Family Five (5) - a day late

1. This has been a crazy few weeks. This week we had some big events. First Gwen was blessed on Sunday. It was a big fabulous event. Tyson gave a beautiful blessing, and she was silent the whole time! (Becca screamed through hers). It was also great to have both grandmas here, family and friends to celebrate the event! Here's some pics from the big day!

Gwen and those in the circle: Uncle Casey, Andrew, Uncle Taron, Daddy, Uncle Tevan, Uncle Sean, and Cousin Rob!

We just love our baby girl!

A very stoic baby in her pretty dress.

Me and my girls! Love them so much and am grateful they came to help us celebrate!

The Bowen clan.

Grandma Bowen and her Utah grand-babies.

The Ratliffs!

2. Then of course Valentine's day. We didn't do anything huge, but we had a lot of fun events and cute pics with the girls in their cute outfits!

Thumbuddy brought us treats and books!

Then we had pink waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.

Ready and excited for school! She calls these shoes her "ruby slippers".

Loving her sister!

Me and my sweetheart at dinner: crock pot ribs, baked potato with cheese sauce, asparagus and corn!

Grandma and her Valentine for the day. ;)

Making Oreo truffles.

And chocolate dipped strawberries!

Yum!

Happy Valentine's day from our family to yours!

3. Grandma Ratliff had to leave on Monday, but my mom stayed for the week. Yesterday we went to the aquarium and it was really fun! We saw the new otters (who were asleep), and all the other animals were really active. It was a good day.

SO cute!

Becca and daddy in the "otter hole"

4. My girls are just growing and being so cute! Becca's imagination grows by the day. She is always making up silly stories. She loves her big sister so much. Gwen is growing and changing every day. She rolls over ALL the time now, but hates being on her tummy and rarely goes from her tummy to her back. So she just screams. It can be frustrating, but it's fun to see her reaching milestones. Here's some pics of the girls just for fun.

Becca wanted to try the baby bjorn, it was so funny! She coudlnt' hold Gwen up!

But she could sit on my lap. Ha ha.

Sweet smiling girl!

Her bow tilted way to the side, but I thought it was cute, reminded me of a flapper girl from the 20s. ;)

Big sister and little sister!

5. And I'm sure many of you are wondering how we're doing with the job stuff. Tyson has some good leads and has already had one interview (which went well, so we're waiting to hear their offer details now!). He really wants to look into as much as possible and find the right place for him. But it seems like we will have a good chance to do so and locally! We so appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers and all the offers we've had. We have the best friends and family around!