LOVEly Day

I know a lot of people (my husband) aren't big fans of Valentine's Day but I love it! I think it's fun when all the stores are decked out in red and pink, you get to eat pretty treats, and get all dressed up and go out to celebrate your love! Who doesn't love going on a date on a Tuesday night ?! ;)

The house was decorated

Crafts were made. Tutorials found here and here

Flowers and gifts were exchanged

The best sugar cookies ever were made. Recipe found here

This cutie pie got LOTS of snuggles!

Red pants and lipstick were worn.
(Please do not take me seriously in this picture)

And my hubby took me out for Thai food and to see The Vow (now THAT is true love ;)
I also have been doing the "14 Days of Valentines" similar to this for Brandon. It's been fun and I know he enjoyed waking up to a little treat every morning.

Oh Boy.

Grant has definitely been enjoying testing my patience lately :)

He sure has a sweet tooth like his mom and dad!

Here he is after finding the Oreos..

He also likes to find my glasses and put them on. Haha it's pretty funny but I realize he probably shouldn't wear them too often or he is really going to need glasses! (My mother reminded us of that constantly growing up...)

But it's so funny when he pushes them up, all nerd like.

He also enjoys pulling Dad's blood tester off the counter...
After all that sugar he is going to need one of those too someday! ;)

He had his 18 month check up last week (even though he will be 19 months on the 5th) and here are his stats:

Weight: 27 lbs

Height: 33 in

75th percentile

(P.S. I realize my picture quality is not that great lately. Blame it on an old point and shoot camera, and a wiggly boy that would rather yell "lemme-see!" and try and look at the other side of the camera than hold still)

YF&R Conference

This past weekend was the Young Farmers and Ranchers Conference in Boise. Brandon and I got to go stay in a hotel in downtown Boise and sweet, sweet Tiffani took care of Grant.

We got to take a tour of the Capitol

Governor Otter's office

"Occupy Boise." Really cool.

Jerry Kramer was the speaker on the last day. He was a big time NFL player from Idaho that won the first 2 Superbowls. Brandon was pretty excited.

Then, we were REALLY smart and didn't realize the Jazz tickets we bought months ago were for the same weekend. So we drove from Boise to Salt Lake and back to Jerome that night...it was a loong day and I was pretty miserable with a bad head cold. But hey, we're young, right??

Well, it finally snowed....did it ever!

Lately..

Grant is a pretty picky eater..but I can always count on him eating pasta!

 Blurry picture, but he loves to fold him arms for the prayer and say "Amen!!" He also loooves Elmo (hence the jammies..)

 Every little boy needs a bow tie..

 This big 18 month old is going to nursery!! He has been doing really great with it. I love peeking through the window and seeing him interact with the other kids, he is getting so old!

 I also found him wearing my scarf around the house today...He also loves to brush my hair and say "sooooft" Should I be worried? ;)

Christmas 2011

We had a great Christmas this year!

On the 22nd, Grant and I got to go down to Salt Lake for one of my best friend's from growing up, Sarah's wedding. It was really beautiful but quite cold and windy outside!

We had an awesome view of the temple from the dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
Fun little story for ya:
While waiting for the dinner to start we were letting the kids run around the halls outside of the room where the reception was held (on the 9th floor). I told Chelsea I had to go to the bathroom so we corralled the boys in that direction and then bumped into Liz and Linx. I set Grant down and said "OK, you guys watch him, I'm going to the bathroom" Welp, when I came out of the ladies room everyone is running up to me saying "We can't find Grant!" (once you set him down, he BOLTS off to go exploring) Apparently, everyone thought someone else was watching Grant (no one has claimed responsibility as of yet..)
Anyways, luckily I only had a few minutes to panic until some random girl walks up to me holding Grant saying,"is anyone looking for this kid?" Uh yes, me! She then proceeds to explain that he had GOTTEN ON THE ELEVATOR with them and rode down 9 floors to the lobby! (Filled with hundreds of people because of the lights) Once they got to the lobby and everyone got off, they realized Grant didn't belong to anyone and took him back up to us! Ahhh! I was actually quite calm, but looking back have realized it could have ended very differently. And I will never put a bunch of girls in charge of my child again ;)

Best Friends for many years!

Her dress was so perfect for Sarah (excuse the funny face, I caught her off guard ;)

Luke and Grant loved looking out the window

 Then, Chelsea and I went down to Beaver that night and Brandon followed with some friends the next day.

Grant and Luke took a bath together

Luke wasn't much of a fan

Luke's funny monkey hat

At the Yardley family party.
The Clinger family was VERY sneaky and ended up coming down to Beaver and surprising all of us!! So for the first time in a long time the ENTIRE Moyes family was all together! It was a joyous (and chaotic) reunion.

Brandon and McCoy acting out "8 maids a milking"

Christmas morning!
(It was necessary for this pic to be in black and white ;)

We were all very spoiled by Mimi and Papa
Grant's favorite toy was definitely his play vacuum...we've should've gotten him a real one so it would be of some use!

And then after church we attempted to get a picture of Grant in front of the tree...

He was having none of that.