Cassity Family Pictures

We were able to go and get new family pictures done with Patrick's family.  Figured after three grand kids and a son-in-law it was time;)  Plus Eric is about to leave on a mission and we needed to have an update since the next one won't happen until after he is back.  By then there may be another kid and in-law.  They turned out so great and it was fun to get together and have them done.  

The whole family.  It was seriously so hard to make sure we were all looking a the camera.  I can only imagine when more little kids are there.

Todd and Judy

 Patrick, Nicky, Ellie and Gavin

Derrick

Kati, Mike and Griffin

Eric

Todd, Judy, Ellie, Gavin and Griffin

Gavin, Ellie and Griffin

Ellie was so done with pictures and just wanted to get away

Gavin and Griffin-Whenever they are close, Gavin kisses....aka....sucks on Griffin.  He loves him so much!

Ellie

Gavin

Griffin

Mike, Derrick, Patrick, Eric, Kati, Nicky

As always, we end on a good note!

Valentines Day 2013

I LOVE Valentines Day.  I know that many people are not fans, but I have always loved it.  Maybe it's because my mom always did fun things growing up, or how much I loved making a Valentines box for school and passing out Valentines.  Well, I still love it and we had a wonderful Valentines day together as a family. 

Started out bright and early with a yummy breakfast.  Heart shaped pancakes.

I made heard shaped pink milk ice cubes to put in our milk.  Ellie thought this was super cool, especially when her milk started changing colors.

I found these bacon roses a while ago and knew I needed to make them for Patrick.  He is always joking with everyone about how amazing bacon is.  I was worried they would be too squishy for him, but they turned out really yummy...I had one too:)  He also got a bag of Grape Frooties.  They have them at Planet Fitness and Patrick and I love them!

We made these awesome Valentines cards for Patrick and both sets of Grandparents.  They turned out so great.  I was worried that it would be hard to get Gavin's hand print, but it was okay.  Both kids hands were red for the rest of the day, but that's okay:)

 Ellie got Bolt(one of her favorite movies right now), Valentines stickers, grape pop rocks, and Patrick made her chocolate kisses roses.  She loved it.

 Gavin got Squirt(from Finding Nemo)  He had just woken up during breakfast.  I love when kids wake up and are groggy for a bit.

We had a fun Valentines Day playgroup and decorated heart cookies with all of Ellie's little friends from the ward.  It was tons of fun and the kids loved it.

Then for dinner we had heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's, which Ellie thought was great.

Patrick brought me beautiful flowers and yummy Zupa's chocolate dipped strawberries!

We ended the night with some lovely pictures taken by our budding photographer, Ellie!

We had a wonderful Valentines day!

Ellie's First Trip to the Dentist!

 February 11, 2013

Ellie had her first trip to the dentist today.  She did awesome!  I am so proud of her.  We checked out some books from the library about the dentist and explained everything to her.  She was excited to go because she knew that she would get a new toothbrush and a toy.  I took her to Dr. Nathan Smith in Pleasant Grove.  He was really nice and I liked the office and staff.  When we first walked in they said we didn't need to take x-rays if she was too nervous and she stepped right up and said she would.  She didn't love the x-rays because of the thing they stick in your mouth, but did really well.  Then they took her back to her chair and let her pick a movie.  She watched Tangled:)  

They even have little sunglasses to wear for when the light comes on and is bright in there eyes.  

She let them clean and floss her teeth and even did fluoride.  Her teeth look great and very healthy.  Afterwards, she picked out a Cinderella toothbrush and a sticky hand. 

Fun Hair

Ellie has been letting me do her hair more and more lately.  She likes to have it all done up.  Here are a couple of things I have tried lately and they worked so well.  Love it!

February 6, 2013

February 7, 2013

 

 

I love all of her cute/funny poses!

Grandma and Grandpa Cassity's

We went and spent the weekend in Layton.  It was tons of fun.  We were able to spend some time with Eric before he is leaving on his mission and just get away for a bit.  

February 2, 2013

Gavin and Grandpa Cassity having fun

 We went sledding down the hill in the backyard.  Ellie loved it, not so sure on Gavin.  Next year will be much more fun with the snow for him.  He did get to wear Patrick's little snow outfit though, which was so cute.  It's fun that Judy has saved some things from when Patrick was little.

We got to see cousin Griffin too.  Both boys are sitting pretty well now, but still need a little catch every once in a while.

Ellie LOVES going to Grandma and Grandpa's and can't wait to spend time with them!

February 3, 2013

Gavin snuggling with Uncle Derrick(Uncle D) right before we went home.

We had a fun trip and love seeing them so much!