2013 Part II: Parks, Pain, and Pools

MAY

Family pictures by Ashtyn.

Bonnie Springs.

Movie in the park. A becomes half alien.

The boy climbs more.

Slam Scarlett's foot in the car door. Hard. (Read: worst parent ever). Michael K-tapes. She insists on the bandaid.

Sour go-gurts.

She makes Funshine watch Funshine.

BBQ with friends.

JUNE

Cooling off.

Cooling off some more. This time with friends.

And some more. This time she learns to swim.

He has a birthday!

JULY

She and he lounge.

"CHEESE!"

Michael builds a gun.

Lightning!

Laundry. it. never. ends.

She still doesn't meet the weight limit for the baby carrier. Who has babies this big?

AUGUST

She makes a mess.

He teaches her how to blow chocolate milk bubbles.

Mornings will Jillian.

Grandpa turns 90.

Looking gorgeous on the first day of Girls Camp. I will always be shorter than the Beehives.

Cake #4 and #5 of the year for Megan.

Backyard adventures.

Color coordinating best friends move away. 

2013 Part 1: (gall) Bladders, Birthdays, and Baths

JANUARY

Blowing balls out of the shop vac.

She can't stop painting. (Hot dog and bun in a backpack)

Perfect month for walks.

Perfect size for snuggles.

FEBRUARY

Her drawing skills improve.

He learns to crawl.

He sleeps.

*Michael leaves glasses behind for Lasik (I will neveerrrrr do that...)

MARCH

Her wish was granted, "I want dinosaur jammies like August! Dat cool!"

Gall bladder removed.

She put Daddy's socks on, "I putting Daddy's socks on."

Easter bunny visits.

Gained an egg dying partner. YES!!!

APRIL

She turns three.

Cake #1 of the year.

He figures out he loves laying in the bath.

Michael buys project #1 of the year (...as of October we sold our legal limit of cars this year).

She went to Disney on Ice!

Calico Basin

We found our new favorite hiking spot 2 weeks ago. And good thing we went when we did. It's been cold ever since! Calico Basin is free and it's the turn off right before Red Rock (which is fun, but you have to pay and it's always fairly busy whenever we can go).

We picnicked near a cool tree.

Enjoyed a pickle.

Found out Michael is part monkey.

Made this face more times than can be counted.

Piggy backed.

Posed.

And peaced out.

A New Year, A New Journal

Our stake is using these journals I designed last year for the Youth's Come Follow Me curriculum. For the new year I designed a new cover page (for the new theme: Come Unto Christ) and a new challenge page!! They can be found HERE, and you print as many as you want! 

I am no longer in my ward's young women's teaching, but while I did use this journal alongside the inspired new curriculum, I saw an amazing change in the girls. I thought the information would be too basic and year after year it would become boring, but it shocked me how much the girls learned. With the journals it definitely helped them retain information. They had an opportunity to look back on what was taught before and then add on to that. Having a little reminder was so helpful!

Now that the second year of the Come Follow Me is soon approaching, I can't wait to see our young women add on to what they learned a whole year ago!

If you already have a JOURNAL, here's the new COVER and CHALLENGE PAGE.