friends stop by with flowers and a cake. The flowers were beautiful and the Raspberry Lemon cake was out of this world! Super delicious!! Jason gave me a really nice necklace that I liked too. And Ethan gave me a Twix candybar for my birthday to replace the one he ate from my church bag that I got at church a couple weeks earlier. :)