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homemade ice cream, recycling bins, and other fun stuff

We emailed this to my little brother Trevon for his happy hump day

We made some yummy mint chip icecream!!

Jaxon was crazy with excitement and threw a fit if he didn't have stirrer in his hand

Reduce, Reuse, RECYCLE!!

probably dangerous, but this is how we know Jaxon is all done!

We are thinking of turning this hallway into a bowling alley :)

Maelie also gave another talk on Sunday and insisted we video it after church so she could watch it, but it's too big to upload. She loves giving talks, she went into primary and announced, I'm giving the talk today! She was also the spotlight on Sunday and was feeling pretty special! I love being in primary with her!

Let Us Be Men

Let Us Be Men

I just watched this and cried, it is amazing! I am grateful for all the men in my life!

Dancin' 4 Decades

This weekend was Maelie and Kyla's dance recital and the 40th Anniversary for Campbell's Dance Studio, where I danced for 16 years! Maelie and Kyla both did awesome! I was so happy for them, I seriously laughed and cried! It was so great to watch them up there, totally enjoyed it! And the girls had fun, too.

cousins Kailin and Anna with Maelie and Kyla after the show, good job girls!

Maelie, Kyla, and Anna before the show

curlers the night before

Maelie and Kyla right before the show


and after the show with their rose

the cute group shot

with their teach Emily

Maelie Lin Sweetie

I love this girl Maelie to pieces and I am so gonna miss her when she's at school all day next year!! She is such an awesome big sister, she is so kind and fun to play with! Last night Maelie took Kyla and Jaxon into their secret hideout and shut the door and were in there for a quite a while!

She loves doing the dishes! It's amazing and I probably better enjoy it all I can while it lasts. I say "chores" and she comes running all excited. I love having someone help me with the dishes. She usually unloads the whole thing and then loads the silverware.

She hasn't been excited about riding a bike at all and last night she finally did it! I was so happy for her! This morning she told Jonas she was going to ride her bike to his work so she could see him. haha :)

a birthday and other stuff

First off, Jonas came home with this last week and it has been giving me the change I needed to keep exercising! It is wayyy better than the wii fit! I am really liking it!
These shoes entertained Jaxon for about a half hour.. it was pretty cute to watch him walking around in them and just a diaper! Is this where I say he loves shoes and is ALL BOY??

Kyla hardly ever sleeps during the day. Maelie still falls asleep during the day but never Kyla. This can be a good thing because she is always ready for bed at 7:30 pm. Even if we delay bedtime a little, she asks us to put her to bed. The other night she was playing and this is how we found her when we got around to putting the kids to bed...

And here's an example of little Jaxon getting into everything. I seriously can't leave this kid alone for very long. The other day while I was on the elliptical, he took about 8 keys off the computer keyboard. And another time he got the dishwasher open, broke a glass and had 2 knives in his hand. After making oceans in a bottle at Kailin's birthday party, he opened the bottle and dumped the blue and oil mess all over the playroom carpet. I could go on and on...

Jonas and I have a calling together in our new ward as the ward reps for Helping Hands, Caring Hearts. It's a tri-stake service project to give school clothes to needy children in the school district. It's a pretty cool calling so far and only lasts a couple months. I am also the CTR 6 teacher which I am excited about but have never done by myself so it is actually challenging, but challenge is good, right? :)

And last but definitely not least! Jonas had his 28th birthday yesterday!!! Happy Birthday Jonas! We love you!!!