Valentine's Day - Kid Style

Random drawing from Megan. Not sure if it is a temple or a birthday cake.

Valentine's treats from Derek's "valentine" Janine

Little Meg at her school valentine party. Her teacher requested healthy snacks instead of sugary treats for the party....so we came up with muffins, fruit and milk. The kids didn't seem to notice that it was healthy. :)

Megan got a hold of the camera again!

P.S. Jake posted on facebook that he had a great Valentine's Day...but of course he wouldn't elaborate. Hmmmmm. And Alan and I plan to celebrate Valentine's Day next week in Florida on a Fidelity sponsored vacation!!! Yipee!

Miss Megan is officially not a baby anymore

We finally got around to remodeling Megan's room. For seven years, she has been housed in the "nursery" with the baby wallpaper and lots and lots of writings on the walls. We spent a good week scraping off the 15-year old wallpaper. Another week of patching up holes and painting. And yet another week shopping at Ikea for new furniture (Alan's LEAST favorite thing to do in the world). Anyone who has shopped at Ikea knows the furniture is cheaper because you have to put it together yourself. Alan and the boys were able to put all of the furniture together last Saturday, and then Megan, Melanie and I organized and decorated. For such a small room, I think we did pretty well. And as Megan pointed out, SHE IS NOT A BABY ANYMORE...SHE IS A BIG GIRL!

The crew at work

I love her lace curtains!!! Love, Love, Love them.

We made a reading/guinea pig/stuffed animal/ doll area under her bed decorated with cute lights from Ikea. I am not sure why on her dry erase board she has written "worst day" on each line. Seriously Megan, what is that about?

She is so excited to finally have her own desk!

What room is not complete without a shiny purple comforter?

Goodbye 2009!

Happy Anniversary to Us! 18 years and counting!!! Thanks to Aunt Mel for coming over and playing with the kiddos while we hung out at The Anniversary Inn and Little America for 4 days. So Fun!!! Christmas was fun...and the Grinch (I won't name any names :) was trying REALLY hard to be nice this year! Meg has pretty much figured out the Santa thing...but she still played along this year just for our fun. We got to spend time with family and friends....Can't ask for more than that! We do wish we could have seen Nedra and Al, but we are always too scared to drive to St. George in the cold and snow. We don't have any good New Year's Eve pictures. Alan and I were the chaperones to a 14-year old party at our house. And the 14-year olds did not want their pictures taken. Luckily the girl Jake likes left at 11:00 so we didn't have to stress about a possible New Year's Eve kiss haha.

Megan and more Megan

Here are some random pictures starring Megan! It might seem we favor Megan in our family (The boys probably think we do). But seriously, Megan BEGS to get her picture taken constantly. And she is so stinkin photogenic, I have to post every one. The day we were putting up our tree, Megan came upstairs draped in the Christmas tree skirt and said "Look, I'm Judge Judy!"
Note to the brothers...You too can be the stars of the blog too IF you actually smile and act nice when I'm trying to take your picture. :)

Christmas Parties

Parties, Parties, Parties! We have had some fun family parties this year. Every time we are at my mom's house, Jake loves to bring out the legos. And Derek is contantly jumping in the air trying to touch celings...His jumping is at its worst (or best) during basketball season.