Valentine's Day

We sent this pic out to our family for our big announcement...

We are so excited to have another little addition to our family!! Our girls will be great big sisters.

Here they are blowing kisses sporting their new socks and cups from Grandma Beck and Grandpa Greg.  Thank you!  They also got a great package from Grandma and Grandpa Rappleye, but I've seriously been dropping the ball so much lately, I didn't take pictures (but we're still really grateful and they love their cup cake animals!!) I never fully appreciated packages until having children that feel the excitement of opening the box that shows up on your doorstep!

Devin made me breakfast in bed and left me little heart messages all over the house.  They were so fun to find throughout the day. That afternoon I wasn't feeling great, so before Devin got home, I went and picked up a heart shaped take-n-bake pizza.  When we got home Devin surprised us by being home early and already made this pizza.  What a great guy!  Our kids thought it was the best that we got to eat pizza all weekend! Cambry also is now aware that pizza dough can be shaped.  Last time I made pizza she asked for a car shaped pizza!  

We hope everyone got to have a Happy Valentines!

Phone Clean-up

For the past 2 years, I've made our bread.  But I've felt a little sub par lately, so I finally resorted to buying a loaf. As I was putting the groceries away, Cambry picked this off the counter and said, "What IS this mommy?" Haha (side note: this silly green leotard is her FAVORITE costume. She'd wear it every day if I'd let her). 

We all got the stomach bug the other weekend. Well, all of us except for Vienna.  We were all dying, while Vienna... wasn't.  Here is a calm moment where poor Devin slept while his little fan club snuggled him and watched a movie.

During "Alphabet Time" on this morning, we went to find letters at the mall before the it opened.  We stopped at these mechanical cars for the girls to climb on.  This cute little old man that was doing the mall walk exercise, pulled out his wallet and bought them a ride in the little animal ambulance.  They were so startled that these actually move!!  

Date night at Mellow Mushroom.  This place has reconverted me to pizza.  Even dessert was delicious: Fresh from the oven choc chip cookie with ice cream and chocolate drizzle.

This girl loves her costumes.  She intently made sand pizza dough over and over. 

I finally found the best playground for Vienna.  It is all tunnels and climbing up/down different levels.  No slides, lots of ladders and stairs. Best thing ever for this super climber.

Winter Weather

We have had an unusual amount of snow storms this year, uh like 3. We had a legit snow storm on Saturday with big snow flakes and packable snow that actually stuck.

I taught the girls all the snow playing essentials, like catching snow flakes on your tongue.

Cambry was a little hesitant, but Vienna was all in.

Another essential is rolling snowballs to make a snowman. Cambry did great. Vienna wouldn't keep her gloves and didn't like how cold the snow felt on her hands. 

The finish product. Cambry installed an arm, an eye, the nose and one stick on the top of her head (no boy snowman should be caught wearing that beanie) that worked well for holding on her hat. Nice work.

A little side note: When Joslyn went into get Cambry up, Monday morning, she was out of bed and peering out window and said: "Hey, look there's the snowman. He's all dirty. He needs to take a bath."

We also had an ice storm blow through the last week of January. It covered everything and made these ice pedals with texture and all. Isn't science and nature amazing!

The girls had a good time peeling the ice pedals off and breaking off icicles

Yes, Cambry is still in her pajamas, but they are warm.

Some more impressive displays of nature.

I guess that we haven't had that hard of a winter. The girls are still able to frequently visit parks. We also were able to get a swing set! Our ward and friends helped us a lot in getting it and setting it up.

The kids love it.

MLK Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Day was such a great family day for us.  Devin didn't have to go to school, and we played hard. 

In the morning we went for a walk on the trail around the art museum.

Here we are "pushing things over" as Cambry said in the bulldozer.

Every few hundred yards there was art to enjoy, such as this:

After I got the girls up on these giant cement legs, Devin says, "Uh there's a sign over here that says not to climb on that." It got me thinking about how many signs said something like that, that I just "didn't see". It's something in the Airhart blood that make us think the rules don't apply to us.

Trying to touch the top of the rings

Wooden boardwalks are always a favorite with these girls

What a good dad, protecting our little trekker.  

In the afternoon we went swimming at an indoor pool, such a blast. Man, V is a little fish!! She loves blowing bubbles, getting her ears under water, and kicking her legs.

Cambers had a great time playing on the stairs, 

and once she found the life jackets, she loved jumping to Daddy and having him motor her around.

Cambry wanted Vienna to be safe too, and V loved having a little pillow to lay back on in the water. It was a  great family day!

Rappleye Wrap-Up

We have a few pics that don't go with anything, they're just our precious little girls doing their thing.  

Best bed head ever

Cambry's Santa craft... it kind of looks like a crossover of Santa and Rudolf with her placement of his cherry nose! 

Cambers started using the serving spoons to eat her oatmeal, just like Grandpa Greg

For a solid week, this crown only left her head when she taking bath or sleeping. She wore it to the parks, store, play dates, etc. Wherever we went, the crown came too.

Dress ups, "swimming with the fish", and button mashing. Just the usual

"Camping out"

IT SNOWED HERE!! Even though it wasn't very much, we had a great time playing in it all morning while it lasted. Sadly, it was gone by the time they woke up from their naps.

Sledding at the neighbors. Devin and I laughed about how this never would've been enough snow to sled in if we were still in Utah, but it's more than enough here. Funny how that works.

Thanks Burtons for sharing your hill and sleds!

We got a package from my Grandma Ber with her delicious homemade chocolates. Vienna LOVED it, can you tell?

Our girls dancing. Cambry has a bright future in color guard!

Our girls swinging. The highlight of this video is Cambry's response to the question:

"Who's the cutest?" It's always shifting between Vienna, Mommy, Daddy and Cambry

Some more park playing.

Trip to Atlanta

On the weekend between Christmas and New Years, we took a trip down to Atlanta to visit my Uncle Kent and his family. We stopped by the Zoo on our way out and it was cold (like lower 50s).

Vienna showing us the cougar - too bad her pudgy pointer finger is swallowed up in a mitten.

Sailing away to warmer shores.

Cambry loved this little stump seat and was so cute in it.

The Otters put on a good show and made our trip to the Zoo.

The girls were loving it.

We made it to Kent's house and Aunt Ann had a warm dinner all ready for us. It was perfect. We put our girls down, chatted and played games the rest of the night.

Our girls loved staying at their house. Here are some of their favorite things:

the dog, Milkshake (much to Milkshake's dismay),

the piano,

and the giant lovesac.

Kent and Ann took us to the fish hatchery by their house to feed some trout.

It was crazy. The fish would start jumping when you'd just put your hand out above the water.

Kent had the idea to let the fish eat the food out of his hand and convinced his wife to do the same.

After the fish hatchery, we went to lunch at Five Guys to visit Allison at her work. It was delicious.

Vienna drank ketchup for lunch. Cambry followed suit, but we didn't get a pic.

The girls finished eating/drinking before us and got busy. V ran around the place and climbed in and out of chairs with no pants because of a blowout. C was in project mode making sure that cone was in the right place. Five Guys was a better place after we left.

The whole Wrathall crew.

While we were there, I got to skype with my sister, Sara, who is serving a mission in the Philippines. She wasn't able to connect with the family on Christmas, so we got to do it on New Year's Eve (in the Philippines). Allison and Kent listened in. 

It was so great to reconnect and get to know Kent, Ann and their family better. It had been a decade since I last met with the family (aside from a brief visit from Kent last year) and Joslyn had never met the family. The were such good host and were good sports about out sick kids. 

On the way back, we stopped at Ikea to eat and shop a little. We LOVE this place and wish it was closer.

Cambry found a little kitchen to play with.

Our kids were so exhausted  They couldn't help themselves when they saw the little toddler beds and crawled up in them and laid down.

I was so impressed with how well our girls handled the six-hour drive (one-way) to and from Atlanta. It was a good trip, company and change of scenery.