January at a Glance

January has been a pretty interesting month to SAY. THE. LEAST! We started off with tons of this stuff:

 

 

Which meant the kids spent LOTS of time outside:

This one has spent lots of time obsessing over all things Harry Potter: 

Watching the movies, over and over and over...

Lauren had a choir concert at school:

She is smack dab in the middle, turned sideways with a long, blonde ponytail with her arms folded.

Which was probably the best one we've been to in three years.

Sorry the quality stinks but it was my phone and I was in the nosebleed section.

We checked out a new store in town (Scheels) and got silly with Abe Lincoln and a Bear but broke all the children's hearts when we refused to stand in line for over an hour, in the middle of the store, to ride the ferris wheel. Yes, we are mean like that.

 

 

 

 

 

We squeezed in a birthday party for this little cowgirl:

 More on that at another time.

Lauren was student of the day for her Jr. High:

 She will be so mad I posted this. It's a random drawing so she feels like there isn't any thing special about it. However, her name was on the marquee so I did what any good mom would do, I took video and posted it!

Sorry Lauren. :0)

We also spent a LOT of time in the evenings and nearly every weekend watching this:

 

 

And enjoyed some victories:

 

 

And no sport would be complete without a few of these:

 

 

 

Lots of free time at the tournaments led to this little accident:

 

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And now this guy is struggling with some health problems too...

more on that another day.

Whew! We made it through the month. And those were just the things I actually took pictures of. 

Here's to hoping February is a little calmer...it hasn't been looking to good so far though.

Winter Wonderland...in Autumn

I really wish the weather would stick to the right seasons. I like me some good ole Autumn-y weather. Mostly, it's been gorgeous but we had a pretty impressive snowstorm last week. The kids LOVED it! It snowed all day on Friday so there was plenty to play in after school and all weekend. I'll admit, it sure is pretty but I would like another week or so of Autumn!

Brooklynn making snow angels

McKenna working super hard at building a snowman

Winter? Winter? Where are you?

Oh, there you are. Oh, you are only staying for a day? Oh bother, that isn't long enough! Well, Brooklynn & McKenna scurried around and managed to build two little tiny snowmen before the last pathetic snow storm melted away. In fact, our snowman kit is too big for these little guys so they look more like sunglasses! Luckily, the had the sense to build them in the shade of the fence so they are still there a week later! Cute little snowmen girls!

Brooklynn's

McKenna's

Sledding

A few days before Christmas we got our snow...like 12 inches. I was crazy busy with Christmas things and the kids were all out of school and driving me nuts. Chris came home early that day and when I told him the kids really would love to go sledding he agreed. He took all four of our kids and three neighbor kids and off they went to Rock Canyon, one of the best sledding places around. They ran into some other friends up there and had a blast. Seeing the pictures I felt bad that I wasn't there. Looks like they had lots of fun!