Happy 14th Tanner

I was thinking the other day how amazing it is that Tanner is turning 14! I'm the mom of a 14-year-old! Crazy. Time really does seem to go faster the older I get. There were times in Tanner's life that seemed very slow to me. He was a very hard baby, which means an easy teenager, right?? Maybe because he was my first and I didn't know what I was doing but I had a lot of anxiety when he was little. It seemed like if he made any crying noises I would hurry and nurse him which may be why he was such a fat baby. He's changed a lot this last year. He's getting so tall and seems more man than boy. I'm thankful that I get to see him grow up and change. It's a fun process to see his personality change with each year. Right now he's really close to his dad and not so much with me but that's okay. I'm glad he thinks his dad is cool right now.

Tanner and Grandpa Buddy. Probably about 8 months old.
10 years old
Most pictures that I found of Tanner lately, he's eating something. Something else that is so cool about Tanner is he was born on my dad's birthday and Jon's mom's birthday and he was the first grandchild on both sides so it was a great birthday present for them. :)Happy Birthday, Tanner, Grandpa, and Grandma!

President's Day Weekend

My sister and her family came to Utah to visit over the weekend. I kept forgetting to take pictures but I got a few. We went to Gram's cabin and had a relaxing time.

This is Katie doing her homework and Maddie drawing.
This is Peter showing how much snow the cabin got.
Thomas and Seth are trying to build a snow cave but it's pretty hard. This was the first trip that Thomas and Seth got along really well. They're both our babies and have always had a problem playing together. This trip was very easy for us adults, we got lots of talking time in while the cousins got lots of playing time in. I'm so glad my kids have cousins!!

Maddie's 6th grade dance

All of the 6th grade classes learn about 7 or 8 different styles of dance. They teach them the jitterbug, the cha cha, the waltz, hip hop, and the macarena (if you can consider that a dance) and a couple of others I can't remember. Then all the parents are invited to the dance to watch. Some dances are boy/girl dances or daddy/daughter dances. It's a lot of fun. Maddie did protest about dancing with a boy a little too loudly I thought. It was cute to watch.Maddie's cousin Katie is visiting so she did the macarena with her. They're really excited to do it.:)

Here's the waltz, Jon needed a few pointers.

Her friends Jenny, Marissa and Camilla.
She was not happy that I took this picture of them doing the jitterbug but she'll probably forgive me someday. We'll see how she feels about me putting it on my blog also...

Sledding

This last weekend the kids got Friday off of school so we decided to go up to Idaho for a visit. We took the kids sledding on a great hill. It was actually not too cold that day, which is a relative term in Idaho. It was nice to be surrounded by family.Maddie and Jakey
Go, Seth!
Go, Max!
This game of monopoly lasted 3 hours, way too long for me!
Here's the pile of snow clothes and boots after sledding, not a pretty sight.