The Shelley Family

7 1/2 weeks and counting...

I can't believe that my baby boy is 2! The Wednesday before his bday I found out about free zoo day, so we headed up to see how the animals were fairing. Bowyn was so excited to see the cats. He has been practicing his roaring for months now and couldn't stop once he saw all of them. Of course most of the cats at the zoo are more winter acclimated, so they were much more active and visible then at other times of the year. This, of course, added to the excitement as they were very close up. Bowyn kept trying to touch them saying, "mommy, soft?" His other favorite was the giraffes. When we walked in the other kids ran and climbed up on the rail because the animals were close up and eating. Bowyn, being smaller, laid down on his tummy and tried to fit his head through the railing underneath, reaching his had out saying,"here raff, cumher raff." When he realized that his head would not fit, he ran to me and had me hold him up and reached his hand out trying ...

I know...I am really late. February of the new year is probably not the best time to post Christmas, but here it is. We found where Santa leaves his reindeer while he is visiting the malls, so we went to visit them. It was quite pleasant with the outdoor fire pit. We then went wandering through the shops where we had some warm wassail, yummy cookies, and got stocked by the Christmas carolers dressed in the old fashion outfits. The kids were so excited about it that when we had our family party, they told their cousins and we took them out to see them on another night. It was a lot of fun and I am hoping a new tradition at our house. We survived all the family parties and visiting and cookie making and rush, but it just didn't feel like Christmas until we stopped and visited Temple Square. Sadly it was Christmas Eve when we finally made it up there. It was freezing cold, but the kids loved the nativities and walking around the visitors center. We also were lucky enough to make i...

I have to blog about what hubby has been doing. He learns all sorts of interesting things at work with the latex gloves. Go ahead try it. It is not as easy as it looks! Also I am so grateful for his endurance with the girls at night when I am exhausted. He is faithful in getting their 30 minutes of reading in. Finally, it just wouldn't be home without some snow sculpture in our yard. With minimal time outside in the light he literally threw this together in about an hour and a half. All the kids in the neighborhood love to come play in it.