Day 58: February 28, 2009

My exercise ball gets a lot more use from the kids than from me.

Day 57: February 27, 2009

Dry ice fun!

Day 56: February 26, 2009

Mattie won a pizza party at the park with her teacher Mrs. Weed at the fall festival. She got to go today and had a great time. It was very exciting for her.

Day 55: February 25, 2009

We pulled the leapfrog talking globe out the top of the closet and it
has quickly become a favorite.

Day 54: February 24, 2009

The girls must be tired of eating at school. They stayed up after
dinner and made their own lunches. Cool!

Day 53: February 23, 2009

Mattie threw up all over at school today.

Day 52: February 22, 2009

Orange juice. Austin drinks about a gallon a week.

Day 51: February 21, 2009

Austin is flying through the tunnel and ready for basketball!!

Day 50: February 20, 2009

Austin climbing the rockwall at Braden's birthday party.

Day 49: February 19, 2009

Beautiful day here feels like spring so the girls and I walked over to
feed the horses.

Day 48: February 18, 2009

These animals are ridiculous. It is 122 in the afternoon.

Day 47: February 17, 2009

The apple store where I spent most of my day trying to get my iphone fixed and ending up having to get a new one.

Day 46: February 16, 2009

The angel Ali gave me for valentines day. She wanted to do something special for me so she got me this angel, some flowers, and made me breakfast. A big thank you to her daddy who took her out and helped make it happen.

Day 45: February 15, 2009

Just dropped of Jon at the airport for his flight to Australia for 10 days!

Day 44: February 14, 2009

Tulips Jon gave me on Valentine's Day!

Day 43: February 13, 2009

Girl Scout Cookie Pick Up Day. My car was full from the front seat to the back end with 1500+ boxes of cookies.

Day 42: February 12, 2009

We went to the orphanage today to visit Sandra for her birthday. YEAH! Jon and I had a very long day but it was well worth it. Here is Jon with our girls... Maria, Sandra, and Lupita.

Day 41: February 11, 2009

Mattie at her 100th day of Kindergarten. What a hat!!!

Day 40: February 10, 2009

Mattie's Valentines. I sent them to school with her early as we were planning to be gone to the orphanage in Mexico. I didn't want to forget them on Friday. Well, she was feeling very loving this year and gave one to her bus driver, our neighbors, her best friends, teachers, and more. Therefore, she didn't have enough to give to her friends in her class. So we had to improvise and steal some of Austin's extras and luckily I had some valentines fruit snacks to attach. Such as sweet, sweet, girl.

Day 39: February 9, 2009

This picture does not do justice to the load of things we collected and received from our awesome friends to take to the Casa De Misericordia Orphanage in Piedras Negras, Mexico. Over 3000 loads worth of laundry detergent, 100 lb's of rice, 50 lbs of beans, tons of flour, sugar, masa, cleaning supplies and much, much more.

Day 38: February 8, 2009

Ali's Crazy Hair!

Day 37: January 7, 2009

Jon and Grandpa Rick took the girls to the Father/Daughter -- Grandfather/Granddaughter Dance at St. John's Church tonight. Don't they all look fancy? Austin took Grandma Janet and Mommy out on a date to Shogun's (Austin's favorite place to eat) and even paid with Grandpa's $100/bill. He was so excited.

Day 36: February 6, 2009

Alison and Lauren on the way to Galveston for the Girl Scout Sleepover at Moody Gardens Aquarium. It was a ton of fun to have the aquarium to ourselves all night long. Would have probably even had a decent nights sleep if it wasn't for the turtles scratching around in their pools all night long.

Day 35: February 5, 2009

Day 34: February 4, 2009

My computer which is seriously screwed up right now and has taken hours and hours for two days to get put back together and in working order... all thanks to my iphone

Day 33: February 3, 2009

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. – The world's most famous groundhog saw his shadow Monday morning, predicting this already long winter will last for six more weeks.

Day 32: February 1, 2009

Superbowl Sunday - not really that thrilled about this one and it is a bit boring so far, sad because I am a "football gal" Arizona Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Steelers (not very interesting) UPDATE: okay so it got fun and interesting in the end - thank goodness

Day 31: January 31, 2009

Parent's Night Out at the gymnastics place. This was our first time to do this and it was only because the kids begged us to go. They had a great time and got a lot of exercise. Jon and I went to movie and dinner. It was really nice and we would definitely do it again.

Day 30: January 30, 2009

Are you ready to race? Austin and his pinewood derby get weighed in for the
his first ever Pinewood Derby Race. Update: Austin was mid-pack but he had
a wonderful time and showed great sportsmanship while he cheered on his
friends.

Day 29: January 29, 2009

Really, really cute purchase that I just had to make from www.shabbyprincess.com