Hannah's Birthday Party

We had Hannah's birthday party at Galaxy Games and Golf. The kids played in the FunGym, played a couple games with their tokens and ate popcorn, ice cream and brownie pops with sprinkles that Hannah helped make. Everyone had a ton of fun.

Pre-Easter

Yesterday I took the girls to the store and let Hannah pick out her outfit for Easter with the money that Grandma sent her for her birthday. She picked a purple dress and the shoes you see here. I really liked a white skirt she picked with a yellow top, but in the end she really wanted the purple dress-(it was about a third of the price). She says the shoes click and she seems pleased with them-so thanks Grandma! She'll probably wear the outfit every Sunday, if not more often.

Katie's idea of a fun time

Here Madison is in her car seat with a whole bunch of toys Katie decided she needed...a pony, book, 2 balls, a rabbit, block and large toy.

Repost of pictures

Gone Sleddin'

We went sledding with some friends from the school. Katie was our snow bunny. She loved trudging up and down the hill and didn't want any help. I wish I had more pictures but our batteries ran out!

14 inches of Snow

The snow finally melted and although it was still pretty chilly, we let the girls go out and ride bikes on Thursday night. We didn't realize what we were in for this weekend.

It snowed 14 inches in Columbus. It snowed all last night and throughout the day today. It was too cold to play outside with all of the wind and the snow blowing in your face and way too deep for the girls to be able to enjoy. We need to plow a path through the back so that they can walk and dig without sinking into the snow. Hannah thought it was pretty COOL. Most businesses were closed except for the grocery stores and hospitals so we didn't go anywhere. We had a lot of fun just hanging out at home. We cleaned the house, watched A Bug's Life, made individual pizzas that the girls could put their own toppings on and then had cinnamon rolls for dessert. Surprisingly we didn't go crazy.
Church is already cancelled for tomorrow, so I'll have to think of some things to keep us busy for the day. Maybe we'll take some pictures.

how sweet

I just couldn't resist putting the ribbon on his head. He took it out of my hair and tried to put it on his head.
We have moved Parker's crib because of the "reading" aka eating the pages.

The Girls

Hannah and Madison

Katie wearing Kim's boots. She loves shoes right now and she can be found wearing everyone's but her own. You can't get the full affect of the boots from the picture, but it was pretty cute. She couldn't really walk-she looked like a true cowgirl.

The end of Winter (we hope!)

Here is a picture of Hannah and Katie after the most recent snowfall. We really hope it starts to warm up. We all want to go outside and play. Today it was 60 degrees and it is suppose to be warm tomorrow, but rainy :( then it is going to get cold again. We keep praying for spring.

Both girls let me do french braids last Tuesday morning. It was adorable and Hannah actually left hers in for about 2 hours. Katie left hers in for 2 days.

It was Beau Johnson's birthday (the oldest son of my roommate Katherine). They came to Columbus for the day and we celebrated Beau's birthday with him and some of his cousins. He wanted everyone to dress-up for his party so Hannah was riding a chicken and Katie was a princess.

Visit to Arizona

Our trip to visit Grandpa and Grandma Rose and Grandma and Grandpa Scott was quiet and relaxing. Both sets of grandparents are doing well. You would never know that Grandpa Scott had open-heart surgery a few months ago. He is like the energizer bunny. He walks both morning and night. We had to keep a brisk pace to keep up with him! Grandma Rose is continuing to feel more energetic. She accompained us to the Mesa Temple on Thursday morning. After our session we wandered the temple grounds and took some pictures. We also went into the visitor's center. They have a photographic display called "Reflections of Christ." As we walked amongst the various pictures we were deeply moved by the love of our Savior. The photographer captured the compassion and love of Christ in the carious pictures depeicting his life. After seeing the photos we watched a video sharing the experiences of the photographer and the crew. A lot of effort was put into this display and I hope all of you will have an opportunity to see this it. (They are hoping to have a traveling exhibit that will go to each of the visitor centers.)

While visiting Grandma and Grandpa Scott we made a quick trip to Mexico. Not much excitement happens in Quartzite where Grandma and Grandpa Scott live, but they love being there.

Parkers bike

I thought I had posted these pictures but I guess I didn't so here they are. Parker now knows how to get on and off his bike. I loves to push it and it light enough that he can turn it if he runs into something. Some days I will find him just sitting on his bike. Though today he made progress. He moved about a foot, though he was sitting on the bike backwards. And he stood on top of it again today, but got down when I looked at him We are going to have to work on this one.

all boy with a little bit of mommy's helper

Parker's latest thing is to carry around an airplane. Shawn has one too and Parker can fly it around for ever. Parker is not allowed to play with the other airplanes because he pulls pieces off of them. He is such a daddy's little boy.

But when mommy is around he can be my little helper in the kitchen. I put an apron on sunday and he kept pointing at it and pulling at it so I put it on him and he walked around with a hot pad until we took it off.

Sunday Mornings

Sunday mornings are long at our house these days. We have church at 11 and finding things for the girls to do before church is always a challenge. I keep trying to get some cute pictures of Madison, but the girls usually get in front of the camera or Madi is too tired to smile. We captured a few cute ones this morning (too bad she scratched her nose yesterday). The girls were getting along for about 5 minutes and sharing the high chair while they ate their snack. In all the pictures either Katie or Hannah had their eyes closed, but I though this one was still cute.

"Nu"

This is snow and nose and no as Parker says it. He will point to your nose and say "Nu" and he will say this when he doesn't want anything and when it was snowing and we were talking about the snow to Parker he said "Nu" so we decided to go out and play and let Parker experience the "Nu" or snow as we call it.

Life at the Lovejoys

Three Cute Girls

Hannah wanted to have her hair straight so we straightened it and had to call Grandma and Grandpa on the "homework" to let them see. She is getting so grown up. This is Hannah's outfit that she wears every day except sunday and if it has to be washed (This is going to be one well worn brown shirt and "no hole pants" as Hannah calls them. She has a pair of pants that have holes in them. She used to wear them every day. I'm grateful she wears these pants. At least I'll get my money's worth for this pair. I've decided Hannah really has to be able to pick out her own clothes, so if you ever want to send clothes as a present for her, the money would probably be better. If she picks it out she is a lot more likely to wear it. I let her buy a sweatshirt at Old Navy for $4. She wears it almost every day, of course over the brown shirt. One day I was wearing a long sleeved t-shirt (not a nicer one, a real t-shirt one that I would wear to bed or exercise in). Hannah took one look at me and said, "Mom, you don't look cute."Needless to say when I really got dressed for the day, Hannah gave me the stamp of approval.

Parker is one

Parker is officially one now. He loved playing with the balloons on the ground. He didn't quite know what to do with the cake- but he loved the cars on top of it.