April

We started off April with General Conference.  I got the idea online for a conference basket for Mia. I cut out the pictures of all the general authorities and then taped each one onto a little treat or activity. Then when that person spoke she got whatever prize the picture was on.  Mia loved it and we actually got a little bit out of conference.

We have tulips this year.  We always forget to plant them in the fall so this is the first year we've actually had them.  I was super excited.

 We had a big family dinner with Monty's family. Monty decided it was time for his nice to become an Aggie.

 We got a picture with Grandma great and her 5 great grand daughters from Monty's dad's family.  The next day grandma passed away.

 The following week we headed down to St. George for grandma's funeral.  I met some of Monty's family I've never met before and he got to see cousins he hasn't seen in 20 years.  Sad that it takes a funeral to get everyone together. Mia and Lucy before the funeral started.

 Our family at the funeral.

 We made a weekend of it and stayed in St. George. The weather was great and Mia had a blast playing in the pool.

 Mia had fun playing with all the family.

 It was a nice get away even if it was for a sad reason.

The Saturday before Easter we had a BBQ and Easter egg hunt down at Monty's parents house.  The kids all had a blast. 

Hunting for Easter eggs is always a blast. 

 Mia and her loot.

 Then we colored eggs.

 The Easter Bunny visited Mia again this year.

 Mia and her pretty Easter dress.

 Stopping to smell the flowers.

 Mia has a small obsession with tractors.  There is a house being built on the street behind us and one weekend they left a small back hoe in the yard.  We let Mia go check it out and pretend to drive it.  She was in 7th heaven.

 Grandma came to visit in April too.

 I don't know why but Mia likes to wear her bucket on her head. On this particular day she had underwear on her bucket as well.  It was pretty funny.

 The basement it coming along very nicely.

 Hopefully it will be done but the end of May or first of June.

Until next month my friends!

March

I am a slacker this month.  April is almost over and I am just barely getting to posting March.  We have been busy this month.  Spring is finally here and we have lots of projects underway but we will get to that in next month's post.  Back to March  Mia has decided she likes to have jobs.  If I ask her to do something and tell her it's her job she is more than happy to help out.  She likes to put away her laundry, put her dishes in the dishwasher, empty the silverware out of the dishwasher, and many other things.  This day I was cleaning bathrooms and Mia decided she wanted to help clean my tub.

 Our major project started in March and is still ongoing.  We are finishing the rest of our basement.  One of the first things that needed to be done was to take the wall out at the foot of the stairs.

 I got to kick through the wall.  It was really fun.

 Monty knocked out the top part of the wall.

 Mia helped take out the bottom of the wall. Our awesome home teacher helped us take the wall out and was a ton of help. It's great to have good friends who know how do things like that.

We are grilling more often now that the weather is warmer.

We've had a few picnics outside already, some even with bubbles.

 Mia helping make waffles for breakfast.

 Helping dad with her own little drill.

Mia's cousin Lucy was baptized this month so we got to go to her baptism and then had a big family dinner with all of Monty's family.  Mia loves playing with her cousins.

Mia picked some of Nana's flowers while we were there. 

One day Mia and I made Play dough.  She was a big helper making it. 

 Mia chose green for the color.

 Good thing we have 101 cookie cutters.

I can't believe how fast this girl is growing. 



February

February was a pretty low key month for us.  We started the month off with a bang with Mia being sick.  After Monty had to clean up puke of the floor, get Mia's bedding in the wash, and give her a bath (I was at work...darn), he put her back to bed with a bowl in case she needed to throw up again.  She fell asleep with it on her head.

 And even once she woke up she still preferred to have it on her head.

Once Mia was feeling better she was back to her goofy self.  Mia loves my shoes!  And by her own choice is back to wearing bibs?!?

 We went down to visit Monty's family and Mia did some roller skating.

 She does much better skating in the grass.

In February I got a new toy...a new camera.  Our old one has been dropped a few too many times...mostly by Mia, and I have wanted a nicer one for a while.  We finally found a camera that I liked in Monty's price range so I snatched it up.  I had to drive 30 minutes away to get it but it was so worth it.  I've been busy taking a bunch of pictures since then.

 We're teaching her young to be an Aggie Fan!

 Mia's breakfast of champions?  OATMEAL!

 Monty also decided to grow a beard for February.  We are now in March and it is still around.  Maybe it will be a winter thing.

We did have a couple nice days which meant we got to go outside and play a bit. 

  Mia's loving her new "Big Girl Bike." 

For whatever reason Mia likes laying across various pieces of furniture, window sills, whatever is available.  Apparently she likes planking. 

Mia loves to read books and has now started reading them to her stuffed animals and dolls.  It is really cute to watch.

 She's getting so big!!