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 Kaybree is obsessed with the hover boards at Brodie's house.

 we found some leftover blocks of ice at the park during our New Years Day picnic so Amy and I encouraged the kids to go ice blocking. We did not have any towels which made for very wet butts and cold hands but it was awesome.




 on Aspen's birthday I filled the living room with balloons.




 Kaybree and Eisley eventually drew faces on all the balloons. This was Kaybree's drawing of Aspen's face on a balloon. Aspen loved it.



 Tucker's first hair cut!


 Eisley was very proud of her solar system project. It's still hanging in her room.






 We went to Red Robin for Eisley's birthday dinner

 Eisley's crazy birthday party. The neighbors yelled at us for being too loud so I had to bring the girls inside. It was a good time!


 Aspen loves sitting on my head. 



 Grandma Duck got a new boat. We are all very excited to go tubing this summer!



 Brendon planned the most amazing anniversary trip for us. We stayed in a tiny cabin in Prescott. This was what you saw as soon as you entered the room. We bought a book from a used book store and spent the entire weekend in front of this window reading the book. We saw deer just outside the porch and it was perfect!





 Crazy hair day at school.




 For Michelle Day this year we went on a hike with the whole family. Later Mom and I went to the food trucks in downtown Mesa and shared something from almost every truck. It was awesome!






 We went to the snow and almost got stuck in a blizzard. The snow was coming down a lot more than we anticipated. We didn't end up staying long.

 Aspen saw the snow falling and said "What's this balls?"

 Tucker loved the snow! He was not excited to leave.


 Our car did get stuck in the snow. We couldn't get enough traction to get up a small hill to the main road. Eventually someone stopped and helped us push.


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