Snow, Snow and More Snow! Spring where are you?

This has been the LONGEST winter ever!!!! 

Our last snow storm was on March 31st and I am sincerely hoping that was the last blast of winter! The temps are still cold but I think we are slowly getting closer to spring....I hope.

Here are some pictures of us playing in the snow when we were still excited about it, haha.

We went sledding with our downstairs neighbor and her son.

 Taisley had a lot of fun until she did a face plant going down the hill one time. She was finished after that.

Taisley loves it when it snows. She loves watching it out the window. 

She also LOVES eating the snow. She would always want us to open the window so she could eat the snow off the edge of the window. This was her eating the snow as she watched her daddy shovel the driveway. Trav got to do that a lot this winter. 

So with this brutal winter, we have spent A LOT of time inside.

 By March you start to go a little crazy but Taisley has gotten really good at stacking her blocks super high.

 We've done a lot of manicures and pedicures! Taisley loves it!

 We've spent a ton of time at our library! They do have an amazing children's program. 

This is Taisley in her play dough class. She said, "Look mom, a mustache!" 

We've had a lot of play dates with friends from church.

We had to start getting creative with our indoor activities. 

Taisley loves going to this market by our house because they have mini carts she gets to use.

 She is a good helper at the grocery store.

 Fruit is still one of her favorite things to eat. 

Aunt Cassie sent her a new Minnie Mouse jacket.

 Daddy has been VERY busy with his school rotations so she soaks up any time she can get with him. 

Spring, please come soon!!

Christmas 2013!!

Christmas was so much fun with Taisley! 

This was her new Christmas dress she wore to church. She would walk up to everyone and do a little twirl for them to see her pretty dress. She likes to play dress up and most of her church dresses are not this fancy so she was having fun. 

 Christmas Morning! 

She had a blast opening all her presents this year!

 I think we had just as much fun, if not more, watching her open her presents. Whatever the present was she wanted to either put it on and wear it or open it up and play with it that second. Everyone spoiled her again this year and sent her so many gifts. She even got a gift from her auntie Shanna who is serving a mission in Baltimore, Maryland right now. 

Look at that huge pile for one little girl! 

Taisley made out good thanks to all our awesome family!

 I have to mention this tea set from her Great Grandma Karen. She loves this set! She played with it nonstop for a week straight. She still loves playing with it. She loves having tea parties and making mom and dad hot chocolate all the time.

Thanks to our brother in law, Chris, I was able to give an awesome gift to Travis this year. 

A baseball bat signed by Dustin Pedroia, who happens to be his favorite player on the Boston Red Sox, AND they won the world series this year!! :) 

New Year's Eve we went to a party at our church. They had face painting, music, dancing and games. Taisley spent half the night on the dance floor. That little girl loves music and loves to dance!

 We went into the city on New Year's day. It was cold but we had a good time. We had to go see the tree! I love all of the giant Christmas decorations they put all over the city! They are so cool! I wish we would have taken more pictures. I'm actually really sad we didn't, BUT the giant Christmas lights below were my favorite so I'm glad I got a picture in front of them. 

The M&M store in Time Square

 The huge Disney store! 

That was Taisley's favorite part of the day. She got to hold all of her favorite stuffed Disney characters and even got to watch 'Sofia the First' on a giant screen. :) 

Taisley made the holidays such an exciting time for us!!

She is our pride and joy!!