Happy Valentines Day!!

What? It's not Valentines? My kids are still talking about it. Does that count?

So I just uploaded my pictures so I have no more excuses to procrastinate. We had a WONDERFUL Valentines Day! Our stake was having a Valentines Dance for ADULTS!!! AND they were providing FREE babysitting!!!! I can NOT add enough exclamation points for how excited I was about this. We decided to turn this into a whole weekend fun family event. And it was a BLAST!! Ryan booked us a hotel in Madison (where our stake center is) that was SUPER cool. There was a great swimming area. I told the girls and they were very excited about the swimming and the hotel. Kaitlyn LOVES hotels. Loves them. She often asks if we can go to one, and can even point them out when we are driving. I'm not sure how she does this, she is always right, but she doesn't know how to read yet.
So the plan. Drive up to Madison in the am Saturday. Go to the Children's museum. Check into hotel. Go swimming. Go to dinner. Go to DANCE!!! And then attend a ward in Madison on Sunday and drive home.
We had a BLAST!! Did I mention that already?

Children's Museum



Newly sitting Logan




DRUMS!





Other fun stuff






Next was swimming. The kids were SOO cute. This was the first time since last year. Kaitlyn was ready to play right away, Em took about 45 minutes before she unglued herself from mine and Ryan's side, and Logan was terrified the entire time. There was falling water and it was just loud in general in there (but not from people, there were not very many other people there!) and the noise was too much for him. He just snuggled as close as he could to me and stayed there. It was really cute. I really enjoyed holding him.
There were 3 separate pools, and we have 3 children and only 2 of us, so I was worried about how that would go. The kids were great and all of us really had a great time. Kaitlyn would get a little adventuresome every once in a while, but nothing too scary. After a little while Em warmed up and started enjoying it too. Mostly I stayed in the hot tub with Log and Em. It was really nice in there. Once I even relinquished Logan and went down the slide with Em. Boy I really shot out the end and almost dropped Em, but it was only like a foot of water. By the end Emily was really comfortable and stepped off the last step, but luckily we were close by to scoop her up. After that she was back to staying near mom and dad. I didn't pull her out of the water and leave though. I wanted her to see that the water is still fun, you just have to be careful.
Next was dinner, some yummy Mexican, and then off to the dance!
We dropped the children off in the different age groups and then listened to a short fireside and went and danced! It was WONDERFUL! We had already had such a great day and then to have the opportunity to DANCE with my husband was great. It was so fun. The last time I went to a dance was a singles dance. It was so great to not care. The only one I knew was Ryan and a couple from our branch, so I just let loose. Ryan and I danced a lot and just goofed around and laughed. Once the babysitting was over we went and picked the kids up. We let them come into the gym (where the dance was continuing) and dance and snack on the food for a little bit. It was fun to dance with the girls a little bit too. Except they thought mom was crazy and there were WAY too many people to dance. lol.
It was a great experience. Seriously the best Valentines Day EVER! I'm really glad we went.

In December, I believe on New Years Eve day, my family got our pictures taken. Marissa took our pictures and did a WONDERFUL job! Marissa is just starting her photography and practiced on us. I love all the pictures. I just got the cd from my mom in the mail. Here's a few of them.

Just me and my little family



All the Wilson grandkids




Logan



Jess and Em



Wilson girls




Wilson boys



These two just make me smile! I love the "tough" guy smile, adn Kurtis just smiling away. So cute and then the real smile's in the next picture. This seriously makes me smile every time.




All the Wilson's -minus my brother Andrew who is serving a mission for our church in North Carolina.




The Wilson kids



Original Wilson’s



So it was pretty nice outside when we did this shoot, but a little chilly. By the end everyone was cold though. Poor Emily was FREEZING the whole time. She REFUSED to smile in the pictures and would only go with Kurtis. But actually it was BY FAR the best family photo session we've had. I was really impressed with Marissa and her husband. The picture of the grandkids sitting on the grass was HILAROIUS. EVERYONE was standing behind Marissa waving their arms, making funny faces and stuff. I think my dad got a little of it on camera. I had a good time and Ryan tolerated it. He HATES family pictures, but puts up with it cause I make him. lol. Hope you enjoyed my family.

Oh here's the names of everyone.
Mom (Tina), and Dad (Dan)
Me (Christi-hope you knew that one!) with Ryan, Kaitlyn, Emily, and Logan
Julia and her husband Cody and baby Cooper and puppy Holy
Andrew- not pictured, he's serving a mission for our church
Jace
Kurtis
Jessica
Tiara

Randomness from January and begining of Feb.

The other day we were watching Tarzan and the girls loved the scene where the gorilla's make music. So we pulled out the pots and pans and I let them go at it. It was fun, but I definitely needed a Tylenol afterward!




We got to go to the River museum in Dubuque with our friends. We had such a good time, I'm so glad we went. We had 5 kids between the 2 of us, so it was a little crazy sometimes, but it was fun. I took lots of pictures of our cute kids. They just love each other. So cute!
The 4 mobile one's checking out an alligator!



My friend Coreina and her daughter Mya



Logan enjoying all the fish!



Mya and Kaitlyn



Em and Jake



Steering the boat




Kaitlyn loved that she could see herself forever!




We went to a family fun night here, sponsered by Family Connections a really cool organization that we go to. It was pizza and a drive in. They provided pizza and we got to make our own car with huge cardboard boxes. This is our 2nd year doing it and we had a great time. We turned our "car" into a princess tower.





While the girls were hard at work decorating, Logan was hard at work trying to steal Dad's pizza! He LOVES food!



And here's him having a chocolate covered sugar cookie.



Ryan and I thought we'd have a fun family outing and take the girls sledding. It was fun, kinda. It was a good thought, just didn't turn out the way we planned. I guess that's the norm with 3 little ones.
Em flat out REFUSED to go down the hill. In fact she wouldn't even walk over and sit with me at the top by the fence. Ryan had to carry her. So Logan, Em, and I sat and watched Ryan go down a couple of times. Then Kaitlyn was ready to go. She liked it, but it was a one time only thing. I think we spent more time getting them ready than actually out there playing. lol. Maybe next year.




So we finally got our mattress for our bed! Yay. I don't know how I slept on anything else before. It's like sleeping on clouds. I REALLY REALLY like my new bed! So I put Logan down for a nap on there and had to take a picture when he woke up. A TINY baby on a HUGE bed. I just think it's really funny looking.



And last but not least. Kaitlyn got into Logan's crib again. I liked her choice of toys for Logan. Poor Ryan can't win this battle. His boy is just SURROUNDED by girly things.

In January we bought ourselves a bed! We upgraded to a King size, but still had our Queen mattress. It looked pretty funny!
We waited a little while to make sure we had the funds before we bought our mattress and box spring. We have them now, but it was pretty funny sleeping on such a little mattress in such a big bed!



(I have issues with paying full price for pretty much ANYTHING (besides food). We got a SWEAT deal on this bed, we didn't just splurge. Like 50% off, great deal, and we had been looking for a while. So don't worry, it was in our budget. Thank you Tax return!)
So we got the bed because we wanted something more comfortable, and because there are always so many kids in there by the morning. Well, I still get squished. Lol. It doesn't matter how far over I push Logan, he ALWAYS rolls right over practically on top of me! He is SUCH a momma's boy, and I love it.

When Logan was born a sweet family in our branch gave us their matching toddler beds. The girls love their matching beds and for a little while had their beds pushed together like this:




A few days ago they found out (during nap time when they were SUPPOSED to be sleeping) that they can move their beds! So they have rearranged the beds a couple times. Lol. Too funny.

Cute picture of Logan playing




The girls love to help me cook in the kitchen





Kaitlyn put a headband and a necklace on Logan. I showed Ryan the picture and this was him talking to her about it. Lol. I got a good laugh out of this.




Kaitlyn and Em playing with Logan in a daddy approved way. (no girly stuff)



Em and Dad taking a nap, SO cute!



Handsome Logan in his suit!