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Easter weekend was so much fun! The kids woke up on Saturday to eggs in their grass pots. (Aside: my mom planted cat grass in these baskets with the kids and it has grown like crazy. JT and I measured and charted the growth every day and it was growing an inch a day forContinue reading “Easter”

Yep, you read that correctly. Jim says that every year I get away with more birthday. This year was certainly no exception. Sunday: Went to dinner and saw The Hunger Games with a group of friends. So fun. Splurged on peanut butter popcorn during the movie. Monday: Went to a friend’s house for dinner asContinue reading “Birthday Week”

“Hey, Mom, it’s sunny… let’s go outside and ride bikes and draw with chalk. And you can sit in a chair and watch us.” Best idea ever. So here I am, with my feet up… JT decided it would be fun to push Haley. Aren’t big brothers great? So sweet! Harley face. Check out theContinue reading “Outside”

I just couldn’t help grabbing my camera to capture this moment forever…. JT teaching Haley the alphabet. I wish you could hear her saying, “A… a… a” as she points. So precious.

We sure miss gymnastics and hope to be able to work classes for both kids into our schedule again soon. Meanwhile, we went to open gym today with our friends Juden and Sawyer (and mommy Shira and baby Quinn). We had such a great time! It was Haley’s first time at open gym and sheContinue reading “Open Gym”

Well, really, it’s not allllll about Haley’s hair. But I’d like to point out all of our different hair dos lately! Haley’s hair is finally long enough on top for a side pony with a flower or bow, and long enough on the sides for a ponytail in back. We have also tried the barrette-on-top style.Continue reading “Haley’s Hair”

This week has not looked at all like the nice weather we look forward to all winter long. Instead, it has hailed, iced, slushed, snowed, rained, pelted, and blown all over us. But there was a day a week ago that we got to go outside… Haley wanted JT to help her put her shoesContinue reading “Welcome, Spring”

I missed posting about my mom’s birthday dinner, which we hosted. The first exciting thing was that my brother was in town and got to join us. Hooray! The second exciting thing is that I made a Chinese dinner that turned out great. I made sweet and sour chicken, pork fried rice, beef and broccoli,Continue reading “A Birthday Dinner”

I totally forgot to take a picture on Date Night #2 this year, so I skipped posting about it. But we went to Jak’s and had an amazing steak dinner. We were supposed to go to Crystal Moutain and have dinner at the lodge, but it turns out they changed their schedule and only serveContinue reading “Date Night Series #3”

Is this not the most adorable picture ever? Today JT got to go to a birthday party for his friend Asher, who turned four. It was a superhero theme and JT got to go without any parents tagging along. He gave me a full report on the car ride home, including saying, “I loved it,Continue reading “Spiderman”