The Bean Museum

The BYU Bean Museum... I guess the pictures do all of the talking. Kenric & I took the girls to the Bean Museum on Martin Luther King Jr. day, a few Mondays ago. It was fun to get to hang out as a family, as K-dawg is at school for the most part these days. We hit the Bean, then In & Out (for my semi-annual burger), and finally Toys are Us. I know, such fun parents right? At least for a few minutes.

So back to the Bean... I have to admit, the first time I ever went it was a a little freaky. The whole place is full of animals, who used to be alive, and still look alive, but are somehow magically preserved so kids and their families can come check them out. It is a large two-story building and the animals range from tiny insects, to Bears, Elephants, and Rhinos. So here we are:

Kenric & the cuties

Checking out the ducks...

Me & Lucy... and little Vilhelm poking out through my coat

Can you see what I mean by freaky??

Holiday Party & more...

Sooo... if you are ever thinking about doing a little grocery shopping on a Saturday evening before you and husband are going on a date... AND you're leaving your kids to watch a movie, while your husband is asleep... you might want to think twice. Yesterday afternoon, I needed to make a quick trip to the store and Kenric was taking a nap, recovering from a late night road trip from the night before. The girls were happily watching a Scooby-Doo movie on Netflix and said they'd rather watch that than go to the store with me. I knew I'd only be gone for a bit, so I said "okay, just wake up Dad when the show is over". Apparently they forgot the part about waking up Dad, and decided they needed to take snack time into their own hands...

When I walk in the door, Lucy said excitedly "Mom, you have to come check out our feast! They had emptied the cupboards of their favorite treats and had pile their plates high of everything that you can imagine.

Club crackers, Doritos, yogurt covered raisins, cake sprinkles, nerds, shortbread cookies, chocolate gold fish... am I missing anything?

We got everything cleaned up (for the most part), Kenric did wake up and we got to go on a fun date. The annual MBA holiday party, where you dress up, eat yummy food and this year we got to watch a performance by Stephen Jones... a super funny comedian. I was a little bummed that I had already seen some of his material on YouTube... come on Stephen, lets get some new material.

Me & my cute date. He is wearing an authentic German Suit.... so Hot!

And this my friends is the Crack Face. Yes, so entertaining for so many reasons. If you haven't tried it already, you really need too. You will laugh every time... In a future post, maybe I can do one of just Crack Faces.

More San Diego Fun...

The girls testing out the water at Ocean Beach

Lucy found something cool (a shell maybe?)

Katie holding up her pants... yes pants--we rolled them that high. Don't worry, she fell in anyway...

Girls finding shells in a huge sand hill

Kenric pushing Lucy at Balboa Park... one of the coolest parks ever!

Lucy in a panda chair

Katie and her beloved "Baby Bear" on the slide

Get-together with some of our favorite San Diego peeps!

Kenric, Keith & Kevin. What? Totally normal that they all have K names, are the same height and have the same haircut...

Me and some of my most favorite girls: Liane & Jackie

Christmas Vacation...

We spent Christmas break this year in San Diego (I guess technically it was last year). My cute, adorable husband thought that I should fly down since I'm pregnant, and that he would have a daddy-daughter road trip to our destination. I know, right? What a guy! We had a relaxing time, mostly just hanging out with the fam, sprinkled with Wahoo's, the park, and friends. I'm not ready to go back to real life in Provo-land. Actually, I am because I will have 3 cuties waiting for me there... Kenric and the girls left earlier today and I miss them already!

Katie in her cute Christmas clothes

Lucy with a locket that she'd been asking for since the summer... the girl had a miraculous Christmas recovery, because the day before she had a temp of almost 103!

Fun presents from Grandma Russell (mittens and scarf handmade)

Cute Katie...

Lucy drew a picture for the crew at Wahoo's, which they hung up and was still there a week and a half later!!