Old McDonald had a farm...

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And on his farm he had a...

COW

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And on his farm he had a

ROOSTER

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And on his farm he had a

HORSE

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And on his farm he had a

GOAT

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{We went to a dairy farm for Ella's preschool field trip. Believe it or not it was only 3 miles away from our house. So I guess you could call us country folk. :-) I learned that if I ever buy a cow I want a brown cow (jersey cow) because they make the thick milk that you use to make ice cream. Oh yay!}

More Snow Pictures

Our friends Tim and Monica that went to the snow with took some awesome pictures. We had so much fun sledding with the kids!

Blizzard & Sledding

We went up to the snow this past weekend with our friends the Blood Family. We had so much fun on our ward's youth snow trip that we decided to go back to the same spot. We knew there was a 70% chance of rain/snow. But we never imagined this...

Fortunately, the weather cleared up just enough for us to clothe up, and catch some hills. We were so grateful for the Maxfield family for lending us all the kid's snow gear. It was because of them that the kids didn't freeze to death. :-) I didn't how the kids would react to all the snow falling on them, but they had a blast and didn't want to leave.

Ella tasting the fresh-fallen snow

Addi reminded us of the kid from "Christmas Story".

She was our little marshmallow.

Some scouts were leaving right as we were driving up. They had built this snow cave the day before and Cooper thought it was the neatest thing.

By the time we left the snow was really coming down...

...but 2 thumbs up for a great trip to the mountains!

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I'm so bummed we don't have any pictures of the kids tubing down the hills, but the snow was coming down too hard to have the camera out. But believe me, it was the cutest thing seeing the kids stretched like an "X" across the tubes holding for their life. :-) And I am happy to say there were no bruises or crazy crashes this time. :-)

Honoring our President's

Cooper had his first music/performance program at school. The programed honored our 1st presidents of the United States. He did an excellent job remembering his part and all of the songs. It's so fun to see him learning and growing.

Cooper's #1 Fan

Do you see the camera in her hand? She wanted to take pictures of Cooper too. :-)

February Park Day

Only in Arizona is it warm enough to go to the park in middle of February. Right now it is raining in Cali, snowing in Utah, but sunny in Arizona! And we are going to take advantage of it! We are so blessed to live in such a family oriented community with lots of grass areas and parks to play at. The kids love going to park, and I love taking them. It felt so good to finally get out of the house!

Hugs - Kisses - Love

Happy Valentine's Day. It was kind of special having Valentine's Day on Sunday and being together as a family all day. Of course the kids still had their parties at school a couple of days before which only means one thing...more candy! I think that's why I'm so excited for summer to come. No holidays that include candy. :-) My biggest weakness this month has been sugar cookies. For real? Why do they have to taste soooo yummy? And why do I need to eat 20 before I finally start feeling sick to my stomach. :-(

We got our first Valentine on Friday

I always forget how fun bubbles are...

Buster - our "regal" dog.

When I went outside Sunday morning to get our newspaper this is what I found first...

I love my stud!

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So if you're wondering where are the pictures of the sugar cookies? Sorry, I wasn't able to take a picture of them before I ate them all.

:-)

1st Field Trip

Cooper had his 1st Kindergarten field trip on Friday, and I was able to go as a parent-helper. We went to 1 of only 2 teddy bear factories left in the U.S. - Stuffington Bear Factory in Phoenix. (I'm guessing all the other teddy bears are made in China?) It was a fun day full of a lot of firsts.

1st time riding a yellow school bus:

And it was a little stinky.

1st time in a real Bear Factory:

1st time meeting Jack Black's cousin:

This was our tour guide and he was hilarious!

1st field trip with mom:

1st (and only) kindergarten teacher:

Mrs. Eversole & Cooper

1st time packing a lunch for school: (sorry no pictures of that)

1st time making a real teddy bear from start to finish: