Breakfast

We had cousin E and our friend Sarah spend the night, breakfast was a fun but somewhat messy affair. 

More Basketball

Jaydon continued to enjoy basketball season and I had fun coaching his team.

Working on some skills

Team Huddle

He's off!

 Taking a picture of a picture isn't the best option but here are Jaydon's individual and team photos from the season.

K.I.D.S. School Pictures

 Our family friends were doing Lucy's school pics this year so we were again able to take all the kiddos in.  So fun to get such cute pics every year of all the kiddos.  Sorry for the photo quality, I am trying to be as quick as possible so that means pictures of pictures, glare and all.

Happy Birthday Uncle Jeff

Uncle Jeff, Steve, Carolina and Elinora came for a visit and we got to celebrate Uncle Jeff's birthday. We had a great dinner out at a restaurant and enjoyed some dessert before we went out.  Our cousins from WWU came down too.  It was a great night.

Kate

 She loves toothbrushes!  She finds them in the drawer and tries them all out, repeatedly.

Lucy's building

I came down one morning and Lucy had been hard at work building this tower with some new blocks. She did a great job following the tower in the booklet.  She is definitely my independent one.

The Children's Museum

We enjoyed going to the Children's Museum with Brenna and Caedan on our quick mid winter break.

They had  a skating party downstairs (flat slides you put on your shoes and kept the room dark with a mirror ball, the kids had fun but it did take some convincing to get them to try it, sorry the pics are terrible.)

Which ramp goes faster, farther...

The girls on a horse

Jaydon helping Kate drive the tractor

Air tunnels and scarves

Catch them!

More in the skating room

Caedan and Papa were busy building

Tree house bridge

Egg drop

Brenna and Lucy on the horse

Putting on a theater show

My load of coats and sweaters around my waist :-)

Happy Valentine's Day

 Time has definitely gotten away from me this winter. I haven't taken nearly as many pictures as I would have liked.  I missed all of the fun we did on Valentime's Day.  Lucy and Jaydon both had a great time at their school parties and they both came home with a ton of loot. I was happy that Jaydon's school was food free so it wasn't as much candy.  I got a couple cute shots of Lucy posing with all her Valentines.

Kid art

 Some of Lucy's art above and Jaydon's below. It is definitely fun to see them grow and learn and develop those fine motor skills.

Alecu Strong

Tia, one of our Aunts in Minnesota, who we stayed with at Christmas time, is in the battle of her life.  She was diagnosed with a very aggressive stage 4b cervical cancer.  She is undergoing Chemo treatments and definitely fighting every day.  We are all supporting her and posted Alecu Strong pictures to her caring bridge site to give her some love.  Prayers, good thoughts and positive vibes are always appreciated.