February 2014

The girls have had such a nice month! We have had an incredible amount of winter weather, ranging from bitter cold to ice storms to heavy snow... needless to say, we've been home more than we've been anywhere else!  They have loved the special time to snuggle and drink hot chocolate and play in the snow.  They also both adored the Valentine's parties that were held at each girl's school. Emily had her annual friends party and sleepover to celebrate Vday and Paul and I attended a Bengals playoff game to celebrate his birthday.  It's been a great month!

 Snow much fun! :)

We had amazing seats- 50 yard line (almost) and 8 rows up! 

Christmas 2013!

 The girls and Paul and I have had such a joyous holiday season- lots of parties and quality time together...it has been very sweet!  We've enjoyed our new puppy, Quincy, immensely and he and Katie seem to have an understanding of who is boss (it's definitely not Quincy).  We wish you and yours a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, too! :)

  Emily had a ballet performance of The Christmas Shoes... very moving!  Here she is, hamming it up for me beforehand. :) 

Christmas Eve, after church, we donned our matching jammies (year number 3 of these!) and got things ready for Santa!

The calm before the storm:

These crack me up- typical reactions to Christmas morning, based off their personalities.  Emily is ready to go and pumped up...Audrey needs more time and maybe a cup of coffee?? :)

Living room: destroyed. Merry Christmas!

Audrey is 2 Years 10 Months Old!

I simply cannot believe that we are coming up on Audrey's 3rd birthday!  She is having such a great summer.  Here's what life is like with her right now:


-We've been enjoying a bit of nice weather- and new neighbors!  Our good friends from church moved into our neighborhood, providing us with 2 more kiddos to play with.  My girls are thrilled!

-Gymnastics is still in full swing- and paying off, don't you think? ;)

-the girls hosted my Moms Group one Wednesday morning.  It was great but I will be the first to say that 16 children together is PURE CHAOS!!!! ;)

- She broke into my makeup and helped herself! Also, Emily helped do her hair one day- looks marvelous lol!

- She fell asleep in the car (doesn't happen a lot these days)!

 -She's rested.

- And decorated the dog for her nap.

- She turned 7 weeks shy of her 3rd birthday....aka, the same exact age that Emily was the day Audrey was born! (How do I remember this stuff?)

- We hosted lots of kiddos and had fun playing dress up!

-She loves Nutella sandwiches.

- We got to see the cousins, Jack and Will-- such a great time!

- She played in the pool with sister-- a lot!

-On the 4th of July we had a great neighborhood picnic and really enjoyed the yummy food and the parade.  All the kids (and grownups too) who participated looked adorable!!

- And we spent a lot of time looking up at the sky and wondering when and if the rain would ever stop-- it rained for 18 days in a row! Thankful for sunny skies now....