I'm Baaack!

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Is this thing on??

Well almost 2 years later I'm FINALLY deciding to get back to blogging! We have some exciting changes coming up for our family {more on that later} and want to make sure I get back to having a "journal"! Also I attended a blogging conference right here in my hometown last weekend that reminded me how much I enjoy blogging!

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March Randomness

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One Saturday afternoon Avery kept going over to Adelyn’s doll highchair and trying to climb on it so I decided to see if he fit. Adelyn was pretty excited ‘cause she had her own real life doll to feed!

This was Avery’s response when I asked him if he wanted more…such a sweet boy!

Adelyn was sharing her pasta with Avery, such a good big sissy!

Who needs matching PJs?!? ha!

We had a Sunday afternoon play date with our friends Chris & Sarah. Their kids are about the same ages as Adelyn & Avery and they always have a good time!

March 13th was first real nice day of 2014 and we couldn’t wait to get outside and play & swing!

I’ve mentioned before, but Avery loves to play in the bathroom. Mostly he loves to find mama’s stash of tampons and carry them around! Silly boy!

Kyle usually works one evening a week. Those evenings we will usually go for supper so the kids can see Daddy since he usually gets home after they are in bed. Avery is always very entertained with all the people while we are there, always a good time!

The kids enjoyed their toys from our good friends Mark & Kathy. They recently went on a cruise to Mexico and were very sweet to bring back some gifts for us!

Adelyn loves to play “catch”, but you have to sit with your feet together and she usually ends up rolling the ball! Avery even got in on the fun this time! Love hearing my kiddos giggle with their Daddy!

Grandpa Steve was on babysitting duty one weekend when Wendi & Hayden were back. Avery was already in bed when we left for the evening, but I think Adelyn & Hayden kept him on his toes! Ha!

Snow Day

February 20th we had a big snowstorm and my work ended up cancelling. Hooray for a free day off!

Avery was sad that sissy got to go outside and he didn’t…

…so we bundled him up and pulled him around the back yard on his sled! He didn’t love it, but he also didn’t hate it! ha!

Adelyn, however, loved helping Daddy scoop snow!

Then her & Daddy made ‘frosty’! She said hi to him daily…until he melted! ha!

Valentines Day

Valentines Day this year was fun! Adelyn was even more into it than last year and enjoyed helping get her valentines ready for her friends. We used a free printable from Pinterest that said “Valentine, you are extraSTRAW special”. I sized the printable down a bit, used Wilton pretzel bags, and straws from the party favor section at Target. Adelyn still talks about her Valentine straws! Avery took applesauce squeeze pouches with a tag that read “Thanks for being awesome-sauce” Ha!

We also got some special valentine cookies for their teachers from our local favorite bakery, Laritas! Adelyn was pretty excited about the balloon that Mark & Kathy brought her the day before! She also had a blast going through all her Valentines from all her friends! By the time we went through them all once, she was able to tell Daddy when he got home which one was from which friend!

Kyle had to work late on Valentines day. The kids and I got a Papa Murphys heart shaped pizza for $8 to make the evening a little extra special!

I love a good comparison! Here is a Adelyn in the same exact outfit – 2013 vs 2014! Crazy how much she has changed and grown up in just a year. {please slow down sweet girl!}

Saturday was a fun mail day and the kids had a good time opening their Valentine cards from Great Grandma DeWall!

Christmas Day at Mom & Duane’s

After our Christmas morning at home we headed down to Grandma Cindy’s house for lunch. They prepared a delicious meal and, of course, we all ate too much!

Can you tell the kids were excited to open gifts?!?!

They all got a coloring book and a sticker book…

…and they got right to work coloring away! Avery & Ciana had a little chat session!

Oh hi Avery!

Duane always does a gift exchange for us where you draw numbers & you can steal! Always a good time! Kyle scored this year!

After gifts the Omaha folks had to hit the road ‘cause most of them had to work the next day. So we said our goodbyes and closed out our Christmas day at home as a family!

Christmas at Home

After Christmas at M&P’s we headed home, put out our cookies for Santa, & got the kiddos in bed {much later than normal}! Christmas morning the kids found filled stockings, a Minnie tricycle for Adelyn, and an anywhere chair for Avery!

The look on Adelyn’s face kills me…she does not look impressed, however she was very excited for Christmas morning, as was Avery!

Matt, Wendi, & Hayden stayed with us so they brought along a few things for Hayden to open Christmas morning too!

For the record I DID NOT give my daughter crackers, it was the only box I could come up with late one night when I was wrapping!

She made the entire Christmas season so magical this year! Love her so!

Yes I do! Ha!

Checking out their stockings! This was the first year for us all to have our own personalized stockings!

Daddy was very excited about his Nutella!

Hayden had to help his lil cuz out!

After our gift opening we had a nice brunch of monkey bread, fruits, & comfort breakfast bake! Yum!

Kiddos loved it too!

After we got ready for the day we all headed down to Grandma Cindy’s house for lunch. Click here to see the post about that. When we got home Adelyn was excited to ride her tricycle around! I moved one of the recliners out of the way and she had a nice long straight away to ride! She couldn’t quite pedal at first, but now {mid January} she pedals all over the house!

My whole heart <3