It's March!

Go Broncos!

Hello my friends!  It's been a while!  We've just been busy living life over here in the cozy cottage.  Here's a flashback for ya to Super Bowl Sunday on this fine Monday morning.  Us girls did our best to wear Broncos colors, just for a good time.

Joel and I made football shaped cookies and brownies.  I even iced on the lacings, but that happened after the photo.  The Shibs hosted a fabulous party!

Hope your week is off to a lovely start!  It's 3 a.m. here, and I've been listening to a wailing baby for about an hour and a half now.  (How's that for letting her cry it out, Jess?)  I must admit I did hold her for a while in the middle of all that.  I think she is fiiiiiinally going back to sleep.  Poor baby!  Now back to sleep I go (hopefully)! 

Clean Eating!

Since I'm on a roll here with my jokes, here's another one for ya!

Jessica and I just joined a clean eating challenge group.  It only lasts five days, Monday-Friday...we'll see if I make it! :)

Peyton Manning!

I'm not sure if this is totally real or slightly photoshopped, but oh man, it cracked me up!  Be sure to read the caption below. :)

My Girls!

This girl is a walking girl! She can take 2 or 3 steps at a time now!  Impressive!

And this girl

Got some inside out braids yesterday.  They did not stay in very well.

We are supposed to go to Story Hour and Awana today.  We'll see if we can brave the snow and ice! :)

Happy February!

Forgot to post the February calendar page, so here you have it!

After several failed attempts at getting Anna Kate's handprint, I gave up and traced it!  Much easier, but her hand looks almost as big as Lydia's...might have messed that up too! :)

Anna Kate's Winter ONEderland!

Michigan!

We just got home from a whirlwind trip to Michigan!  Joel came home from work on Thursday all excited, saying he didn't have to work Friday-Monday, which is quite rare.  So he said, "You'll probably say no, but what do you think about making a quick weekend trip to Michigan?"  Now here's the thing folks, there is no such thing as a QUICK trip to Michigan!  But we would get to see his sweet grandparents and a few other relatives, who had never gotten to meet Anna Kate!  So, much to Joel's surprise, I said yes.  And just a few short hours later we were packed up and headed north!  

I still haven't been able to upload new pictures yet, but I found these funny pictures that Lydia took on the iPad during our trip, and I thought I'd share them, since I've received a few complaints about neglecting my blog.

Now, you're probably saying, "What? A three year old child had an iPad and DVD player going at the same time?!"  That's right folks!  And Anna Kate had an endless supply of crackers, Cheerios, yogurt puffs, graham crackers...you name it! being passed to her for the nine hour drive!  Whatever it takes to keep peace and harmony...and mainly my own sanity!  (Thank you a million times over for letting us borrow the DVD player, Amanda!)  (And for those curious, the only thing that worked on the Internet-less iPad was the Starfall ABCs...and clearly the camera.)

So there you have it!  We made it and had a lovely time, though I'm still trying to recover!  But, just so you know Pops, my house is almost all the way cleaned up, dishes washed, and laundry done! (Thanks to a wee bit of help from Joel!)  My, my I sure am feeling chatty! :) Hopefully I will return next week with some slightly more exciting pictures!