This week

This week was busy with school, homework, scouts, friends, etc.. It was brutal getting back into our schedule, when all we wanted to do was go back to the beach!  We are really missing Kauai this week!

The weather has been horrible, and the air quaity is awful.  SLC has been in an inversion all week, making the air unbreathable.  The kids have had indoor recess all week.

Isaac has been throwing lots of fits this week, and really testing his boundaries.  It's exhuasting and hard to deal with him when he acts like this. We thought he had grown out of his fits, but I guess not!

Although he is challenging in a lot of ways, he is adorable and hilarious at the same time. His comments always make me laugh. Here's a few I heard from him this week:

"Mom, I know I'm a big boy because I do really loud burps now!"
or
"I think I'm growing a cold, because my nose is really runny"

He was spotlighted in Primary today.  The teacher asks all the kids questions about themselves and then they share it with the primary. Some of his answers were hilarious, here's a few of our favorites.
-His nickname "Stinker" we all call him "Zeeker" because we call him "Zeke" a lot. I guess he hears Stinker!

-What he wants to be when he grows up " a Pirate"
(the picture above is him so happy to be dressed as a pirate)

-His favorite scripture story is "Nephi and the Grass plates"
I guess we really need to review the details of the Book of Mormon stories a little better.
Ha Ha -he is really a funny kid. Now if only he would be more obedient!

Because the weather has been awful this week the kids have been building lots of forts in the basement.  One day they used all the blankets, mattresses, chairs, pillows etc.. and built one that was as big as the Family Room.  Their friends all came over and everyone thought it was grand! I tried to get a picture of all the kids but they wouldn't come out of the fort.
When it was time to clean up, they all complained-oh well, we couldn't even walk in the room, it had to come down.

We had a few friends over for playdates this week, which was fun.  Isaac and his friend Ollie are so cute together!
Even Lizzie has been having friends over, its fun to see her interact with kids her own age.

Aunt Natalie had a big meet in WA this weekend. She took first place overall! Way to go Natalie!!

Taylor has been busy teaching himself all sorts of songs on the piano; simplified hymns, Coldplay songs from the internet, and more.  He's great at music, and seems to learn so easily!

Lizzie loves her meals, she ate pizza, fruit and arugula salad for dinner.  Then demanded a full brownie sundae with chocolate sauce on top for dessert.  It's funny to see her so independent. She is growing up too fast!

This afternoon Taylor got in trouble bothering the other kids during "quiet time" after church.  He was sent down to his room, to cool off- next thing I know he's huffing and puffing.  I go down a while later and he's totally rearranged his bedroom. He wanted the two twin beds together to make a huge bed.  His room looks weird but he loves it!

It's snowing again tonight, it's expected to snow 12 inches.

We are really looking forward to Spring!