Boondocks!

We decided to take the kids to Boondocks, because we had never been there and it looked like fun! When done right it is inexpensive (which makes it just that much better!) and the kids had a fun time. We also found that winter is a good time to go because the outdoor race track, bumper boats etc. is closed, which means overall - it's much less crowded!

Birthday Party!

Andrew's friend Carly turned 3 and to celebrate she had a party at Arctic Circle- a great spot because of the indoor play ground- perfect during the winter!Andrew was excited to hold Natalia for her first ride on the slide!

Lava Springs

On our way home from Rexburg, we found out that Bishan and Sara were visiting friend's about an hour away from where we were, so we stopped at their friend's home. We met some more great Sri Lankans and had a wonderful Sri Lankan lunch. Afterwards we stopped with them at Lava Hot Springs. There was plenty of snow everywhere, but the naturally hot water made us forget it was winter! Andrew's favorite part was finding small pebbles on the steps and throwing them into the water-how nice to be so easily amused!

Raja, Andrew and Bishan- "the men" .

Ohhh, this is my new favorite picture! I just love it! A picture is worth a thousand words!

Sara and Bishan enjoying the hot water!

Our Trip to Rexburg

Sunset on the beautiful Rexburg temple!
Andrew is coloring the wall of Auntie Sarah's dorm (washable crayons!) The coolest part is that this also used to be my dorm room! Sarah and I coincidentally live/lived in the exact same dorm, even sleep/ slept in the same bedroom, on the same side of the bedroom! It was fun to be back!

Raja and Andrew are helping Brother Gallup shovel the driveway. The Gallups are parents of one of our ward friends, they were very kind in letting us stay with them for the weekend.

Natalia- in clay

Andrew has had so much fun sculpting lately. This one is Natalia, he was very excited to show it to her when she woke up from her nap! If you look closely you can see a nose, ears etc.!

Natalia and Brandon

Natalia and her friend Brandon had a lot of fun playing together! Don't miss the last picture of them texting their friends- ohhhh, it starts sooooo young!

Sittin' Pretty!

Natalia loves to sit in Andrew's chair, which luckily he is willing to share with her. He loves her and is a great big brother!

Natalia is REALLY walking!!!

Family Snow Time

Andrew and Natalia loved being pulled in the sled around our back yard!

Raja decided to pull all three of us! It was so fun!

Raja built this snow wall, which was actually a couple of rows taller only minutes before this picture was taken. After building it, he sprayed the entire alphabet onto the snow blocks for Andrew. The first part of the alphabet fell off- but before it did, and when Andrew first saw it, he was exstatic! We had already come inside to warm up, but Andrew kept screaming, Mom- look outside! Look outside! See what Daddy built!?!

Yummy!

Ballet at the Library

Andrew sat with his friends to watch a short ballet performance at the library (eventhough he's covering his ears- it really wasn't loud!) It was all fun and games until the dancers invited the kids to the front to dance with them- Andrew absolutely refused! Oh well, if as a 3 year old he feels the need to have his manhood recognized, I guess that's just fine!

Stories before bedtime

Usually story time isn't all together, but his night, Natalia just was not sleeping. Since I was about to read to Andrew, we just brought her in to join us. They both loved it!

"Bob" can fix anything!

Andrew is a great "Bob". He loves running out of his room all decked out and ready to fix anything!

The joy of a mess!!!

She must have pulled out her pig tails , and then had a nap- thus the fabulous do! That, combined with spagetti - makes a very messy picture!

Raja's 1st snow creation

This is what appeared after Raja and Andrew disappeared outside for awhile! This was when we thought we had a lot of snow!