Easy Breezy, Lemon Peezy

Nigel is sporting a great look here - perfect for putting Sue's letter in the mail box for me.

Evelyn found the courage to try it for herself, but of course she took it to the next level. This is from when she used to be potty trained. I think we have been potty training for almost a year. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying...

Super!

Evelyn found a little package and opened it up. She used it as a telescope. Way to go, girl!

January Snowball Fight

When the sky is not giving you snow, you make your own. The kids had a paper ball snowball fight. I love Nigel's form and Johnny's follow through. Great benefits to fake snow - no cold, no wet, no foul even if you get hit in the head. Totally awesome.

Baskin Robbins Birthday

I just turned 31 years old in December. With traveling and being alone on my actual birthday, we finally got around to celebrating the way that I wanted to - at Baskin Robbins, home of 31 flavors. I worked there in highschool and used to have a treat EVERY day after work. My metabolism as an adult is incredibly different so I could never work at BR now with the same benefit not affecting my pant size. But I did want to go get some ice cream. Although the cup design has changed, they still have the pink spoon and World Class Chocolate. An additional birthday treat was that we happened to come on Two-Fer Tuesday. Buy any sundae, get another sundae of equal or lesser value FREE. Yum. Happy Birthday to me. 31 days late...

Call of the Wild

Nana took us to the Bean Museum and the BYU Museum of Paleontology and then the nickelcade. So fun! We might have a future dentist on our hands as well as a future successful dental patient. Evelyn's reaction to dinosaurs was hilarious. I think Evelyn was nervous about big dinosaurs but we called them mommy dinos and then looked for their eggs and she wasn't scared anymore. She had no trouble with tigers or elephants or turtles. She makes a great monster/lion growl and is often the designated bad guy as Johnny and Nigel chase her around the house.

Wiggety wiggety wack

Sometimes you just want to change something up in your life. A new year, a new you. It could be a new car or a new toothbrush or ordering something different off the dollar menu just to spice things up. For this family, it's all about the new 'do.

Happy New Year!

We had a crazy New Year's party! After bingo, we went crazy with body balance tricks. The pregnant belly was not conducive to participation but I was the designated photographer. 2012 looks like it's going to be a great year.

How Many Quail are in a Covey?

For this Covey of quail, the answer is 6.

Officially on May 1, 2012, Scott Parrish Covey will make us a 6 member family! We usually wait to be surprised but we chose to peek during today's ultrasound. The ultrasound technician knew that we had a girl name picked out, but not a boy name. So she converted Lucy to a more masculine form - Lucifer. But Jacob already has dibs on that name. We were hanging out as a family, talking about names of nephews and nieces that hadn't been born yet and Jacob was frustrated by being younger than the rest of us. "You guys are going to pick all the good names and there won't be anything left by the time I get a wife and we have kids. All that's left over will be...Lucifer!"

Can't wait to meet you, bro! And I promise not to name you Lucifer...

Happy Birthday Afton!

Camille organized gingerbread house making for Afton's birthday. Of course it was a competition and of course we had amazing entries. My favorite would be the car house by the Mangus family although San Francisco was very beautiful from the Bennetts. Our graham cracker yurt struggled but had all of the things we really want: yurt, plane, horses, ice skating pond, tennis courts and plenty of room to breathe.

Happy Birthday to Afton!

Christmas Bells are Ringing

Hear what they say to you!

Here's what they say to me:

I love being with my family. I love celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Singing through the Nativity is one of my favorite parts of Christmas. I was touched by the scripture of Mary keeping all these things in her heart. She had a lot to keep. My heart is full as I learn the lessons Heavenly Father provides for me. Christmas gifts are fun to give and receive. Kids play with the first gifts they open and pretty much don't care about the rest. Kids love the dollar toys as much as the expensive ones. There is nothing like the feeling of flying paper as people are ripping into their stuff. Wrapping paper is tricky - it can end up anywhere. Surprises are fun. Christmas breakfast is delicious and necessary sustenance for all that is required on Christmas morning. Only attending one hour of church is awesome and difficult in a different ward when you choose to sit in the back and kids just want to run around the gym. Extended family adds an additional aspect to Christmas - lots of people, lots of fun. Missionary skype calls are the best. I enjoyed seeing Sister Davis and Elder Covey at peace with what they are doing right now and enjoying their work. Christmas feels good. I'm glad we could be with people we love to celebrate it.