Anticipation

We're all quite excited about our pending trip to California. We can count it down on one hand!! (although I could have done that from the beginning...Sign Language lets you do that...)
Cosette keeps saying, "Let's march to Grandma and Poppi's." I have to remind her that we're going IN March. Now that she knows it's March, she's doubly ready. Isaac has no clue.


Cosette is sitting on her throne. She had all the blankets set up on the stairs for her "red carpet". She's wearing Ethan's beanie on her head.

Ethan is growing so fast! It's hard to believe he's 4-months-old!

Here are my boys.

Isaac found the vasaline...we're not going to need to style his hair for awhile, the vasaline will do the trick!

Cosette on wheels

Island Park and Roller Skating

We're walking down the middle of the road in Island Park, Idaho on Saturday, February 22. You can see the 4 feet of snow on either siade of the road. Ethan was with us. His nose is poking out of the jacket of his daddy.

The local weather rock...I would say...snowy?

Family Home Evening on Monday, February 25, was at the roller rink. Cosette had a grand time.

Rob didn't skate, but I got Cosette and Isaac out there! Isaac had amazing balance. He wouldn't leave the skating floor either. He kept crawling to the entrances so he could skate some more.

Ethan loves his cousins Faith and Shandell.

Cosette in her Wolverine costume at the Carter's. The kids stayed there while Rob and I played in the snow.

Our snow day at Kelly Canyon.

I only lost my ski once going up the ski lift (out of 3 rides)

This is the hill I found myself in after going 100 mph down the ski slope. I didn't know how to stop!

Yeah

watching "moo-bies"

Aunt Tricia came to visit for the weekend. We sure enjoyed it! :-)

Happy Valentine's

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End of January...Month 1

We had the whole Idaho family over for Family Home Evening (except Mom). Rob and I were excited to be able to open our home and share with so many people. 16 people fit easily. What a blessing.
I just like pictures the snow from our front window. One of these days I'll get a picture from the park out over the valley.
Ethan is three-months-old. He is such a sweet boy. I don't want him to grow up, I'm enjoying him as a baby.
Cosette really wanted to go play in the snow. She'd been waiting for Rob to get home to go out with her. When I have the two boys, it's hard to get outside with her. She got her stuff on about 4pm and was just waiting. About 15 minutes later, she'd fallen asleep.

The Webcam

Ethan loves to smile and talk now. It's great! Isaac is still very fond of him and if we're not careful, lays on him with kisses.

Here's the front of the house with snow. It's hard to see, but the Guard Frog is on duty, as well as the elephant.

Silly boy!

This was our first webcam visit with Grandma and Popi Frost. Technology has really shortened the distance between Idaho and California.

You don't realize how much wildlife you have until it snows and they leave tracks. This is standing at my backdoor and taking pictures.

January

Isaac was put in our room for a nap because he didn't have a bed yet. This is what happened when we thought he was sleeping. Note: Don't put a toddler in a room with a bathroom and a whole roll of toilet paper.
Our truck finally arrived on January 3. We had been told it was coming Dec 31, but received a call that it was 2 weeks out.
This is the downstairs playroom. It's much cleaner than this now, and has more furniture.
Here's the kitchen after we painted it pecan sand and pottery red.

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With no furniture yet, Cosette decided the closet would be a good place to sleep.

This is the Rexburg, Idaho temple. It's considered a medium size temple. We went to the open house on New Year's Day (Jan 1). Talk about a hike!! From the stake center to the temple was about 1/4 mile and the temple has three floors we had to walk up & down. Inside was quite beautiful with a distinct wheat motif.

Last night Faith Carter, Cosette's cousin, came to spend a couple nights with us. They went sledding in our yard today.

This is the view from our side yard out over the valley. Beautiful!!

Guest room

After the New Year's Eve party we were invited to, we came home and started to paint the guest bedroom. We started about 11PM and finished about 1:30AM. What a way to bring in 2008! We decided this will be our experimental room. Our next project will be the kitchen.

Year's End

With winter roads come ice and snow. This is our first fender bender. We just happened to slide into a guy with a trailer hitch. You can see the bent license plate frame and crack in the bumper.

Ethan the Reindeer.

Twin Falls temple. It is nearly completed. We spent New Year's Eve driving to Twin Falls about an hour and a half away. That's where Costco is.