February 2022

We had fun going swimming with Erika and Jo.

Church Ball

Paxton loved that being part of the Young Mens meant that he got to play church ball.  He had so much fun playing with all these boys!  It was fun to watch him play and even make some 3 pointers!

Valentines Day

We continued our tradition of stringing red yarn all over the house.  It's one of those things you do as a parent that later on you regret because you just have to keep doing it because the kids love it and would be so sad otherwise.  The kids each opened a little present from us, Harper might be a little spoiled and got more than one thing and then we just had donuts for breakfast which the kids thought was great!  The boys then went to school and had their fun class parties which I sent in a craft for Graham's class, but his teacher didn't want parents there, I guess for Covid reasons.  So Harper and I had a fun day together and we made heart shaped sugar cookies and shared some with our neighbors and friends.  And then of course that evening we had to have our candle lit fondue dinner.  Paxton says it's his favorite meal of the year!

Hurricane

My parents recently purchased a vacation home in Hurricane and we are so excited!  Most of my family was headed down to help do some shopping and cleaning to start putting the place together so I decided to go too even though Rem wasn't able to come with me.  Rems parents live in Hurricane so I decided to stay with them since there wasn't going to be beds at my parents place yet.  It was nice to have Grandma Sorenson babysit Harper so I could go do some shopping with my mom and pick out furniture, decor, bedding and more.  My boys slept at my parents place so they could spend time with their cousins.  We had a great time!

I was a little worried driving by myself to Hurricane and especially with a newly potty trained toddler.  So my sister recommended a travel potty in case we needed to exit quickly and maybe there wouldn't be a gas station around to go potty.  So I bought the travel potty never intending to use it the way in the picture.  In fact I was even making fun of the ad for the travel potty when I was purchasing it because it showed a kid using the potty in the car.  Well I'm sure glad I had it!  And I'm sure glad that Rems mom was in town and needed a ride back to Hurricane so I had her help.  We had stopped at a gas station for a break and Harper refused to use the potty there and of course just as we hit traffic she said she needed to go.  There was no where to pull off and after checking traffic reports we realized we'd be stuck in traffic for at least an hour.  So we pulled out the travel potty and everything went smoothly with the help of my mother in law.

Hot tubbing with Grandpa Sorenson.

Young Mens St. George trip

The very next weekend Rem and Paxton joined the Young Men for a weekend trip.  They got to stay at a huge house and did some hiking, played in the dunes, hung out at the house and played some basketball and football and more.  They had a great time!  Paxton just wasn't thrilled about driving to St. George two weekends in a row, he hated long car rides.