It's good to have you back mom!

Keith and the kids were excited for me to get home on Monday night.  They made a cute sign for me.  Keith was great and they had a fun weekend together.  I was lecturing Jonah about brushing his teeth (which is a common occurrence around here) and he said, "It's good to have you back mom."   Jonah can always make me laugh, even when I'm frustrated.  Wyatt wrote that I'm the perfect mom on the sign and Hallee made sure to explain to me that I'm really not perfect, he just meant that I'm the perfect mom for him.  Thanks Hal!

On Wednesday we took the youth to do baptisms for the dead.  The Provo temple was completely booked so we went to the Provo City Center temple.  We got to the temple around 6:15 PM and we didn't leave until 10 PM.  It was packed.  None of the kids complained.  They were all excited that the Priests in our ward were able to baptize them.  It was a cool experience.  I took this picture of the temple while I was outside texting all of the parents to tell them how late we were going to be.  It is a beautiful temple!

Hallee and Wyatt have started writing comic books in the tree house.  We have been cutting back on electronics and the kids are playing so well together.  We all get grouchy when we are on screens for too long.

Keith always has music playing and Hallee loves to dance.  She had fun dancing with Keith in the morning before school and work.  So cute!

Jonah is still rocking it on the basketball court.  He is an all-around great player. His team played great on Saturday.  It was so great to see the rest of the team work hard and play well.  There is one boy that doesn't get much playing time.  Jonah told me that he feels bad for him because he looked so sad when the coach pulled him out.  Jonah said he is going to tell the coach that he will sit out so Jonas (the other boy) can play more. I love that Jonah is more worried about how people feel than winning. 

Jonah's game was early on Saturday so Keith and I were able to go to the temple after the game.  I loved how pretty it looked with the snowy trees and mountains behind it.

On Saturday we went to dinner at my parents.  I was a little worried about driving out there with all of the snow, but the roads weren't too bad.

We had a great night.  We played scum after dinner.  We had fun laughing and playing together.  For the record I started out as scum and ended up as king.

Caitlyn wanted a picture of her and grandpa for her room.  It was fun to spend the evening with my parents.

Last night the Beck's invited us over for dinner. We don't get to see them as much as we would like to so we were happy that we could go.  The kids had a blast.  We had a great time visiting while the kids were off playing. 

It cracks me up that the twins are only nine months older than Wyatt.  They look so much older than him.  Wyatt sure has fun with them.