Family Home Evening

Last Monday, the girls thought we had a pretty fun Family Home Evening. We were learning about how we are children of God, and how special that makes us. So, for the activity, we made crowns that said "I am a child of royal birth" and we all wrote on each crown, something special about that person. They had a lot of fun with it and they looked so cute we had to take pictures. Mommy and Daddy even got in on the fun :) Anyway, they seemed to learn something from it. And lately (since we started trying to have family home evening every week instead of hit and miss) Alma always gets so excited about it and asks when we are going to have it. By watching her, I am learning how important it really is. Thanks Alma! :)


P.S. Don't you love the blue eye shadow? She is soooo into make up...uh-oh :)

Comforting big sis

A few days ago Alma was throwing a fit about something and started crying. So, Saralyn decided she needed to give her a hug to help her feel better. But she didn't just give her a hug and was done. She actually hugged her until she stopped crying! It was so cute to see her wanting to help her big sister! I thinks she learns a lot from Alma, because Alma often does the same thing for her. Hopefully they don't grow out of that.

Hogle Zoo

Last weekend we wanted to go to Jackson and take the girls to see the elk refuge and ride the sleigh, then go for a hike. But, it decided to snow everywhere we were wanting to go, so we changed our plans. Instead, we took them to Hogle Zoo and it was a lot of fun! It was a little cold, but it was nice that there weren't many people there. We could go anywhere we wanted without having to face the crowd! Anyway the girls really enjoyed it. Here are some fun pictures we took while we were there.


Our camera wasn't fast enough to get really good pictures, but we got a few okay ones and a few blurry ones. We'll let you see, just for fun.



Saralyn was afraid of a few of the animals and we would put her up close to the glass and she would try to push herself away. It was pretty funny. But they both really love animals and it was fun to see their expressions with all the different ones.



That little monkey is really blurry, but he loved cameras. Whenever anyone would put their camera up to take a picture, he would put his face right up there trying to figure out what it was, I guess. Anyway, we had a good time!

Dance Pictures

Alma just started ballet/tumbling at the beginning of this month. Of course, she loves it. Here are some pictures I took before we went to class. Once again, Saralyn wants to be just like big sister! :) They both like to dance around a lot. I especially like it when they both put their hands over their heads and twirl. They are so sweet!

Learning to Help

Alma wanted to help me with the dishes the other night, so she did. But of course, you can't have Alma without Saralyn. So we figured out how to let Saralyn "help" too. :) These were taken when we finished. I thought they were pretty cute.

Bunk Beds! We must be CRAZY!!

The girls have been sharing a twin bed ever since we moved here in October. They have been doing okay with it, some days were better than others. But just before Christmas Grandma and Grandpa Briggs brought down a bunk bed that my sister was going to let us use. Oh boy, were they excited! Saralyn was right there climbing up with Alma. I was worried about how that would work because I knew I wouldn't be able to keep her off of it and I didn't want her to get hurt. But she seems to have a little monkey in her because she does just fine. She did fall off once and hurt her leg (she limped for a couple days) but other than that she does great. Alma thinks the top bunk is awesome! Hopefully we don't have any serious injuries, but for now it seems good. And, surprisingly (haha), they sleep much better with their own space! :)

Santa

I know this is a little late, but I wanted to show the pictures of the girls seeing
Santa. We went to the library to see him and it was packed! We were standing in line waiting for our turn (kind of, Saralyn doesn't do lines well), and Saralyn saw some of the kids with candy canes. She looked at me wanting me to give her one, and I pointed to where they were getting them - Santa. So what did she do? Pushed her way to the front of the line to get her candy cane. She didn't realize, however, that she would have to sit on some strange mans lap to get it. As you can see from her picture, she wasn't too excited about that. Alma, on the other hand, wasn't scared at all. But when it was her turn she told me that she forgot what she wanted to ask for. I told her it was okay, he probably already knew anyway :)