Reagan is a SUNBEAM!

Reagan is a SUNBEAM! Holy smokes! Davis was pretty excited to have her come to primary with him today. He wished that they could go to the same class, and wondered if they would after she turns five. She is giving a scripture next week in primary, so we will see how that goes!

She's a pretty cute sunbeam, if I do say so myself!

Christmas 2017

We decided to spend Christmas this year with my parents, who are serving a mission in Cincinnati, OH. They are having a wonderful time, and you can read about their experience here. We decided this summer to spend Christmas there, because we thought it would work best with Chris's work schedule. It turns out that we were right, even though his work changed in between planning it and going. We had SO MUCH FUN!!
We got in late, so Minnie took a nap on our way. It's good that she has such a good mommy to take care of her. :)

Kids running to see Grandma and Grandpa

 Davis thought it was cool to wear Grandpa's tag at church

 Eating lunch at the coffee table at Grandma and Grandpa's apartment.

 Our family with the mission president at church. They are fabulous people, and it was fun to get to know them.

 We had quite the dinner at a pretty small apartment, but it was fun to get to know all the missionaries!

 Kids in their Christmas jammies back at the hotel on Christmas Eve

Christmas morning at Grandma and Grandpa's apartment:

Christmas night, we went to a Chinese place for dinner. It was fabulous! Fa-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra!

The day after Christmas, we went to a Children's Museum to see the train (Davis asked me a few weeks ago if I knew that he really likes trains. I did recall that). They also had Lego's as well. We also went to a Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Museum, which we have no pictures of, but it was awesome.

That night, we visited the zoo to see the lights. It was the shortest visit to the zoo ever, I think, because it was SO DANG COLD!

On Christmas, some other missionaries in the same complex as my parents had to go to Canada, and so they offered us to stay at their apartment for the week. It was so nice to have a home base close to my parents, and we appreciated it so much.
So, we were able to put the kids to bed on Grandma and Grandpa's bed, then take them to the other apartment after we played a little.

We also went to Jungle Jim's, because that is a tradition, if you visit my parents:

We went to the Air Force Museum, and met my aunt and uncle who live in Ohio there. It was fun to see them too, and I totally geeked out! They had the plane that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki! And the Air Force One plane that transported JFK's body after his assassination, and that Lyndon Johnson took the oath of office in!

We got some good cuddle time with kids:

We were also delayed on the way back, but we made it home just in time for the New Year's Eve party at my grandparents' house!

It was a fabulous trip!

Happy birthday, Mommy!

Oh yeah. I had a birthday too!

Like I've said before, by the time that it's my birthday, I just want to be done with the whole thing!

My birthday was on a Saturday, so we took our kids to go see the movie Wonder, which was very fun! I had read the book with my book club, so I really enjoyed it. Chris really wanted to see Star Wars after, but I really didn't. Then, we basically had a lazy afternoon. The day before my birthday, we went to a Christmas party with the place that Chris has his second job. They gave us a gift certificate to Jaker's, so we went there for my birthday dinner with our kids. It was a super fun day! Here are some pictures of me with my gifts: