Snow!

It finally snowed! And Annie built an awesome snowman!

Circus Time!

Austin's Kindergarten Circus was a success! I love my little man so much, and am so proud of him for doing a great job in his first school program! Austin's class was the Circus Band, and they did a great job performing! Austin was SO cute, of course, and we had a great time watching him! Nana and Papa, Grammie, Gma Ellie, and Mommy and Daddy cheered him on from the crowd. When the band finished performing, Austin picked up his coat and took off his hat, and waited to exit the gym...even though the show was still going on. :) I guess he was ready!

Snow...Finally!

After getting past every date in the school calendar for built in snow days...we got snow! Gotta love where we live. :)

At least we got some snow pictures!

Outside Time

Three weekends in a row of beautiful weather! We went to Busiek and took a nature walk today. I love taking advantage of the warm days when we can!


Shelley

Eleven!

Ellie turned ELEVEN!

It's hard to believe I have an ELEVEN year old, but it's true! We celebrated with a super fun friend and family party at the pool (indoor!) a few days after her birthday. Ellie had a wonderful day on her birthday too, with birthday/Valentine doughnuts at home, and a great day at school complete with a Valentine party where her class sang to her. I was thrilled to go hang out in her class during the party, and just loved seeing how big and grown-up these 5th graders are, and read all the sweet messages written to her on the "Birthday Board". After school we had went for ice cream with Grammie, the siblings, and our friends Richie and William. I believe that's where the sugar consumption reached an all time high. Whew! Finally, needing some real food, we picked up daddy and went to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner, feasting on lots of yummy crab legs, followed by home for some present time! We loved celebrating our girl who has come so far, and won so many battles, and who continues to work everyday. We love you Ellie!

Razor Ridge 2013

It's been SO long since we had a day to spend at Razor Ridge, and what a Beautiful day it was!
We got Austin on the four-wheeler for just a little bit. Hoping he decides he loves it at some point this year!

Some more pics of our day...

Ellie found a rock shaped like the US, she was ecstatic. ;) Both girls rode the four wheeler and we went on a family hike. Hope we have some more days like this soon!

Take Two

My brave girl got her ears pierced again! After her holes grew back overnight a year and a half ago, she was terrified to get them pierced again. For a year she swore she'd never do it again, then about six months ago she wavered a little, saying maybe "someday". She really wanted pierced ears, she was just terrified to go through it again.

Today after school she suddenly announced she was ready. So off we went to the mall, and soon she was bravely sitting in the ear piercing chair. She was nervous, but very brave! And I'm so proud of her for overcoming this! Yay Ellie!


Shelley