Owen is now 11!!

 Yay for the birthday boy! One of his favorite presents was this hilarious green robe- he is so skinny that he's always cold. So he wears this thing all the time, even in summer!!

We went to the Provo rec Center to swim on his birthday- of course- this time with cousins!  They don't have a brother, so Vivian and Naomi ADORE Owen!!  Cleo really enjoys being around him too.

Eating the rest of the cake at home after swimming. We sure love our Owen!!!

I told Owen if he had a smaller party we could buy Legos for it...so that was fun!! He invited 5 or 6 people and this is who came- Max, Abby, Hannah and Cole- who kind of invited himself lol.

We did 3 Lego building challenges for 20 minutes each, easy party!  Here's Hannah and Owen's Castles!

Max and Owen's plates of food- Lego meals!

Cake time!  We wanted to do Lego candy on the cake, but couldn't find it ANYWHERE the week of his party!!  So I had to improvise and spend forever making Legos out of fondant haha.

All the castles and Max's castle.

Abby and Hannah's food!  Abby made a frying pan!  And Hannah made a salad, so cute.

Emma and Maris joined in on the challenges using their own Legos. and me and my Lego-loving boy!

Cole with a robot- can't remember what challenge that was!  and a tank!

Cole and Abby with their castles.

It was a great easy and happy party!

Happy January

The kids are back in school so it's time to start on this year's blog :) 

I actually kind of hate writing this in August, it makes me want to go sit outside where it’s warm!! But, here we go!

In January we had 3 kids playing indoor soccer!  Here's Owen at his post in center D....

Whitney playing in one of many physical games!

And Maris having fun playing different positions than the outdoor season.

I may have posted this on last year's blog, but it was in january, so- one day Eric took just the big kids and they skied in the clouds!  They said it was pretty cool.  Check out Whitney's frosty hair!! There was so much moisture in the air but then it would freeze on the way down, so crazy.

Meanwhile I built a snow fort with the girls back home.

We had snow about every 3 days all winter it seemed like!  But this must have been one of the respites, we went down to the park and played with the big chunks of ice from the frozen puddles.

A pretty January sunset they wanted to document.

and a cool rainbow sundog!