snow!

since nursing school is sucking the life out of me and we couldn't take a real spring break vacation, we decided at the last minute to take a mini weekend trip up north.  we rented this adorable cozy cabin outside of payson and when we arrived it was SNOWING!  my kids didn't know what to do with themselves.  jack's instance response was to pull out his ipod and document the moment (just like his mama).  ava immediately began playing in it and eden and jonah stood back and stared at the beautiful falling snow.  it really was dreamy.  all i can say is i wish we would have packed a few extra pairs of snow gloves.  the kids learned real fast that snowballs are COLD.

stay tuned for our next day in the snow....

jonah's birthday party.

we had a quiet little family party to celebrate jonah turning two (which was over two weeks ago but thanks to nursing school i am falling behind on the blogging thing).  i made him a chocolate cake with chocolate sprinkles that he kind of sort of picked out.  it turns out that he isn't even much of a cake fan.  all he wanted was ice cream. he thoroughly enjoys that stuff.  i think he ate his weight in ice cream which we let him because he was the birthday boy.  he really likes trucks, books, trains, and pirates.  so he got book about a blue truck and train set that winds through a pirate ship.  oh, and a plasma car that has boyish colors.  he kept stealing his sisters' that are pink and yellow.  now, he can ride around in his stylish boy looking one.  (yay.)  happy birthday jones! (again.)

my little 2 year old.

these past two years went by waaaay too fast.  words cannot express how much joy this little guy brings to my life each and every day.  he is so full of personality and is all boy.  he loves trains and cars and balls.  he would live outside if i let him.  in fact, one of his favorite words is outside.  he is obsessed with his "toons" which primarily consist of diego, team umizoomi, and bubble guppies.  he loves to make animal sounds.  he has a fit if he is wearing shoes and i try to take them off even when i am trying to lay him down for his nap.  sometimes i let him sleep with his shoes on because its not worth making him all upset.  his smile is so big and i am in love with his bluish grey eyes and long long eyelashes.  he's the only one in the family with blue eyes!  his brother and sisters love him so much, sometimes too much and he tries to push them away.  what can i say, we just can't get enough of jonah! he is the perfect (final) edition to our little family.  happy two years jonah!

ragnar in polaroids.

ragnar | del sol.

2013.

jason and ran the ragnar relay here in arizona a couple of weeks ago.  i have done quite a few of these but never one with my husband (except for the one that we didn't finish because a kid got hit by car and they closed the race... we don't count that one).  our team was totally whack this year.  our name was fromotion, thus the giant afros on our heads which we ran in as well.  these races never seem to get old.  during the middle of the night (by middle of the night i mean 3 am), i can't believe that we are having to get out of the van to go run in the freezing cold dark but there we are, doing it.  it blows my mind why agree to do these things but then when it is all over, i am so glad i did.  once again, it was a blast and our team was hilarious which makes running 200 plus miles in the desert that much more worth it.

a kid friendly valentine's dinner.

menu:

strawberry lemonade

homemade heart shaped pepperoni pizzas

salad doused in ranch

watermelon

and dessert...(because no meal is complete without it)

chocolate covered strawberries

red velvet cake {not pictured}

yum.yum. yum.