february

Grandpa Schertz got the kids a pass to the Discovery Space last Christmas, so we've been enjoying that during these cold months.

Liam had a good time at his school's winter carnival.

Liam's first talk he read all by himself. The picture of the book reminded him to tell a story we read in the Friend.

Paul's Grandma passed away, so he was able to fly to Washington and spend a few days with family.

For the 100th day of school, Liam's teacher made this super creepy old-Liam rendering.

One day Gavin and I weren't feeling too good, so were having a lazy morning on the couch. He said he was hungry, and this is what he brought from the kitchen. I thought it was pretty funny.

january

Gavin's first day as a Sunbeam! He had no problem... because I was his teacher!

After church, while Paul attends choir practice or ward council meetings, we either go on a walk or entertain ourselves with chalk:

Lunch dates with my little sweetheart!

Still loving our little piggie! And she has crate-trained herself, so that's nice...

Paul brought home some shirts from an event at work. The boys immediately put them on and rolled around pretending to be rocks. It's a new favorite game now.

december

Our annual trip to the D.C. Temple lights:

Liam loves the Christus! He always wants a picture.

Going to Paw Patrol Live got the kids really in to pirates:

School activities:

Hahaha! He's using the wig as a mustache...

We're all loving how much snow we get here, and the sweet hills in our backyard:

Paul's work party:

Christmas:

Jenna wanted to give a Book of Mormon to her friend at school, and she wrote this note in the front cover. We're so proud to be this sweet girl's parents!

Christmas cookies!

Always piled up!

All Gavin wanted this year was a "Christmas gun". That's what he called it after he saw it at Target and I told him "maybe for Christmas".

We gave Jenna a cage for Christmas. The next day we went and picked out our guinea pig!
We were discussing names on the way, and Liam suggested Snow because it was snowing outside. Then Jenna picked a white pig and the name Snowy. She's a good little piggie!