Car Show  

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We met up with Devan and Kayla to see the car show at the South Towne Expo Center on January 18th. We had lots of fun. Henlie loved sitting in the different cars and got upset if other people were also looking at "our car." lol  They even had some kid stuff in one corner. Henlie loved leading with the conductor's baton. She maybe had watched too much Caillou before going to the car show haha

Daddy and Henlie trying out a car.

Henlie conducting.

Henlie driving.

Devan and Henlie

Kayla and Andrew


Kayla loves :)

Happy critter :)

Trying to get a pic of his scrunchy nose face. This is the best we got :)

This sign was super bright, and Andrew was entranced by it.

Testing out their new car ;)

Oh the drama here. Henlie was starting to get into the car, and Devan sort of twirled her around and snuck in first. Miss Henlie was not pleased.

Leading Devan

Mommy and Henlie

She was getting grumpy.

Henlie, Kayla, and Me :)

We had fun seeing the different cars, and I'm really glad Devan and Kayla got to go with us. It made it that much more fun. (It also helps with the kids! haha)

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Sunday, January 17, 2016  

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We usually go to Matt's parents' house for Sunday dinner. The 17th of January I just had a few pictures, but I think there are a few too many to share in a Little Tidbits post. So instead, here are some pictures from a typical Sunday evening :)

Aunt Michelle is so good with the kids.

Andrew found Simba.

Switched areas, but still reading stories :) Henlie loves stories.

Daddy making faces at Andrew.

Kayla and Andrew showing off their tongues :)

Daddy sharing dessert.

Yum :)

Mommy and Andrew

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Utah Museum of Fine Arts  

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Maybe we're weird. Maybe we're "cultured," but we like to go on educational outings. Usually it's things like the zoo or aquarium or whatnot. We don't do your typical art museum hardly ever. However, somehow via the Internet (probably Facebook, to be more specific), I found out that the Utah Museum of Fine Arts had a free day coming up. Not only was it a free day, but it was their last weekend before closing for over a year for some major remodeling. And since they were closing, they were doing a huge kick-off party event as well. Score!

 So Saturday, January 16th, we headed up to Salt Lake to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. I'd never been. We started with one little tour that went over some Greek, Roman, and Indian stuff. Unfortunately for me, Henlie was getting over it and didn't want to really look at many of the exhibits after that. I still made her walk through some of it before we went downstairs for the Saturday Family activity. And because I'm me and a huge advocate (although not much of an outspoken one) for the #NormalizeBreastfeeding movement, I had to snap a couple pictures in the Jesus section (I really don't know what the exhibit was, but it was a lot of Christian-themed stuff.) It was neat to see some stuff akin to that at the catacombs in Peru, too. :)



The family activity was creating scarabs out of clay. So they sent us back up to the Egyptian exhibit to find the scarabs for some inspiration, and then we could go back and pick out some clay. Henlie really wanted pink, but they didn't have any. However, adults could also get a kit, so we picked a red kit and a white kit to mix together. This was not your typical play-clay, though. Oh no, this was some heavier duty stuff you could then bake and keep your little scarab creation forever. So the red really left your hands red, and it was hard to mix the two. Matt is pretty awesome, though, and managed to make some pink for Miss Henlie. They had some tools and hieroglyphics translations to help you design your scarab. After that, it was time for a potty break before leaving to find some lunch.
I made a scarab, too.

Henlie working on hers :)


 We ended up going to La Carreta in Orem for some Peruvian food. I got mine a la pobre (because I love the fried egg on rice :)). However, that also includes a fried banana, which I am not a fan of, in either country. I gave some to Andrew, because.. well.. banana. However, that banana was so hard that he couldn't gum it. It is sad we can't get awesome fruit in Utah. Oh well. We had an enjoyable lunch and then headed home.

I love Saturdays with my family, especially when we get to go on fun outings! And I definitely would go back to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in the future. It won't become a regular like the zoo, but I would like to explore it more and am interested to see what they do with the remodel :)

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Hadfield Sledding Party!  

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We celebrated the beginning of 2016 with the Hadfield side of the family by eating yummy soups and playing in the snow.


Devan, Braden E, Michelle, Andrew, and Jennifer

Grandma has a pretty cool tablecloth :)

Henlie got a lot of play time in because Uncle John didn't want to come in and then go back out to pull sleds, so Aunt Lynell took her around and around and around and around some more until more people arrived. I'm kind of surprised Henlie didn't get tired of it, or frozen :)

Chloe, Henlie, and Lynell

Mocha likes to chase sleds.

Henlie still wasn't done when other people showed up and wanted turns :)
Fortunately, Laurie is a good sport and let her ride with her and Tanner :)

Since we'd just played the day after Christmas and Lynell was willing to watch and play with Henlie, I didn't end up playing outside. Instead, we hung out inside and ate yummy food, chatted, and played some Phase 10 :)

lol I love Braden E's face in this one. I snapped it before he could process what was happening ;)
Michelle, Braden E, Braden R, Jennifer, and Me

As always, we had a grand time playing with family. Family is the best :)

They hooked three of them on one four-wheeler.



Henlie honing her Jenga skills in a solo game.
Okay, maybe Matt sort of played with her.

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Little Tidbits 2015 - January part 1  

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01 02 16 - Henlie's drawing keeps improving. Here, she drew an apple tree :)
01 03 16 - Henlie's first day in primary as a Sunbeam!
01 03 16 - Henlie cutting Devan's hair with Grandma's help.
01 03 16 - Henlie joined Matt doing his exercises, while wearing her crown from Sunbeams :)
01 04 16 - Soccer girl with her Peru soccer hat and RSL shirt.
01 04 16 - Since Henlie was wearing her RSL shirt, Mommy had to get hers on too :)
01 04 16 - Andrew and Mocha
01 05 16 - Munchkin perfectly centered in our bed.
01 06 16 - More of Henlie's drawings. That's her and Andrew. Although, I think she looks an awful lot like Pinky Dinky Doo, which she had been watching at lot of at that point :)
01 06 16 - :p
01 08 16 - Drawing in her story box, like on Pinky Dinky Doo.
01 08 16 - He did this to himself lol


01 08 16 - We bought some cat food at Petco and got a free dog (M/L) headband with BB-8 on it promoting the new Star Wars movie. Why did we get a dog headband with the purchase of cat food? I do not know. Unfortunately, being an M/L, it's too big for Mocha too. But we had to put it on her anyway haha
01 09 16 - Put the dog headband on the cat. Cat went plop. BB-8 headband makes cat not able to cat. lol
01 09 16 - Matt took a wee nap, in Henlie's bed :)
01 12 16 - Sleepy kitties :)

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01 13 16 - Talented sleeping.
01 13 16 - She wanted to hold her baby :)


01 15 16 - "Look Mom, I can sit in the Bumbo!"

01 15 16 - Matt was playing with Devan on the Xbox but had to leave for a second. He said I should talk to him. Well, you'll notice I only have one hand available, so putting on the headset was a no-go. Matt laughed at me and took a picture.

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