Sunday=yummy food

Marlee went to the Bishop’s office after church for candy, because in our last ward the Bishop always gave the primary kids a treat. I guess they don’t do that in this ward, that is until Marlee moved in. They felt bad they didn’t have anything, but after church we got a knock on our door from a counselor in the bishopric who gave Marlee a candy bar and said that they will get candy for the Bishop’s office from now on. What a nice ward we have!

I love Sunday. When we get home from church we usually get into our pajamas and get busy in the kitchen making yummy food.

I love that Porter put his name on the buttered pan.

Marlee is sure that she fits into this size 2T elephant costume. I bought this when Clayton was born and so far Clayton, Porter and Marlee have all worn it for Halloween.

great weekend

Friday

We started the weekend off great with popeye pancakes.

Mom and Carter selfies

Laun went to the Vernal Temple.

Then we drove to Logan, Utah to celebrate our 14th wedding anniversary!

We stopped by a fun donut place.

The kids always love swimming at a hotel, especially since it is snowing all around! Thank goodness for indoor-heated pools.

It was crazy looking in there with the windows all foggy and cold air coming in when the door opened.

I’m so glad Carter was out of his cast, so he could get in the pool.

Marlee in a swimsuit-towel cover and snow boots! Never thought she’d need to wear this combo.

cute pile of kids

Saturday

Clayton and I got up extra early, so we could be to the Logan, Utah temple by 5:45am for baptisms.

I’m so proud of this boy, he has a goal to do baptisms for the dead every month. He also want’s to go to different temples, since we are in Utah and there are so many!

Then we went to Gossner’s.

Now that Carter’s not in a cast he can sit in a shopping cart!

flavored milks

We let the kids pick out flavored milks and got a whole case. We also got lunch meats, cheese, egg nog, milk and heavy cream.

 

Then we stopped by Caspers for ice cream.

Laun got some bread from Kneaders to go with our meat and cheese.

We also drove by the homes we used to live in.

This is Ezra Taft Benson’s home in Whitney, Idaho that we lived in back in 2008.

Then after we lived in the Idaho home, we moved into our good friends, the Westover’s home in Utah for a semester. A lot of great things happened for us while we lived here…Marlee was born, our boys joined their first soccer teams and Laun graduated with his Bachelors degree!

Then we drove to Hardware Ranch to see the elk.

The drive was beautiful and we got out for a bit to see the icy, rushing water.

 

It was pretty cold out and you had to wait in a long line to get on the ride to see the elk, so we bundled up. I was bummed that they haven’t started the sleigh rides yet, that sounds way better than our ride.

Luckily, Carter fell asleep in my arms while we were waiting, because it took awhile!

Finally, our turn!

 

We had a great weekend celebrating 14 years of marriage and going to some places that our dear to our hearts. I’m thankful everyday for Laun.

home

Nothing says home like homemade bread and a family meal. I made these on the cool pan my mom gave me, yum!

I also love home because you can lounge around in your pajamas. And Marlee seems to be making herself at home by using Carter as her footstool.