Friday, February 26, 2010

The last few months


Michael quit his job right before Christmas and he is enjoying doing a little consulting work and getting his business going. We love having him at home more often and eating three meals together a day. He works so hard for our family.
Me- I love being at home with my boys. They keep me really busy but when I get a chance I'm working on writing my grandfather's biography and am also training for another triathlon in April.
Anthony is so much fun. When he isn't dressing up as a knight or super hero he is coloring. We are getting quite the collection of his art on our magnet board.




Ethan is a busy little 18 month old. He follows his brother around and does everything he does. He loves treats, loves yelling "NO" and is full of laughter and affection.

He's getting some curls. I hope they last.
Another one of Ethan's favorite pastimes... attacking the perpetrator as mom vacuums.

Valentines
We had an awesome valentines up in Salt Lake. We dropped the kids off at the babysitter and headed to La Cucina Toscana for a fancy and wonderful dinner (so fancy that they charged us $7.50 for flat water... we now know what that means). We then went to the symphony and stayed the night at the Marriot. We had such a good time. I sure love this guy.

The symphony at Abravanel Hall was so beautiful.

Christmas
We decided to move the week before Christmas so things were a little crazy but we were unpacked in time for the big day. We enjoyed Christmas at home with our little family and then went to Michael's parents for a yummy traditional english dinner with yorkshire pudding.

Anthony hand painted all of his Christmas gifts. It took him 2 1/2 hours but he didn't stop until every corner of the sleighs were painted.



Thanksgiving
We went to my sister-in-laws vacation home in St. George for Thanksgiving. We enjoyed nice weather, tennis, shopping, and a super yummy dinner.
Wrestling Uncle Rick. My boys can't get enough of him.
Dad doing the turkey honor.

Only my mother would get coordinating aprons for the girls. She' the best.

8 comments:

BrittanyB said...

so glad you finally posted! The boys are getting so big!

Summer said...

Hey- nice to see you again in bloggy-land. :) I love your hair with the tapered ends- so pretty!!

That artwork board is inspiring- we've got our walls covered in taped-up pictures. (Never shoulda showed her how to do that...)

What a fun few months! Nice to see your happy smiling faces! :D

Heather and Zac said...

Missing you guys! Ethan's blond curls are so cute. I can't wait to come see your new house sometime. Good luck with the triathlon training...you're getting serious now!

Rachael said...

I loved this little update on your fam. Cari, you are so beautiful, and your boys are SO cute. It is great to see what you guys have been up to!

Hansen Family said...

I cant wait to see you guys again! We are coming for Ashley's graduation in April maybe we can get the kids together to play.

Durrant said...

Holy cow your kids are so big! Anthony is such a great colorer(sp?)! And your little Ethan is definitely so grown up! Looks like you guys have had a fun few months.

Heather said...

Yay blogger Cari, good job. Loved seeing all the newest pics of the boys. I miss those adorable little faces. Oh, and I miss you too! Love you bears. Hope you like your new blog background :)

cameron said...

do you live in utah? where?