January-
January 2nd we finally got some snow! But it was melted by mid afternoon.
January 4th we did a family movie date to see Sonic the Hedgehog 3, it was pretty good! Lexi was so excited by the spoiler that was shared at the end of the movie! Love making memories with my people!
January 6th I started my New Years workout program with NML and this year I have big goals of doing 2 unassisted pull ups by the end of the year!
January 10th My friends and I celebrated Keira’s birthday by going to brunch at Jerry’s Jumbos, it was so yummy!
January 17th We got more snow today so our friends the Hackworth’s invited us to all go sledding after school. We all had such a great time!
January 19th, We finally sat down as a family and set our New Years goals for 2025, well better late than never I guess. Haha!
January 20th Lexi didn’t have school and Justin took today off of work so we headed to Rexburg to do some things on our Get Out Pass. We went to Fat Catz and did a round of Glow Golf and Arcade games. Afterwards we went to dinner at Mo Bettah’s in Idaho Falls and did some shopping at Target, then we had Dairy Queen for dessert and headed home.
January 22nd the girls had their dental check ups, both cavity free!!
February-
February 3rd My friend Keira and I took our friend Courtney out to celebrate her birthday, we had lunch at MOD Pizza, I hadn’t been there in years, it was yummy!
February 8th We had a busy day today, Lexi’s two friends Owen and Grant had their baptisms this morning. Then Lexi had an appointment with my friend Holie to get her baptism photos taken at the temple, they are going to be so dang cute! After picture we ran home and finished setting up Lexi’s early friend birthday party.
✨🫶🏻 In Her 8th Birthday Era!✨🫶🏻 We celebrated this cuties birthday early with some friends. All she has talked about for months is how she wanted to have a Swiftie Par-Tay, so how could I resist? Lexi planned the whole party, she had friendship bracelet making, karaoke, a photo booth and they played charades. Also that cake! My friend Kendra for nailed it!
Later that night one of Lexi’s sweet friends who wasn’t able to come to her party took her out to kiwi loco for ice cream. We are so lucky to have such amazing friends in our circle!
February 10th the girls put their class valentines together and then later that evening we went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse with insuring dad to celebrate his birthday!
(Hailey was being too shy for a picture)
February 13th Hailey and I had our preschool Valentine’s Day party. The kids were so excited and we had fun making crafts, eating a yummy treat and playing bingo!
February 14th Happy Valentine’s Day! Justin and I got the girls a new shirt, books and bracelet making kits. We had about 5-6 inches of snow over night so school was canceled! Lexi really wanted to go play out in the snow today so Justin helped them make a giant snowman in the backyard! Justin also had the day off and we had made plans to go out to celebrate Valentine’s Day early so we kept our plans and went to see Captain America Brave New World and then we went to Fuji for an early dinner and got delicious sushi. The girls had fun with aunt Dorothy frosting heart sugar cookies, playing toys and watching baking shows with her. We ended the night eating our favorite chocolate dipped strawberries and watching The Amazing Race!
February 16th • E I G H T! • Lexi is officially 8 years old today! Lexi is such a light in our family, she is always trying to make us laugh, she loves her little sister and is such a big helper! She loves school and we’ve learned lately her favorite part of school is “chasing boys.”
As you can see we’ve officially entered our Swiftie era with her, she loves singing her favorite Taylor Swift songs at home, in the car or just randomly while playing in the basement. She can definitely make the whole room shimmer with her sweet smile and infectious laugh.
Her only requests for her actual birthday was breakfast in bed, streamers on her bedroom door and Nachos for dinner. I think we can make that work.
We are so proud of the girl she is and can’t believe she will be getting baptized next month. We love you Lexi! Happy birthday sweet girl!
February 26th I joined Lexi’s second grade class on their field trip to a local Orthodontics office. They had such a fun time!
February 27th Lexi and I did a late night work friends at black light jumping at Geronimos! It was so much fun!
February 28th Lexi took an intro to pickleball with a few friends. She did really good!
March-
March1st Lexi chose to be baptized today and we couldn’t be prouder of her! It’s bitter sweet watching your kids grow up, I love seeing her grow into the beautiful girl she is but I hate that she isn’t my tiny baby anymore.
Lexi had the best day surrounded by family and friends showing her love and support, we are so grateful to everyone who came to help her celebrate this special day!
Memories: Grandpa Almond and uncle Artie were Lexi’s witnesses for her baptism. Aunt Emily and uncle Logan gave the talk on the Holy Ghost, uncle Brady played her favorite primary song “I Love to See the Temple” on the piano, grandma Almond bore her testimony to Lexi and aunt Chelsea said the closing prayer.
Lexi I hope you never forget the way today felt, how loved you are by your family and friends and our Heavenly Father and Jesus! You are a light and bring so much joy to our family we love you sweet girl!
We had a little breakfast afterwards and I love how cute it all turned out! I have the best friends who let me use their cute decorations today!
Oh my goodness I adore this precious girl! My sweet friend Hollie did an awesome job with Lexi’s baptism photos, it was hard to narrow down our favorites, they were all so darling!
And if today wasn’t special enough Lexi also lost a tooth and got a visit from the tooth fairy!
March 2nd The morning of Lexi’s baptism my mom sadly suffered another seizure leaving her unable to attend Lexi’s baptism. As you can imagine we were devastated as all I wanted was for her to see her oldest grand child get baptized and later receive the Holy Ghost. I am so grateful that by today she was feeling well enough to attend church with us to witness Lexi share her testimony for the first time, which was unplanned and one of my favorite things about this weekend. So all this to say even though yesterday morning didn’t go as I wanted for my sweet mom we were blessed that she was here with us, I will forever cherish these memories and photos! 🤍
Before everyone went home we had to make a trip to our favorite Abracadabra’s for brunch!
SPRING BREAK
Day 1 Saturday March 22nd We spent the night at my brother Brady’s house, in the morning the guys went to a golf PGA store and then we went to Zupas for lunch and the men went golfing while we took the girls to Coconut Cove indoor playground. They had a blast running and jumping and getting all their energy out. Afterwards we met up at Emily’s to change for Cinderella and grabbed dinner at Mo Bettah’s. Cinderella at the Ruth was AMAZING! I can’t wait for my girls to see the show in April!
Day 2 Sunday March 23rd We got up got ready and packed up then headed to brunch at the Original Pancake House to celebrate Emily’s birthday early. Then we headed to St. George. We got in around 4:30, checked into our condo at Las Palmas and explored the amenities. The kids were so excited about the pool that we had to run back and change and then went to the pool. We swam for about an hour and then went back to grill hot dogs for dinner and then had ice cream from Handles before baths and bedtime!
Day 3 Monday March 24th We started our day at Thunder Junction, a Dinosaur themed park and it was really cool. The girls had so much fun playing and exploring and we even took a train ride around the whole park. Afterwards we went to our condo and had lunch, went to Costco and then went swimming at our condo again. We swam for 2 hours and then headed home to grill hamburgers for dinner. After dinner we had snow cones at Bahama Bucks!
Day 4 Tuesday March 25th We started our morning off at Fossil Park, the girls were excited about the giant slide but later found it was speedier than they anticipated. We spent the rest of the morning enjoying the sunshine at the park. Then we headed to the condo for lunch and changed into swim suits. After lunch we explored City Square, rode the carousel and played at the splash pad for an hour and a half. After the splash pad we headed to Judd’s candy store and let the girls pick a couple of treats. We spent the rest of the early evening swimming one last time at our condo pool and then went to dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse followed by Bahama Bucks snow cones one last time.
Day 5 Wednesday March 26th We woke up had breakfast and packed up to head home. Before hitting the road we went one last time to Thunder Junction park and let the kids get some energy out, and we rowed the train one last time. Then we headed to Cedar City to eat lunch with my parents at Northside Grill. It was fun to hear the kids tell them all about our St. George trip and spend some time with them before we went home. Our final stop on the way home was in Lehi to have dinner with my sister and her husband. We went to the place pizza and it was delicious!
Day 7 Friday March 28th the girls treated me to a “spa day” at home. They did a foot soak, brushed out my hair and helped blow dry it, Lexi painted my toe nails and Hailey drew me a picture. It was so fun and cute!
April-
April 3rd Hailey had her Kindergarten registration today at the elementary school. 🥹 We can’t believe she will start elementary school this fall, but of course she is thrilled and can hardly wait!
April 5th we took a weekend trip to Utah to see Emily perform in Cinderella! The girls loved it and were doubly excited when they got to meet Cinderella and the Prince afterwards! So grateful for sweet friends who let us borrow their costumes to help fulfill their dreams of dressing up as Cinderella!
March 6th we had donuts for breakfast, (we bought them Saturday morning to save for Sunday) watched generalconference and in between sessions we took the girls to the coolest park in Pleasant Grove called Cook Family Park.
April 7th we took the girls to see Minecraft the movie, it wasn’t bad!
April 12th our cute friend Paige got baptized this morning and then later that afternoon we had our first soccer game! It’s soccer season again!
April 16 in honor of Holy Week we had our Last Supper meal as a family. We had chicken, naan, cucumbers, carrots, grapes and olives. I got the kids apple grape juice for our drink but they didn’t really like it.
April 18th we took the girls to see “The King of Kings” movie for Easter weekend. It was good!
April 19th the girls decorated Easter Eggs with our EggMazing marker set, I truly don’t think I can go back to dying eggs any other way. Haha
Happy Easter everyone! We are so grateful for our Savior who died for us so we could be a forever family!
The girls were so excited when they woke up it was almost like Christmas morning haha. Lexi and Hailey came in at 7 am to get Justin and I. When we went out to the living room the girls found 2 eggs with a note saying their baskets had been hidden. They were so excited! Lexi’s was hidden in the dryer and Hailey’s was hidden in our pantry. After going through their baskets we read about the resurrection and had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, then we all got ready for church.
We went to our new ward this week as we had a stake and ward realignment recently. We enjoyed music and spiritual messages about our Savior Jesus Christ! After church we played games, went disc golfing and then went to dinner at Justin’s brother’s house. We had delicious food and the kids enjoyed a fun Easter egg hunt. We are so grateful for our Savior who suffered and died for us all! Happy Easter, He is Risen!
May-
May 2nd Justin played in a pickleball tournament and won 1st place with his partner Zack!
May 3rd I got to celebrate Brady and Chelsea’s baby boy at their baby shower. Then I got to surprise my sister Emily by going to her closing night at Cinderella!
May 5th Cinco de Mayo looked a little different this year for us, we e had a bus spring schedule with golf and soccer. So we decided to do dinner out at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants!
May 8th I joined Lexi’s second grade class on a field trip to see DogMan the movie and then to a local park for lunch and free play!
May 11th Happy Mother’s Day to me! Mother’s Day was different this year because we had to get to our cousins church by 9 am for a missionary farewell. So we didn’t do our traditional breakfast in bed, but after the family gathering Justin and the kids made me a fancy dinner and it was so cute! For dinner we had steak with mushrooms and corn on the cob, and for dessert my favorite angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream!
Lexi made me a cute card with her picture and Hailey made me a flower planter pick. Justin got me a new Apple Watch for today and our anniversary this month! Being their mom is my greatest joy!
May 13th Preschool celebrated Hailey’s summer birthday today, she brought Rice Krispie treats and caprisuns.
May 15th Our preschool class had a field day at a local park. We did a scavenger hunt, drew with sidewalk chalk and played on the playground before returning to have popsicles.
Happy 17th Anniversary to Justin and I! Today was filled with preschool, Lexi’s second grade class program, dance classes and a soccer game so that occupied our evening. But we didn’t get my favorite gelati from Karie Anne’s so that was a win! Justin and I will go out to celebrate the following weekend one the girls dance recitals and soccer are over.
May 17th Lexi and Hailey had their last dance recital tonight with our favorite teacher Mrs. Kristi! It was a bittersweet evening, Kristi was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and will be taking a break from dance. Our girls have absolutely loved dancing with Kristi and we are so sad to be done. We sure love Kristi and hope and pray she is able to kick cancers butt and return to teaching again.
Both Lexi and Hailey have learned and grown so much, Lexi has been with Kristi since kindergarten and Hailey was only able to do 2 years with her but they are both so fun to watch! We are so lucky to have had amazing family support over the years and couldn’t have asked for a better dance teacher!
May 20th Lexi’s second grade class took a field trip to the zoo today. It has been so fun having her ask me to come in her field trips!
May 19-30 we’re back in the pool for 5 day a week swim lessons with Jackson Creek Swim. This year we’re at the same time as our friends Reyna, Kai and Arlee!
May 22nd ✌🏻 out Preschool and look out Kindergarten cause here she comes! 🍎
This is a hard one to swallow for me this year! Even now writing this I am chocking back tears. It has been an absolute joy helping at Little Learners Preschool the last two years. I am in denial that this is my final year, and that my baby is old enough for Kindergarten this fall.
All our little learners are more than ready for kindergarten all thanks to our amazing teacher Mrs. Melissa! It has been so fun teaching with Melissa the last two years, she is such a fun and loving teacher, we will miss her!
Now here’s to an amazing fun filled summer with this cutie! ☀️
May 24th Justin and I got to finally go out to celebrate our 17th anniversary together. His parents were kind enough to watch the girls for us while we spent the day together. We started off seeing the newest Mission Impossible movie, then we had lunch at Mo Bettah’s, after lunch we played 9 holes of golf at a course in Rexburg and then went to dinner at Long Horn. It was so much fun!
May 28th we finished up our swim lessons at Jackson Creek Swim with some of our good friends. After lessons we celebrated with Karie Anne’s!
May 29th Last day of Second Grade. 🥹
Lexi had the best year in second grade! She was so nervous to get the teacher with the tarantula as her class pet, but Mrs. Schiffman has been one of her favorite teachers!
Lexi has learned and grown so much this year, she made so many new friends and is excited for next year. Look out 3rd grade, she’s ready for ya! ❤️
First day vs. Last day
I was able to help at Lexi’s schools field day handing out popsicles to each grade, it was so fun!
Before Lexi got home I put out some fun summer surprises for the girls, then we helped a neighbor fill up some water balloons to toss at the kids as they got off the bus, it was super fun to surprise them! And then we went to our friend Courtney’s neighborhoods last day of school bash!
May 29th-30th We had the BEST weekend with our sweet friends, we have missed the Brock family! We had yummy food, s’mores, games, watched some Phineas and Ferb episodes, a trip to Craters of the Moon and tons and tons of laughs! Can’t wait until we get together again! Travel back safe guys!!
June 3rd we started off our summer break with a trip to the zoo with our friends!
June 5th Lexi started summer golf again, she got a lot of great tips and I even heard them complement her swing!
Later that night I went with some friends to see Fiddler on the Roof at Center Stage theater, and it was phenomenal! So fun!
June 9th I started a new workout program with Nourish Move Love this summer. It’s called Overload 30 and I can’t wait to see the muscle building it can bring! Lexi took my Day 1 photos so I can track my progress.
June 10th we got the girls an early Christmas present and bought the new Nintendo Switch 2. The girls and Justin are loving playing the new version of Mario Kart!
June 11th we celebrated my cute friend Cortney Saunders birthday with a surprise party in her backyard. It was so fun! Her husband grilled hot dogs and made cake. The kids loved playing and the parents got to socialize, win win in my books.
June 15th Happy Father’s Day Justin! We had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, went to church and the primary kids sang to the dads. After church we watched some Lego Masters and then went disc golfing. For dinner Justin wanted to grill steaks and I made 4 layer for his dessert.
Later that afternoon we loaded up in Justin’s truck and drove to Utah for the rest of the weekend. Friday night my sister Emily performed in An American in Paris, it was such a great show and as always she dance and sang beautifully ! 
June 21st The guys woke up early and went golfing and the we met up for lunch at Zupas. After lunch Emily and I went to get pedicures.
June 21st The guys woke up early and went golfing and the we met up for lunch at Zupas. After lunch Emily and I went to get pedicures.
June 22nd we took our family trip to Lagoon! It was a cooler day but we loved not being too hot and enjoyed riding as many of the rides as we could, some even more than once. Lexi was so brave and did the cannibal, Wicked and Primordial rides. Hailey was so brave and also did Primordial and Bombora this year!
June 26th we went to my friend Shasta’s pool to swim for the first time this summer! The girls had so much fun! Later that night the ice cream truck came down our neighborhood so we got a treat, not to brag or anything but I was named best mom ever tonight!
June 28th I got to celebrate one of my favorite cousins for her upcoming baby girl! It was so fun spoiling Libby!
Later that night we had our friend summer book club party at my friend Courtney’s house. The kids were all asked to bring their favorite candy, since we read the book “The Candy Shop Wars.” Courtney sent groups of 4 kids on an errand to retrieve some hidden items similar to the character Mrs. White in our book. She asked her neighbor friends to hide and use Nerf guns to shoot at the kids and if they got hit they had to restart. Once they accomplished their task they were rewarded with candy just like in the book, well minus all the cool magic that was in the candy from the book.
July-
July 1st we had a giant pool party at our friend Shasta’s pool with friends!
July 2nd we got to watch my friend Keira’s kids for a few hours today, we went to lunch at the park and then the movies with them.
Later that night we had our annual neighborhood 4th of July Bike Parade!
On our way to their house we stopped to take our family photo at a wedding venue in town called The Hive, where they had American flags hanging from their building. It was a fun picture and maybe a new tradition for us! At Matt and Hillary’s we had yummy food, games, cousin time, yummy desserts and of course fireworks, we always love their neighborhood firework show! Such a great time spent with family!
July 7th &10th Lexi started taking tennis lessons from a lady in town. She has loved it, and Justin has been taking her out to practice!
July 18th Justin and I took a day trip to Utah to meet our new nephew Eli. After snuggling him and visiting with Brady and Chelsea we went to see the new Jurassic Park movie. Later we met up with family and ate at Spitz for dinner and then went to see Emily in her closing night of An American in Paris! It was so much fun!
July 21st The girls and I went to lunch with some of our favorite cousins!
July 25th F•I•V•E• I can’t believe our baby girl turned 5 today and will go to Kindergarten this Fall. Hailey is our sweet and spicy girl, she sure keeps us on our toes. She loves playing with friends, dancing and is looking forward to school starting (with a little bit of nerves mixed into her excitement).
All Hailey wanted to do today was go to Outer Limits and play arcade games and “glow golfing!” We had the best evening celebrating this cutie! Shoutout to my friend Kendra Jacobs for the beautiful and yummy cake!
July 26th Justin and I went with his brother Matt and Hillary and his parents to see Grease the Musical as a belated birthday celebration for Hillary. We did dinner and a show this tile and it was fun getting to spend time with them!
July 31st Our book club had their party, this month we read The Penderwicks and it was so cute and fun! At the party we had different stations for the kids based off some things in the book. They played soccer, did hatchet throwing we didn’t have an archery set so we improvised, story telling station and gingerbread cookies with whipped cream and strawberries.
August 2nd we started the morning off at our friends baptism it was so fun supporting Kate. Then Justin and Lexi went with his mom and dad to Boise to go to the Firebird Races. Hailey and I stayed behind and did our own little date watching a movie, going to Wendy’s for dinner and then ice cream. Later that night I got a sitter for Hailey and I joined my sister and brother in law to go see the musical “Into the Woods.” It was so much fun!
August 7th-8th We drove up to Island Park to stay at Justin s uncles cabin for the weekend with his parents and brothers family.
Friday morning we woke up early and headed into Yellowstone National park for the kids first time. The girls had a hard time being in the car for the majority of the day, but we saw Old Faithful erupt and only had to wait 5 minutes, the girls became Jr. Rangers in Yellowstone, we stopped at Yellowstone Lake, went to The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, saw Buffalo up close (like really close) and had ice cream in Mammoth.
August 9th- We took the morning slow at the cabin since it was a little chilly when we woke up. We had waffles for breakfast, went for a walk, rode the 4 wheeler and RZR, played games and had sandwiches for lunch. Then around 2 it started warming up so we hit the road to Big Springs to float the river. What we thought would only take 1.5-2 hours took us a little over 3. It was quite the adventure but we survived, laughed a lot when we finally got back to the cabin reliving all the crazy from the float, and had a very late but yummy dinner at 8:30 pm. Memories were definitely made today!
August 10th- We woke up Sunday morning and took it slow once again. We had french toast and fruit for breakfast, Justin went out to the lake behind the cabin and tried fishing. After we cleaned up we all went out back and tried our hand at skipping rocks in the lake, the girls collected rocks and shells and then we went inside and played some games. At lunch we had left overs and then went out back to make s’mores, then everyone packed up and we took a family photo and headed home.
August 15-18 we had my family in town for our Pope family reunion. It was so much fun having all my siblings and their kids stay with us, I Am so spoiled that everyone came to me so I didn’t have to travel. Friday everyone traveled in so we most had pizza for dinner and hung out at my house. On Saturday morning we woke up and did a quick breakfast then got ready and took a few new family photos. After that we had lunch and then went swimming at my friend Shasta’s pool. After swimming we had dinner and then my aunts came to visit my mom. It was so fun watching them all together. Sunday we went to Abracadabra’s for breakfast and then my parents went home. Then the siblings all had lunch and went to play some pickleball. Justin smoked ribs and a tri tip for dinner it was delicious! Monday morning the guys went golfing and Justin got a hole in one! Then we met up for lunch and had sushi before people headed home.
August 25th the girls had their back to school night where they got to meet their teachers and drop off school supplies. They are both so excited to start school!
August 26th The girls and I had an in home spa day, with face masks, under eye masks and nail polish.
Later that night we had our Family Back to school night
🦋”Have Courage and Be Kind”🦋
This year after watching my girls fall in love with Cinderella at their aunts show I knew our back to school theme had to be from Cinderella. Kindness is always something I drill into my girls heads but I also want them to be courageous too, so this was perfect!
Today the girls and I watched the live action Cinderella, then at dinner we talked about why courage and kindness are so important.
Lexi and Hailey my darling girls, as Cinderella’s mother said so beautifully “You must always remember this: Have courage and be kind, where there is kindness, there is goodness. And when there is goodness, there is magic.”
August 27th First day of School!
📚 First Day of 3rd Grade for Lexi girl! ✏️
She had such a great day with her new teacher and classmates. She was thrilled to learn at back to school night that one of her friends transferred back to our school and that she would have another friend in her class.
When she got home from school today she said her favorite part was having extra recess, “doodle time” and making a new friend!
Here’s to a great year in 3rd grade, which as her shirt says is “her jam!” 🍓
✏️First Day of Kindergarten for Hailey girl!🍎
Not going to lie I was very nervous about today, but as always Hailey thrived! She woke up ready to go and even walked sister to the bus stop since we had to wait for kinder orientation before going to school today.
When Justin and I left her after orientation she gave me the biggest hug and a kiss and ran right into her classroom without looking back. Honestly, I thought I was going to be a wreck today but seeing her courage and excitement helped my nervous momma heart.
After she got home she told me it was “so fun!” Her favorite thing was eating lunch in the cafeteria, seeing big sister throughout the day, making a new friend and riding the bus! (Are we even surprised🤣)? Here’s to lots of learning and fun this year in kindergarten! 🩷
Once the girls finally got home from school we walked home from the bus stop, took a few more photos since they didn’t got to school at the same time today and then enjoyed some yummy cookies while they told me about their day! 
August 31st we finished the month off doing a hike with some friends. Sadly 10 minutes in poor Hailey was stung by a wasp, but before that we were having a great time.
September-
September 3rd The girls started dance at a new studio The Movement Company. Their new teacher is Mrs. Delaney and she is super cute and fun! We will always miss our Rhythms 9 studio and Mrs. Kristi but we’re excited to see what the girls learn this year.
September 5th our friends hosted a backyard movie for the live action Lilo and Stitch movie. We had so much fun eating treats visiting and kind of watching the movie. Haha
September 6th Soccer season started and Lexi and Justin had their first game this morning! Sadly I was so invested I forgot to snap a photo. Their team the “Golden Girls” did so good their first game they won 12-2! Afterwards we headed home to pack up the car and head ti Utah to see Emily in her show! We got the girls a babysitter and the he had so much fun with her! After the show we went to dinner at R&R BBQ, for dessert the girls went to Ice Berg for shakes.
September 7th Brady blessed his little boy Eli today!
September 19th I turned 37 today! The day before I was able to go out and celebrate with my friends Keira, Megan and Shasta. Shasta and I both have September birthdays so we did lunch together. We met up at 5th Street Bagelry it is so good. On the day of my birthday I went to lunch with Justin, then went and got a free facial, after school Justin took the kids to pick out some of my favorite treats and they both made me cards. Later that night we went on a date with Matt and Hillary. We had sushi for dinner, yum! Then we headed to Center Stage theatre to see School of Rock, it was so good! Such a fun birthday!
September 26th I went to Vintage Market Days with some friends and lunch. It was so much fun!
September 27th While Justin was away for a guys trip we had some fun at home. We started the morning off at Lexi’s soccer game where they tied 2-2, then later that afternoon I took the girls to see the new Gaby’s Dollhouse movie. They loved it! After the movie we went home and ordered pizza for dinner.
October-
October 1st the return of Spooky Ooky! This year he left pajamas, a new Halloween book and he gave each of the girls their own “boo book” from Wendy’s for free frostys and a $1.99 kids meal. They were pretty excited! Love the ‘ber months with these cuties!
October 2nd-3rd the girls had school off for parent teacher conferences. On Thursday we went to explore a new park with some friends and then took a hike to see all the fall foliage in our home town. It was so fun! Friday we took a trip to Idaho falls to meet my cousins Kenzi, Libby and Jenica for lunch. I also got to meet Libby’s sweet baby Khloe and she is just so cute!
October 10-13 Justin and I took a little getaway trip to California with my sister and her husband.
October 10th Day 1: Emily and I started the morning off getting pedicures while the guys did a quick 9 holes of golf. Then we headed to the Provo airport for our flight and flew to California. Once we landed we took a Lift to our hotel to check in, then we had a late lunch/ early dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. After dinner we took a little nap and then walked around Downtown Disney for the remainder of the evening.
October 11th Day 2: California Adventure!
We started our Disney trip off at California Adventure because of the Oogie Boogie bash being Sunday we wouldn’t have gotten a full day at the park. And let me tell you our day here didn’t disappoint. We were able to ride most of our favorite rides 2-3 times, ate so much yummy food and treats and walked well over 20,000 steps that day!
Rides we rode in order:
Cars
Monsters inc.
Web Slingers
Guardians
Incredicoaster
LUNCH BREAK
Sourin
Toy Story Mania
Little mermaid
Grizzly rapids
Guardians after dark
Cars x2
Incredicoster x2
Favorite foods/treats:
California roll sandwich (aunt cass cafe) 10/10!!!
Quesabirria tacos (cocina cucamonga) 9/10!!
Cinnamon sugar churro
Pumpkin pie churro
Frozen Strawberry Lemonade
October 12th Day 3: Disneyland!! ✨
We finally made it to Disneyland! I have been so excited to see it all decorated for Halloween since we went with our girls last year and missed Halloween decor by a week. It didn’t disappoint, haha! We had another fun filled day riding rides, eating yummy food and treats and taking in all the Halloween decor and glimpses of the light parade and Fantasmic night show.
Rides we rode in order:
pirates
Haunted mansion
Indiana jones
Smugglers run
Rise of the resistance
Star Tours
LUNCH BREAK
It’s a small world
Space mountain
Tiana blue bayou
Mikey & Minnie runaway railroad
Space mountain
DINNER BREAK
Autopia
Buzz light year blasters
Rise of the resistance
Indiana Jones
Pirates
Matterhorn
Favorite foods/treats:
Grilled Chicken BLT
Blue milk
Churro
Raspberry macaroon
Caramel corn
Popcorn
Clam chowder bread bowl
Beignets
October 13 Day 4: We woke up late, got a late check out at 12pm and took the morning to relax since our flight wasn’t until later that night. We packed, got showered and ready and then took an uber to the Outlet Malls. First we had lunch at In N Out and then we hit some stores. Justin got some new shoes, I ordered me some new shoes because it was cheaper and we had a delicious caramel apple from Rocky Mountain Chocolate company. Later we had dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings and took another uber to the airport for our flight. We got into Provo around 11 and drove to Emily and Logan’s to sleep. Justin and I headed home the next morning. Such a fun trip!
October 14th We took a family trip to a local u-pick pumpkin patch and got our pumpkins!
October 18 ⚽️ ✨Golden Girls- U9 Fall Soccer✨ ⚽️
Justin and Eric had another great soccer season with these girls! Way go to Golden Girls! It’s been so fun watching these girls learn new positions and also advancing their soccer skills this season!
October 19th Justin’s brother Matt and his wife Hillary hosted their annual family Halloween party! We had yummy food, lots of fun games and great did the kids! Our girls had a blast!
Our family Halloween costumes hadn’t all came in yet so my friend Courtney was kind enough to let me raid her costume bin for the party. Justin and I were fighter pilots, Lexi went as a life guard and Hailey wanted to be a mermaid.
October 20th Justin and Eric had a soccer team pizza party for the girls at Pizza Pie Cafe. They were each given a medal for this season and the girls loved just hanging out and chatting with each other!
October 25 We started our morning off at our wards primary program practice then we went ti see our nephew Dax play in his championship football game. Sadly they lost this year but we were so glad we were able to come show him support! After the game we went to see aunt Dorothy and aunt Bev’s new house and then picked up pizza for dinner and the girls painted their pumpkins!
October 26th The girls had their primary program this morning. This is one of my favorite Sundays of the year, I love hearing the children share their testimonies of our Savior through words and songs!
Lexi shared how she felt after her baptism this year. “After my baptism I felt so peaceful, it’s the happiest I have ever felt, I could feel the peace of the spirit.” 🥺
Hailey shared “Jesus wants us to give to others because it shows love.” 💕
October 27th-31st Red Ribbon week for the girls at school!
Monday “We pledge to be drug free” wear red, white and blue
Tuesday “Our school chewses to be drug free” wear school colors or gear.
Wednesday “Don’t get mixed up in drugs” mismatched day.
Thursday “Lei off drugs” Hawaiian day!
This year all the girls wanted to be were Rumi and Mira from K-Pop Demon Hunters, and Justin came in clutch making their weapons out of foam. If you know me I take any chance I can get to do a family costume so this year Justin is Jinu from K Pop and I went as the blue tiger Derpy.
After school we had Wendy’s for dinner and then we got in our costumes, FaceTimed Emily and Logan and headed out to trick or treat. We picked up Lexi’s friend Grant along the way and had a great time listening to K-Pop music and riding in Justin’s golf cart.
November-
November 4th We got a new addition to our home, we snagged a free piano off Facebook and everyone is excited! Now to find a piano teacher for Lexi!
November 7th My sweet friend Taigen’s daughter was diagnosed with a horrible brain tumor back in April, so in honor of her and her family our city did a sunshine week to earn money for her treatment and travel. Today my friend Amanda and I went and got facials to help them out!
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November 8th I went with a group of friends to Utah to Pinners Conference, and I ran into my cousin Kristen there too! It was so much fun! We had fun shopping, laughing and eating dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory!
November 11th My cousin Kenzi’s daughter turned 2 and we went to celebrate her at a play place called “Blast Off!” The girls loved playing with Jade and celebrating with her!
November 14th The girls and I had a girls night at home and we watched “Freakier Friday” Lexi has been dying to watch it and it finally came to Disney+!
November 15th The girls did a letter box craft at Lowe’s and it turned out so cute!
November 17th Our city is hosting one of The Giving Machines this year, which is so exciting! This afternoon our library did a story time and craft there, so naturally we went with some friends and we ran into Santa! Gosh I love these sweet faces, look how happy they are!
November 20th We took the girls to the Burley Idaho temple open house tonight! It was beautiful inside and out!
November 22nd Happy 37th birthday Justin!! We celebrated early just he and I by going to dinner and a movie! We had sushi at Fuji and saw the movie Now you See Me 3.
November 23rd Pope Family Thanksgiving! With our mom’s health we are all really trying our best to spend as much time as we can with our parents together! Logan and Emily just moved into their new townhouse so it was the perfect spot for us to all meet up at! We got dinner from Costco they had their own thanksgiving dinner trays and we had rolls, pie and sparkling cider! We played games and colored and just enjoyed time as a family!
November 24th-30th Thanksgiving break with the kids, we took a trip to Geronimos trampoline park with some friends, Lexi and I watched Wicked part 1 at home together and then after Thanksgiving we saw part 2 with some friends, and we also went to see Zootopia 2 as a family! To end the week we set up our Christmas trees and decorated the house.
November 27th Happy Thanksgiving! We spent the day with Justin’s family in Idaho Falls, Justin’s aunt Dorothy hosted us at her new house. We had good food, company and fun! So incredibly thankful for my sweet family!
December 1st Christmas kick off. We got the girls matching pj’s, coloring books and a new Christmas book this year.
December 4th we had our wards Christmas party that I helped plan with a great committee. It turned out great!
December 6th the girls wrote their letters to Santa and then we delivered them to a Santa’s helpers mailbox in our area.
Later that night I had my annual Christmas cookie swap with my friends! It’s always a fun time!
December 13th Justin and the girls joined his parents at their ward Christmas party whileI went to my friend Amanda’s for a girls night painting Christmas houses.
December 15th our local library had Santa and Mrs. Claus come to visit so we went to get a picture and book for the kids.
December 17th the girls had their Christmas dance recital with their new dance teacher, Mrs. Delaney. They but did a great job, we love watching them learn and grow each year!
December 21st I made our Christmas sugar cookies while Justin and Lexi went to his parents for an early Christmas dinner, poor Hailey woke up with a fever today so we stayed home. It was the perfect time to watch White Christmas since Justin isn’t a fan.
December 22nd we frosted our sugar cookies, handed out neighbor gifts and did our own little nativity tonight for FHE.
December 23rd Happy Christmas Eve Eve. Justin’s mom hosted the extended family Christmas party at her church tonight. We had good food, a piñata and a favorite things gift exchange white elephant style.
December 24th Merry Christmas Eve! The girls and I spent the morning crafting and cleaning, then after Justin got off work we headed to Matt and Hillary’s for dinner and games! We had a smorgasbord of food and desserts, played a ping pong game with the kids where they all won prizes, chatted on the phone with our nephew Teagon who is on his mission and had a great time together!
December 25th Merry Christmas! The girls slept in until 8 and then came in to get Justin and I up for presents! They were so excited that they got what they wanted from Santa this year. We have been having a warmer December than normal so since we didn’t have any snow and it was sunny and 50 degrees out after presents we did a Christmas soak in the hot tub. Then the girls had baths and we had lunch and did some FaceTiming with family. After that watched Elf as a family. After the movie we FaceTimed with my parents and then went to dinner at Justin’s uncle Dan’s house. We had prime rib and it was so good! We are so grateful for this wonderful time of year to slow down and remember the true meaning of Christmas, the wonderful gift of our loving savior Jesus Christ!
Lexi-From Santa: Disney Bitsey
From Hailey: Pets Alive Axolotl
Want: Loom Bracelet set
Read: Nancy Drew Diaries set 1-4
Activity: Magna Qubix
and Gem Art
Game: 800 pound Gorilla
Experience: Lagoon Season Pass
Hailey-
From Santa: Pets Alive Axolotl
From Lexi: Disney Bitsey
Want: Bluey pizza girls car with muffin and Bluey surprise blaster suit
Read: Bob Books Set
Activity: Magna Qubix and Gem Art
Game: Don’t break the ice
Experience: Lagoon Season Pass
Justin got me workout clothes and a bath caddie, the girls got me a new Stanley cup.
I got Justin a stool for when he works on cars and it can hold his tools in the bottom, and a extension cord that can mount on the wall.The girls got him new golf balls.
December 27th We got a little dusting of snow so the girls went out and built a little snowman, they named him Fred Frost! Later that afternoon we joined Justin’s brothers family to see the movie “David” it was a great movie!
December 28th Since Hailey was sick on Christmas Sunday we took our Christmas Sunday outfit photo today before heading to Utah to my sisters house for New Years week.
December 30th We started the week in Utah off with Emily and I working out and then going to get pedicures. The. We did some grocery shopping for the food for this week and met the boys and the kids at Chili’s for lunch. We spent the rest of the day playing games, did a Christmas gift exchange and smoked a tri-tip for dinner. We ended the night reading some Christmas books to the girls from my mom.
December 30th We met up with Brady, Chelsea and Eli at Top Golf, played slow golf games and ate lunch there. After top golf we went to target to waste some time be for our movie started. We took the kids to see Zootopia 2 again and it was so fun!
December 31st New Years Eve we did our family experience and went to the Hogle Zoo. The kids loved seeing all the animals and Christmas decor that was still up. Our favorites were the giraffes, zebras and apes especially the new orangutan baby! After the zoo we drove back to Emily and Logan’s and got our traditional smorgasbord food ready for dinner, called our brother Chris to wish him a happy birthday, went to Zeppe’s for dessert (Italian ice and custard) then went back to Emily’s for fireworks, another story for the kids before bed and then went played games and rang in the New Year!
Here’s to 2026!! Happy New Year!
