Day O' Love '14

This year I was exited to have a long candy trail for the kiddos to wake up to. They kids arose bright and were hard to stall until I git ready.

Cupid brought everyone some fun stuff thus year!

Romantically enough, Cory asked for a trash can for V-day so in an effort to make it somewhat exciting I stuffed it full of goodies and UofO things and placed Oregon decals on it, in the bottom of the trash which you can;t see is a UofU decal.

Cory got me a pretty necklace with my birthstones in them and made a fun archery card which Cami loved!

Phoebe got all things Frozen, Josh had a racing theme, Sophie was general Princess, & Cami got all Brave items.

The kiddos then had an extra treat with the humongous stuffed full v-day bags Grandma/pa Potts sent!

For V-day this year Phoebe got to sport her new super curly hair that we did the night before and along with the cute v-day dress and gumball machine that came from grandma/pa Potts' bags.

Sophie sported her new v-day dress and came and helped me with Phoebe's class party.

On a side note this year Cory planed and super cute V-day date, which we actually celebrated night before V-day. We went and had archery lessons at a local shooting range (because Cupid shoots arrows!! Yep, I have pretty clever hubby). We had an hour to practice our craft then we had a contest to see who was the better shot, I won with 3 in the red nearly in the yellow.

After shooting we ate a DELICIOUS dinner at Texas Longhorns (thanks for the gift card Mom & Dad!). We then headed home to relieve the sitters and count up our who hours worth of shots to see who the overall winner was, of course we made a small wager to keep things interesting.

I I won I got a good long foot message and if he won....I can't remember and it it didn't matter because of course I WON! This was one of my all time favorite dates ever and as a memento we are framing our target ranges to hang in our future game room. THANKS for an awesome v-day date babe!

Fergy Cousin Olympics '14

Back in the beginning of February the Fergy clan gathered to hold the Fergy cousin Olympics. We had a lunch where many of the visiting countries were well represented.

We also showed our proud Olympic spirit with pics... well all expect for Cami showed their thrill, she  instead was too upset at the world to show anything but her total disgust for the picture at had.

Each family then chose a country to represent and of course I steered our family toward Switzerland. Note the mini Swiss flag on the flag. Phoebe got tired with coloring in all the red she she made a mini flag on the side and colored in only that part instead.

We had all the great winter events such as speed skating, which surprisingly enough Josh was awesome and at won, even ahead of his much older cousin. Cami cam around and even participated in all the events which included making hockey goals, Ice dancing, moguls, speed skating & slalom skiing.

Afterwards in our closing ceremonies everyone won gold...candy that is & concluded with our medal ceremony.

This was a pretty fun event and I look forward to repeating it again in the Olympic years to come.

Jan Tidbits

In January Phoebe got  her first daddy date and it was to the car wash to wash my very dirty van. We were worried that something so small and short would please her, but she still talks about how much she loved going to do it with daddy.

The kids have been enjoying their new UofO outfits grandma/pa sent them for Christmas, "Go Oregon!"

 The cold days have brought with them a lot of naps and snuggling up sometimes in really strange places.

 I think the cabin fever got to them sometimes too! I told Cami to get dressed and this is what she came out in, daddy's shirt.

We managed to have a couple family movie days, the top pic is blue themed for the Smurfs 2 movie and the middle & bottom pics are just a Friday family movie days & nights. As you can see we NEED a bigger couch for us all!

 Phoebe was off track for 1/2 of January so we spend A LOT of time playing and drilling words for Phoebe. It paid off though, she got a certificate upon returning to school from her teacher for the great improvement she made in her sight words.

 Josh was invited a way to now always carry his digger with him but yet remain hands free!

Sophie got her very first daddy date ever and they went to the park, while the other kiddos were at a primary activity. Even though it was freezing with snow still on the ground she had a blast!

Cami created a new workout video on how to burn 5 minutes (not lbs) off of you, which is greatly needed right after gaining a bit over the holidays.

Sophie really enjoyed some of the extra attention again as all the kiddos went back to school. She spent time reading the book of Mormon and finding old baby stuff I was trying to get rid of.

January was a cold grey month and I am glad we got a little sunny escape from it and I am especially glad we have a bigger house to play in on all those cold dark snowy days!