This turned out to be such a fun theme! Halle found an amazing Jack Skellington dress that kicked off the whole thing. I think in the beginning only Halle was really excited about it. But by Halloween we were all fully on board! I think everyone looks amazing. And it was so much easier to…
Feb is usually a very slow month. But not this year! It began with a Vex Robotic tournament for Blake at Soaring Heights. I was impressed! This was quite the set up. And for first timers, Blake’s team did great. Then, a glorious 70 degree Sunday nap. Everyone needs one of these in Feb. But…
It was a Denver weekend! It started Friday with the kids performing for the lunchtime crowd at the Denver Giving Machines. This was so much fun! Halle and Josh had been practicing some clarinet/saxophone duets, and Blake learned a few tunes on the Ukulele that we all sang along to. I just love the Giving…
This is the first time we’ve traveled at Thanksgiving since Josh and Halle were tiny. As we are going to Germany over Christmas, we wanted to be able to spend some holiday time with our Banks family. It was a great trip! The night we were leaving Blake cried and cried saying he wished we…
What a day! I love the chance to reflect and feel gratitude for the mothers in my life and for my own motherhood. The day started out great with lots of sweet cards from the kids. I love their creativity. Halle made me a little iMovie. It was so fun. I’ll see if I can…
This will go down as the year of the strawberry. Halle and I are trying to earn some $$ to go see Carlie in Berlin. So, we decided to sell chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine’s day. It was a huge hit! We sold over 200 strawberries. Which is waaaaay more than we expected to get,…
One of the most fun things we did this year was visit the family history library on Temple Square. It was so much fun for everyone. Kids and adults loved it. We also wanted to buy some chickens from the humanitarian vending machine, but the line was over an hour long! That’s crazy. And awesome. …
It started out as a rough day. We decided to expand our horizons this year in part due to Brighton’s Kids Ski Free policy. It took FOREVER to get up the canyon and parking was a mess. We finally got to the rental center, only to be greeted with a 1.5 hour line WOAH. Here’s…
Merry Christmas! What a fun day we had. Santa found us once again. And, once again, the kids slept in! They talked a big game about getting up at 5am, but we had to wake them at 7:45!Dash was our main present this year, and he was simply adorable. He loved sitting next to the…
Our annual Banks family Christmas party was pretty special this year. My mom had helped me scan over 600 of Alan and Sharon’s old picture slides at the Family History Center. Then, I pulled my favorite ones and made them into a photo book. All the members of the family included notes of love and…
