Cornelius Chronicles

That's right, folks!  We went and saw our favorite band, Guster, live in concert at the Eccles theater in downtown Salt Lake City!!!!!  We sang along to all of our favorite songs, watch the audience do crazy things, learned all about Guster history, and had the best time ever!  Guster's "We Have Eras Too" concert was the best ever!  It was also lots of fun to take these two crazy teens to their first ever concert experience with us!  Super fun night for all of us!  A big shout-out to Maeve for staying home to babysit the little siblings.  She's amazing and did an awesome job!  Thanks Guster!  Thanks Maeve!  It's them!!  It's really them!!!! LOOK!!!!

Ahhh, look at how adorable these two little guys are! Grand and Jayberino must be the best gerbil buddies ever.  They are so much fun to watch and play with.  Very gently and sweet and adorable.  Gerbils are lots of fun!  

Dustin found a fun hat in the dress up box and modeled for us just how good he can make it look.  I'm super lucky to be married to such a handsome man with a fun personality to go with all those rugged good looks! We also had fun listening to Maeve, Xavier, and Loyd at the winter Morgan Band Concert.  They all did a great job and Loyd even rocked a solo!  Yea for musical talents and experiences!!  

Happiest of Birthdays to my favorite Loyd!  Loyd brings us joy and pride everyday.  He is kind and loving.  He looks for ways to bring joy into the lives of others every day, including his siblings.  He works hard to better himself and achieve big goals and dreams at school and at work.  He's the best curtesy clerk the grocery store Ridley's has ever had!  He has a personal and powerful testimony of Jesus Christ and the Atonement.  Loyd is fun and intelligent.  He's funny and tender.  He has the biggest heart and loves the tiniest of God's creatures immensely.  I love that he is developing his love of nature, had great kindness towards little helpless creatures, and isn't afraid to try a new adventure.  The past 17 years have flown by in a whirlwind and I am a better person for being given the privilege of being Loyd's mother!  Happy Birthday, Loyd!  I love you more than you can know! Loyd had a couple of friends over for ...

We broke down and make some cloud dough.  It's 4 cups flour and 1/2 cup baby oil and tons and tons of fun!  We squished and squeezed, we made a huge mess in the kitchen 3 or 4 times in a single afternoon, and we had the best time together.  What a fun thing to do inside on a cold February day.   Diana and Maeve are both all about drawing and creating art.  Diana thought the only way to make this even better was to share the same seat!  They two sisters are the cutest and I just love watching them build these precious sibling memories together.  :D And of course, we can't forget about Valentine's Day!  Dustin and I helped Owen and John make Valentine cards for all of their classmates and John even made a special one for Rebekah.  Sadly Rebekah was far away at college and unable to collect her special card in person so we sent her a picture and then we ate her candy for her.  Happy Valentine's Day! 

 Dustin and I had a super fun and unusual date night for us.  We went to the live performance of the One Man Star Wars Trilogy at Peery's Egyptian Theater.  We had a great evening of having fun nerding out and laughing at some of our favorite Science Fiction story telling.  I'd go to space and back any day with Dustin.  He makes every night out together out of this world!