Not your typical corn beef and cabbage

So for St. Patrick's day I wanted to do something special. I'm not really into dying food green. I like my food to be its natural color (for the most part). But having married into an Irish family I didn't want to just ignore the day either. I think I'd be lynched if I tried. Corn beef and cabbage was out because it isn't actually an Irish meal. Immigrant who came to the US ate it because it's all they could afford. So after having thought about it a little bit I decided to make a meal that I know Zac would LOVE. I pulled out our fryer and made this.
Zac loves wings and loves IBC. So I decided to put the two together. It was a great night. We had a lot of fun.

Road trip to Idaho

We went to Idaho for my cousin Meegan's mission farewell. She is going to South Korea. We had a lot of fun and Lizzie got to meet her Great Grandma and Grandpa Miller for the very first time. Not to mention all of the aunts and uncles too! We had fun and Lizzie had a blast. But she was so tired after the weekend. It's hard to be entertain so many people.

This is right when we got on the freeway heading home.

An this is not even 5 miles later.

It really is so hard to be adorable.

Pictures by Tat

Tatiana is taking a photography class and is amazing at it. She asked if she could take pictures of Lizzie. She didn't have to ask twice. She did an amazing job. Here are some of the ones she took.

February Part 1

Lizzie is mobile. Using a combination of backing up, angling, and rolling, Lizzie can get to just about anywhere. As a result, she is now exploring all kinds of things about her world. She likes watching fish, she doesn’t like dogs, and she loves cheerios.

Her sense of humor is also developing. For example, a bill turned into a bit of fun.

Hanging with her clan of polar bears:

The Kimono that Sage got her while in China. Did I mention she can stand if supported?

This happened during the 5 minute drive home from Grandma's. When we left, it seemed like she'd never go to sleep.

Only being able to back up has it's problems. Here Lizzie's stuck under the couch.

Discovering fish at the local wal-mart.

January

Catching up on our blog stories, January was quite the month. We moved into our new house in American Fork, closer to family and friends. Brooke started going back to classes at school. I was transferred to construction management on the new Mountain View Corridor. It took two weeks to get the internet set up in the house, new windows and new blinds and then we were up and running.

Lizzie went back to sleeping through the night. The interruption was probably because of the stresses of living at her grandparents for a few weeks. She started sitting up on her own on a regular basis, and she cut her first two teeth! Here she's waiting with me in the library for her mom to finish classes.

Also, my sister Sage got her mission call to Armenia!