Crazy Eyes

 I adore these two.  Layne snapped these pictures as he was putting the girls to bed last night (I had mutual).  We recently discovered that Sadie has a special talent of crossing one eye and keeping the other straight.  Pretty dang cool.  Raegan's talent is partially hidden, but she can raise one eyebrow and not the other.  Something that Trenton, Sadie and I can't do. Neat.  :)

Sisters

I've tried to have a little tradition of going to Provo and spending the night with Kelsey.  It's always awesome!

I played games with a bunch of people in Kelseys building and some of their guy friends.  Layne called me and was like, "Are you hanging out with BOYS?"  I assured him that every person in that room knew that I was married and was pregnant.  He needn't worry.  I'm an oldie to them.  It was funny to join the college scene again for a night though.....

The kids and my mom drove down with me and stayed for a couple of hours.  Kelsey had a pet turtle and they thought that was awesome!

 Kelsey has a "friend" that loves snakes.  Apparently she doesn't mind them too much either...

 Kelsey had to work on some art projects while I was there.  This painting is going to be super cool.  I hope it'll be hanging in my house one day...haha :)

Jackson Hole Getaway

I spent a glorious weekend in Jackson Hole with the husband.  The trip was originally supposed to be a "brothers" trip.  That fell through and then it was going to be a "couples" trip with us and Jeff and Lindsay.  In the end Lindsay wasn't able to go (much to my sadness) and so it ended up being mixed.  :)

I was a VERY careful skier and took it pretty easy.  Friday was heavenly.  The skies were blue and the slopes not too crowded.  After I'd ride the gondola to the top, I'd sit in a chair and bask in the sun for a few minutes, before beginning my decent.

 I think this picture is kind of embarrassing of me, but beautiful of the scenery!

My jacket and pants were a pretty tight squeeze.  I think I'll have to retire them now for the season. 

 While Friday was blue, sunny skies, Saturday was windy and snowy .  A complete contrast.

It was so fun to get out and spend some time with Layne and with nature (I pretty much skied alone the whole weekend).  

Now that I got that out of my system, I think I'm ready for spring.....

16 weeks

Sorry no pictures of the belly.  Just imagine.

This pregnancy is sort of rocking my world.  I guess I should have expected as much, but somehow I didn't.  I thought that since I've been through it twice and am much older and wiser now, it would be a breeze.  It hasn't been horrible, and I really shouldn't complain.  Life is good. I'm happy. I'm excited for a new baby.  I just feel like my life got tipped on it's side and scrambled and I just can't figure out how to put it back together!  I have been sick longer in this pregnancy than ever before (I sincerely hope that this will end soon).  I have definitely had some good days, but  feel like I've regressed a bit in the last 5+ days. (Perhaps my own fault for trying to wean myself off of Zofran).  Throwing up more and feeling exhausted.  The extreme exhaustion is where my big issue is.  When am I going to get my energy back?!  I thought it was supposed to be now!  I have 4 hungry mouths to feed and a house that looks like a World War happened inside of it.  I have things to do!

The soundtrack for my life right now has this song playing on repeat.

St. George

A couple of weeks ago we spent a fabulous weekend in St. George.  Layne and I just felt like we needed a "family vacation."  AKA doing things that the kids want to do while on vacation.  It was so fun.  I'm so glad we were able to get away for a weekend and spend time together.

Kid bike rides:

Rock climbing (even for the pregnant lady--but of course only on a top rope)!

 LOVE this little man:

 Such a little stud.

 The obligatory swing:

 Men in the kitchen...

 I love southern Utah . I need a little every winter to get me through.

BMX

We had a fun Saturday afternoon doing some BMX bike racing.  Layne raced and Sadie and Raegan did a race on their Striders.  It was the BEST DAY EVER.  The girls told me so.  :)  The girls were so cute and are in LOVE with the trophies they "won" (all of the kids "win" trophies, but don't tell them, they didn't notice...).  I overheard Sadie tell Raegan, "Mom is SOOOO proud of me."  Raegan told me, "Can I put this in a place where I can see it so I can keep feeling special?"  I love those little ladies.  Here are some pictures of their big day.  (Hopefully by the next race they will be riding pedal bikes (or "number bikes").

Layne is feeling pretty awesome in his jeans and ski helmet.  :)  It was his plan to catch people by surprise at his awesome BMX skills.

 Blurry, but cute picture.

 Practicing.

 Pep talk before the race.

And a video of the race: