Our Playroom

My sister, Karisa, has a really nice playroom in her new house.  It's all organized and filled with toys.  Well, our house has a closet that goes deep and around under the stairs.  It's not organized, pretty or big...but Max loves it.  Sometimes it's his house, or his camping spot, or a mountain, but most often just our playroom.  

KISSES!

I'm pretty sure that the girls will be mad at me 

later in life for this, but...

anyway, lately they've been really good at giving 

kisses when you ask and so I've been trying to 

get them to give kisses to each other. 

This was their attempt tonight 

(or rather, my poor attempt at timing the click)...

At least they do love each other...sometimes

Ellie on the left, Payton on the right

This is Ellie's pucker.  

When you ask for a kiss, 

she sticks out her bottom lip and leans in.

It's very cute.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

We love GREEN and DISNEY!

Except Ellie, she didn't love taking this picture!

 

Our Super Long Vacation

For the first half of February we took a long vacation and had lots of fun. 

First we went to Utah where Max, my mom and I went to the Draper Temple open house.  It was neat to be able to take Max inside a Temple for the first time. 

Neil had a conference in San Francisco and so we left 

the kids in Utah and Neil and I were ALONE for three days!  Wow, was

it great.  I'd forgotten what it was like before kids, but it sure didn't take long for me to remember!  

From Utah, we went up to Spokane for our first Woolf nephew's blessing and to see all the family too.  The highlights for Max were swimming and the water slide, snowmobiling, and somehow getting Grandpa and Angie to take him to the White Elephant three times for four new Transformers!  

Payton's Surgery

Last week Payton had a small, outpatient surgery to remove a cyst from the top of her head. Everything went well and she did great.  Here are some pictures from before...

....And After