As I have looked through pics from this past year, all I can think is that I sure am a very blessed girl! I've tried to keep these in chronological order, but I have forgotten way too much.
First up, I have some super healthy girls! These are some pics that my brother took, but I love how it shows my girls trying to take good care of their bodies. I'm super proud of them for that!
In January we went to visit the Ice Castle in Midway, Utah. It looks like Sweetheart is miserable, but that was because I told them they had to leave.
We also attended the open house for the Provo City Center Temple. It was absolutely lovely! So much so that we again got crying when it was time to leave.
These girls continue to become more and more interested in cooking with us. I'm not sure there is anything better than gathering in the kitchen to prepare good food for your family!
In March we decided that since we live in a small town in the middle of nowhere, we should go get some cute, fluffy chicks, with the idea that we then would have delicious eggs coming right from our backyard. And boy were they cute! The girls named them Rose, Daisy, Violet, and Sunflower, which I thought was adorable.
And then the chickens got big! This is Sweetheart holding Violet.
And Princess holding Sunflower (Sunny).
They finally got old enough to start laying eggs, and then we got one egg out of Violet. A day or two later, some of the neighbor's dogs got in the chicken run and killed them all. It was so frustrating for me because I had put in so much time, money, and energy, and I was very much looking forward to those fresh eggs. Thankfully, the owner of the dogs replaced our chickens pretty quickly. They were younger than our originals, so it was still a few months before we were getting eggs regularly. We have been loving having fresh eggs from the backyard!
And then.... ooops!
We decided to completely change our yard, and move the garden from the back to the front yard where there would be a lot more sun. This involved a lot of work, and a trailer to haul away unwanted stuff, and one day while unhitching that trailer, it slipped and hit my foot, breaking the second metatarsal of my right foot. I apparently did a great job. If you looked at the x-ray that looked straight down, it was obviously broken but didn't look too bad. If you looked from the side, though, it was obvious that it was severely displaced. I had a surgery to get a fancy plate and six screws. The surgery was easy, I got there around 7:00 a.m. and was home by 11:00 a.m. I had five weeks where I couldn't put pressure on my foot, which made things really interesting for awhile. Good thing I have a fantastic family who pitched in and were a huge help.
One of the girls made me this at school:
"If I could give you one gift, I would give you a new set of colorful crutches. You don't like your old crutches."
Eventually I graduated to a boot and could (carefully) walk again. Hooray!
And then this gorgeous child graduated from Kindergarten. She is incredibly smart, and we are so proud of her!
Memorial Day, pretty picture!
I went back to Good Things Utah a few times, I really love those guys and it's so fun to go cook on TV!
We spent Memorial Day weekend at Strawberry Reservoir where we camped overnight with some friends. While there Sweetheart reeled in this baby:
I believe that technically it was in the size range that should have been put back, but by the time we got the hook out it was dead, so we ate it for breakfast. Yum!
This beauty was able to come with us, too! We didn't get enough pictures of her! Never do, though.
Summer swimming lessons, the girls finally learned to put their faces in the water!
We decided to go check out Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon, and the girls loved it. They have asked to go back several times.
Right here you have to image a bunch of wonderful pictures. I'm still looking, but somehow I don't have any pictures of Princess's birthday. We had a wonderful day and had her birthday experience right on her special day. We started with lunch at the Blue Lemon, and then a trip on the Ferris wheel at Scheel's, because that's tradition. We then went to Nickelmania, running around like crazy people and spending lots of nickels on crazy games. I think this might be why we don't have any pics? It was fun, and we were so excited to celebrate her 6th birthday.
And then school started again! First day of 1st/3rd grade!
And then Sweetheart had a birthday! And we actually took pictures this time.
In the fall of 2016, Sweetheart finally was able to have her dream come true, and she started dance class. She looks a little sad in these pics, but she was loving it, I promise! Just concentrating.
We took a drive back to Strawberry to see if anyone would have more luck and get a nice, big fish, but it was so cold that we didn't stay long enough for anyone to catch anything. We need to go back soon, though, everyone loves this place!
Then Halloween!
I had the great opportunity to teach a class at Pinner's Conference. It was a ton of fun, and we fed people lots of banana "nice" cream and avocado brownies. Yum! This pic is backstage as we were waiting for it to start.
Princess lost her first tooth!
And then Christmas.
This isn't actually all of Christmas, just the party at my grandma's house. We spent Christmas on an amazing road trip. That trip has so many pictures that it will be it's own post.
2016 was an amazing year! We had so much good flooding our year, and I'm very grateful. Again, I'm one very blessed girl!
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