Sunday, December 14, 2025

11/9-12/12, 2025

i love our christmas decorations ! 

end of year bookclub was so fun because we made ornaments and did a blind book exchange



he did another haircut holding still and being calm! 


new vacuum
christmas concert at the church- she was dancing and he was asleep

i dyed my own hair first time. hate all the dye all over the bathroom and dont love how red it is at the roots and my grays still show but better than paying 250$



ive alwasy wanted the tree in the window like that 




they were so brave with santa thye answered his questions and gave him a high five and then we walked around looking at the gingerbread house decorations and went to dinner
play group

















cooper cuddling jake in the morning after waking up






it was quiet for a while and then i found her up on the counter spreading toothpaste all over the mirror. Then she said oh messy dont worry i clean it and she rubbed a towel all over it to smear it somemore lol she is so sweet to help out like that....








cooper selfies




pretty views


kids got to pie dallin becuase they got over 3,000 sales 





dino diorama with food

gymnastics they're learning so much and getting better and better

i think its cute he wants to sit on the coach's lap while he waits for his turn









pic by cooper. he carried these around for a few days



kitchen inspiration for the future
sadie's 5th bday was a blast


pinyata 
cooper picked out the present for her with me at the store and helped her unwrap it and gave it to her it was cute
they were both extremely dedicated to the pinyata for like an hour, got 2 candies out so we all left and she stayed down there and ripped it open and ate all the candy lol 

ar photoshoot- he was NOT having it. i was mortified. but some of the pics still ended up cute







halloween at evie's parade
our top 5 most played songs in the year 2025 hahahhahaah thanks cooper and mckinley
i was blown away at how well she can trace!













mckinley colored this

lizzie's house for christmas fun

she is like the best person on earth 



dallin was glad they fixed the creak in the floor



put food coloring in whoop cream and let them paint it around to combine the colors




missed the tree lighting countdown but they were still happy to get light sticks lol



sent a letter to santa
found a skate board on fb marketplace

mckinley made these

late graff fam thanksgiving at matthews





iceskating in the driveway
only got snow once and it melted within a few hours so we played in it while we could





























play date 





made a ravioli tower with tooth picks 



pink eye started with kinder and got him in a few days





he decorated the tree with his dinos and i thought that was so cute





mckinley and i went to zootopia 2 eith the blacks because coop and dallin stayed homw becaust of the pink eye





their letters to santa





we get such pretty views around here



watching the parade. thanksgiving sucked for me this year. i didn't like the pink eye thing throwing off our plans and didn't like that it felt like the hwole day was spent in front of a screen. i dont remember the parade being that long it was never ending




got this free from neighbors

pink eye

new anna dress fb marketplace cheap

its been such a warm winter we've had the windows open even in december


fatcats
so fun













growing a plant






music class





luminaria 

gymnastics

luminaria was so fun and only 5$ a person and my mom was able to come


























art wall in the loft lately









kinetic sand and fake pine needles everywhere when i was trying to get chrismas set up

lehi bakery tour that ended up not being our favorite thing lol 
but we got a free donut! 


school

she's a little bike rider now

she loves decorating the tree and the ornaments themselves. Some of them she loved them so much they ended up breaking
cooper made dallin a craft to sit on his desk for aep
cooper's 1st lost tooth







science where you can "see sound" by watching teh music makes the papers move on the seran wrap

topher kara date
coop took my pic during homeschool one tired omrning lol 

fall porch






used this to practice skip counting
they were so cute when we were saying what we were thankful for every day



switched curriculum 
went through the whole house and ended up selling a bunch or taking to di or getting rid of it and now it feels less cluttered


christmas bunco was so fun with more people and ugly sweaters



took the other app off and now they do kahn academy kids 
play group







puff paint is so cool!
she's been sick this whole winter it feels like one thing after another
got rid of the tramp so this was the farewell jump
she made us dinner

thumbs up
it was very messy but very cute that she wanted to make us dinner
they were both really in to the sink or float game for a while there



he was sick so he had the rash mustache


they both got haircuts and she was elated about that

they both did so good
daddy daughter date to disney on ice and she got all dressed up ! 
he painted her nails too

so cute she was so excited and had a lot of fun and then threw up on herself on the way home





fell asleep with her high heels on and no pants
 





her reaction to seeing her hair after i curled it






she is so pretty 🤩 

We have been so happy around here. even though theres been a few viruses, i'd say i'm the happiest in this phase ive ever been. so lucky and thankful.