Welcome Bradley!

The kids have a new cousin! Bradley was born on Feb 15th! I even pulled Katie out of school early to go down and meet him in the hospital. What a special time. I'm so glad the kids have cousins so close. Katie especially is smitten.



A few days later we went down to see Brooke, who was at school when we visited the hospital. the kids always have such a great time together!

Kids Running For Kids!

Our school district put on a 1 mile fun run and Katie and her friend Sophia had a blast! It was REALLY cold but those medals were totally worth it! So proud of our girls!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Christmas post...finally!

Let's ignore the fact that it's February and I'm posting Christmas pictures. :D

Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Brandon came out here for Christmas this year, even though it was supposed to be our year to go to California. While I really missed being able to see my California family at Christmas I have to admit it was nice to be in our home and not have to deal with the stressors of traveling at the holidays.

Of course no holiday with Grandma Mary Beth would be complete without baking cookies of some kind. :)


I managed to get almost everyone to church Christmas Eve ;)



The kids of course got their traditional Christmas Jammies from Bert the Elf on Christmas Eve! They also got Christmas ornaments from Grandma and Grandpa. Right before bed we sprinkled reindeer food with special sparkles to be sure they didnt miss our house!




Christmas Morning!



It was a wonderful Christmas!