Another Recap of our Life

I love to read blogs, but man o man, I am so not on my blogging A game lately. I really want to post every little thing we are up to, but before I know it the day is over. I guess I just need to prioritize better. Anyway, what we've been up to lately:

*Pics were taken by Mere. Thanks a bunch Mere! I have been into the vintage looks of pics I see on blogs lately, so I did play around editing some... ugh, I don't know though. I should take a photo class someday and learn more about photography/editing.

1. Went to Oregon. Ev had a work meeting there so we were able to lengthen the trip and spend time with the Carlile fam. It was so fun seeing the cousins Jaycee, Gunner and Riggs together. They each have their own personalities even at such a young age. I actually saw a shy side of Jaycee this trip- I think having two all boy cousins running around was very interesting to her.

We fed the ducks, {Jaycee is wearing her cousins clothes because mommy was too lazy and didn't get her coat/hat from upstairs. We should have known they would sneak in bread, too! Adorable.}

went to a children's museum, played at the Albany indoor park,

went to a family/kids day at the local college,

took some Sears pictures of the kiddos, ate {which also means feeding Tootsie},

took baths,

counted down the time until Ev and Trevor were done with their work meetings,

discovered how badly we need a wagon,

watched the BYU games, hung out with friends in Chris's sweet downtown loft, and rolled in style in the awesome mini-van. Although very roomy, I don't think I will do the mini-van thing.

2. Surviving the Blizzard 2011. We are snowed in and I think we may go crazy after being inside all week! I read in the news they are predicting this to be the worst winter storm since 1912. We went to the store before it hit, so we should be good to go. I am a little worried if the power goes out, but our gas fireplace can work on batteries if needed. Although I'm not sure how long those would last us. Lots of blankets and a slumber party may be in our near future! Tomorrow it is supposed to get reeaaallllyyy cold. {Is there much difference in temperature after 5, 10 or 20 below zero?}. It's funny because it was crazy weather like this all the time in Rexburg, but for some reason all the hype of this storm kind of makes me excited... bring it on!

Kailey came up the night before it started snowing because we knew she wouldn't have school and would rather be stuck here playing with us. Today we went out and played in the snow while Jaycee was napping. We attached a rope and trashcan lid to our 4 wheel drive Pathfinder {yep, keeping it classy, I know} and had some fun. *I had a video of this but it's taking forever to upload. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow. As you can see in this video below though, I think cabin fever may already have hit Ev.

Yep, so that's us right now. Life is good. Just livin' it up in our igloo! Maybe tomorrow we'll take Jaycee on a walk in her stroller. Hmmm....