YoungLife RockBand Event

We hosted a Young Life RockBand night for the leaders. It was so much fun! They rented lights and had costumes and even prizes. We all rocked out for hours.. and the kids even slept through it! We have a great group of leaders so far and are always looking for more. We love YoungLife!

Heart Pizzas

OK.. so valentine's day is over.. But I had to share one of our favorite things to do with the kids. We have a heart shaped foods to celebrate our day. It started with heart shaped pancakes, then heart shaped sandwiches and for supper.. make your own heart shaped pizzas. The kids had SO much fun cutting out their own hearts and putting on their own toppings. It was such a fun day!

Ethan was so proud of his hand shaped hearts.

Madison rolling out her own hearts... this one broke.. oops.
She thought it was hilarious that she broke her heart!

Cole decided after making two hearts, that he would spell his name instead. Here is his C that he made. So cute! Not really sure what it up with the smile though?!

Even Kai got in the fun. He loved to roll out snakes. Even though his never made it to the pan.. it ended up on the floor... he still had fun!

The final product... Yummy!

Hope you all had a great Valentine's day too!

Playing in the Snow

On one of the rare not below zero days, the whole family got outside to play in the backyard. Even the littlest monkey joined in on the fun! It was great to watch them all play together.

Ethan stopping to taste the snow...

Maddie stayed out of the snowball fight between her brothers and her dad. She is such a girl! Love it!

Cole loves being outside... and not smiling for the camera.

Kai was not happy that I kept tucking in his hands. (His mittens were not waterproof.)
He just wanted to touch the snow. It was super cute!

The only picture of all four that actually turned out.. sort of. What do you do? I am thinking the only way I will ever get a good picture of all of them together is by hiring a clown and bribing them with candy! smile. Someday.

All Four Kids

A rare moment...

All four kids playing nicely together... noone crying, noone fighting.. just having fun together.

What a great moment!

One More Story Please Daddy...

Ryan was getting ready to leave for work, when he turned around to find Kai behind him holding a book. "Please Daddy.. Please Daddy." Ryan knelt down and Kai backed himself up to sit on his lap. So cute! How can Daddy resist one more book? smile.

Long time Coming...

The whole family has spent the last couple weeks passing around the flu. You have got to love the winter. Kai actually was down for almost a whole week. It was miserable! He was fine for four days and then got sick again. Thankfully the second round noone else has gotten sick too. I think we are finally on the way to recovery... let's hope anyway. I am starting to feel like a shut in. I have to admit I actually walked the aisles at Target from 9:15 until 10:0o when they closed.. just to get out of the house for awhile. The things you do as a mom! smile.

I am working on a bunch of posts from the last couple months.. including a post of our newest family member. smile. We had our ultrasound on the 13th and it was such a fun day! Just a little teaser.. stay tuned to hear all about it. And find out what we are having! smile.

When you are one...

This is the sight I found one morning last week when I came upstairs.

Milk please.

I guess when you are one and can open the fridge yourself... you take matters in to your own hands. Smile. What a cute little boy!

(And for those of you who are looking closely at the pictures.. no he does not drink skim milk.. he actually drinks whole. The skim was just in front. smile.)