Other Feb Happenings

Joshua has a good friend at school who invited him to hang out at Celebration Station for his Birthday.  He had a good time playing golf and video games. 

 The pictures were taken by Joshua's friend's Dad.  He obviously has a nicer camera then me.  :)  He's a photographer. 

 

I am happy Joshua found such a good friend. 

 This cat has been hanging out at our house for a while now.  At first my kids were a little nervous, but the cat just kept coming around.  Now Leah will bury it in leaves.  Dallin will stick his face in her face.  She doesn't seem to mind at all.  Every time we go outside to play she pops out to hang with us. 

Now we are just waiting on baby number four.  I am due on Saturday so hopefully my next post will be his debut.  He seems smaller than my others, and I am feeling good still.  He may be in there a while.  I guess he is really easy to take care of right now, so I may as well enjoy the sleep while I can. 

Valentine's Day

Michael got me this lovely candy bouquet.  It was yummy!  We had a good Valentine's Day.  We made heart shape pizza and played outside.  It was a gorgeous day!

 

A friend of mine saw this cute outfit and had to buy it for Leah so she is looking good!  The kids all got new shoes for Valentine's Day.  For some reason their feet just keep growing!

The boys love thier new running shoes.  I can hardly keep up with them on our walk home from school. 

Leah's Stats

Leah had a tough day on Wednesday.  She kept injuring herself.  She fell on the stairs and now has this huge fatty lip.  I have given her popsicles to see if the swelling would go down, but it is slow to return to normal.  We took her in for her well check today.  She is doing well.  She is in the 50th percentile for weight and 80th for height.  She did really well for the Doctor.  She also had to get her blood drawn today.  She did not like that.  The man blew her vein and they ended up just sticking her finger.  Poor girl!

I just thought this picture was cute of Dallin doing his school work.  He was a big help with Leah today at the Doctor.  He showed her how to do everything and then she would do it for the Doctor.  He is such a good big brother!

Happy Birthday Leah!

My baby girl is 2 today!  She is very active so we decided on a mini tramp for her Birthday.  She loves it.  She has been jumping all day!

My Mom gave us a cabbage patch cake tin.  This is what we came up with for decorating.  I think it worked out just fine.  :)

We celebrated Leah's Birthday yesterday since Michael is busy today.  We dressed in 49er colors at Church.  No one noticed but I thought it was fun. Leah didn't really have anything to coordinate but she sure is cute!  ;)

Leah got a lot of great gifts.  She loves them all.  She has been wearing her gold sparkly shoes all morning!  We fed her Hawaiin haystacks for dinner.  She loves rice.  The only downfall is the mess she makes with rice. 

Jessica and Dustin got Leah art supplies.  She loves them!

Michael is convinced this vaccuum actually sucks things up.  I think he is crazy.  He went as far as lighting a match to see if the smoke would get sucked up into the vaccuum.  ha ha.  Leah has been vaccuuming all morning.  Thank you grandma and grandpa rasmussen!

We are so glad Leah is a part of family.  She is an amazing little 2 year old.  We love you Leah!  I will update stats after her well check on Friday. 

Little Update

We had a fun weekend.  The kids had their cousin Thomas sleep over.  They really enjoyed playing and spending time with him.  We got to meet Thomas's new brother Oliver.  He is adorable.  We didn't get to hold him because Michael got a cold and we didn't want to share it, so we were extra careful.  Congrats to Jessica and Dustin.  

The kids all ready for Church in the morning. Leah is turning two next week.  Time really flies! 

Joshua is doing well in school.  He is getting better and better at reading.  Dallin has started to read a little as well.  They are just growing up so fast.  Leah is working on her colors and loves doing animal sounds.  

 Dallin took the picture above.  He just got a camera for Christmas and enjoys taking pictures.  I have about four weeks left until life gets a little crazy.  I'm hoping this little one will be a good sleeper.  :)  I find it funny how many people have been commenting on my belly size.  Some people say I'm huge and others think I am so little.  ha ha  I guess we will find out how big the baby is in a few weeks.

A little snow

I went last weekend to South Dakota.  I flew into what was supposed to be a big blizzard.  It turned out to be only a little snow and lots of wind. It had been a while since I have been in tempatures that cold.  It was great fun to hang with my parents.  I also got a lot of work done at the store, so it all went well. 

Michael survived for three days by himself here.  Before I left Dallin informed me he liked Dad because Dad gives him juice, lets him play video games, and lets him burp. Michael did a good job while I was gone.  He even had roses waiting for me at the airport.  So sweet! 

The next day after I arrived home we got snow!  I must have brought it with me from South Dakota.  :)

It was all melted by the end of the day.  Joshua was hoping some of it would stick around so he could play in it after school, but that didn't happen.  The rest of us took advantage and played in it. 

We made a mini snowman and snow angels.   Now our tempatures are nearing 60 and my kids don't even want to wear long sleeves or coats outside.  :)

Frigid 5K

It was a cold one!  I am loving that it is actually feeling like "winter" here.  The boys, especially Dallin really wanted to run a race.  I convinced Michael to get out of bed early and hang out in the cold.  He is a trooper. :)


My friend Elise coming in before the rest of us!

My sister Jenny running at 15 weeks pregnant.  She did well!

This will be my last race before baby arrives.  It felt pretty good. 

Tony running in to the finish line.

Michael was freezing the whole time.  The kids did okay because they love to run around.  They are also used to playing outside more than Michael.

Boys all ready for their 1K.

After the 1K.  In full disclosure Leah did not run the full race she did about 2/3 ish.  Michael carried her a little as well, but she had fun and it was her first race.

Sorry it is sideways.  I still have lot to learn on blogger.  :)  This is Dallin running in.  He did really well.  He has been practicing on our walks home from school.