What a sore day. Our whole family woke with aches from yesterday. Some were worse off than others, but at breakfast Hayden didn’t think he could make it. Mike headed to the store after breakfast, so I took the kids upstairs to get ready for the day. After a bit, Violet managed to somehow jump/fall…

Today, our family ended up taking the day to go downhill skiing. None of us has ever gone! Mike and I tried to go once before, but they had lost power, so we ended up going home before we even got started. Violet didn’t have school and Mike and I took the day off. (Hayden…

All while Mike was out of town, the kids were planning a talent show. Saturday was the big performance. Mike had an all-day retreat so the kids and I spent the morning cleaning and continuing our final dress rehearsal for that evening’s talent show.  Hayden was dressed for his dance performance after we finished cleaning…

Our kids LOVE going to the dentist. Every time. It has gotten to the point that the other cries that they are not going to the dentist too. We’ve kept appointments on different dates so we could make their dentist visits special, but we might have to reexamine that procedure now that is is becoming…

This is what our germy bread looks like as of this morning. Before we headed off to daycare, we examined our GERM EXPERIMENT! They are laid out in the same order (clean hands, kinda germy hands, very germy hands). The first and last breads have their bags turned upside-down so you can see the mold…

Stick people, by Violet An accurate representation.  Mom: (dressed for work) black hoodie, dark pants, blue & black socksDad: Colorful sweater, brown work pants (with pockets), white socks, red and black running shoesViolet: Purple shirt, blue pants, no socks or shoesHayden: Orange and white striped shirt, blue pants, fuzzy black socks, blue tennis shoes Also,…

Yesterday turned out to be another BEAUTIFUL day. The kids and I cleaned in the morning because some friends of mine were going to be coming over in the afternoon. Once we got things cleaned up we had a dance party and then I let the kids play some Minecraft for a little bit. In…

I know there has been some concern over the past week as to how I was surviving the various snow days and such with Mike out of town. All I can says is… he gets to do the shoveling for the rest of the season! Just kidding. He just gets to do most of it….

We are ringing in the new year with salsa chicken and margaritas (just Libby and I are drinking these).  Even though Hayden doesn’t get to drink margaritas he still likes it when we make them because he gets to have a lime wedge. Hayden ate three wedges like an orange.  Happy Margarita night! (Oh yeah……