Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

Melissa began the  month by demonstrating her sewing skills.  She turned one of my old shirts into a prototype sleep sack for Hannah.  Then we headed to the park! We try to take the kids to the park several times per week.  It is a 2 mile round trip walk and gives Zoe some exercise and Melissa and I time to talk about things. This guy loves his sister!  Especially when she wasn't crawling or walking as well as him so he could catch her when she'd run away. In March I was still working on little bits of the shop.  This project was adding an outside 30 AMP plug for the RV. I learned a lot. I hadn't ever installed a new breaker before and I got to design all the connections and bend the conduit too. Off for an evening stroll 3/8/17 Dad found mention of a cave near Bluff, UT where the pioneers held dances and asked if we could find it. Well, we did (3/11/17) and we took the Lyman's with us.  Mason said his dad remembered go...

I forgot how cute these guys were.  For 5 straight months they spent almost every night in fuzzy footy pajamas and it was wonderful! Unless they were taking big kid baths in the nursery tub, then there weren't any fuzzy jammies. Melissa volunteered to help a sister in the ward who was having a really difficult recovery from child birth. The days she had these extra 2 girls, it was Melissa vs 4 under 3. Making Valentine's Day cards. Enjoying some fruit suckling. Food drunk. I usually make that face when Melissa cuts my hair too. This was Finn's first hair cut, 2/10/17 Hannah got a few fly-aways trimmed too. Smile for the camera, shorthaired dude. Enjoying Aunt Trisha's Valentine's Day gifts (shirts and stuffed animals with their names on them). "I'm the cutest, only photograph me!" I made Melissa and the kids a Valentine's Day lunch.  Posing with my little Valentine. Posing with HER little Valentine...