When I woke up....

Caden had made the girls a hot chocolate party! Josh and I had a 1 AM bedtime, because of a painting project. It is nice to have big kids that take care of themselves and have fun together. They even put a towel on their table in case of a spill. Bonus!

Priceless Play!!

Noelle and Julia were playing "Sick Sister" this morning. As you can tell, Julia is the sick sister. (I snuck a picture quickly!) When the Dr. visited (that'd be Me!), Noelle says, "Hi Dr., I prayed.".

For a Good Cause....

Noelle got this fleece poncho/hat set for her birthday. She is cute as a button wearing it! A girl that grew up in the Bloomfield area makes these to raise money in order to expand their family by adopting a child from Bulgaria.

Check it out! Great gift idea! Thanks, MOM!
Here is the website:
http://lovehopeadoption.wordpress.com/funtastic-fleece/

The "Baby" is 3!

Three years ago Josh and I followed a snowplow 30 miles into Waterloo, arriving 2 hours late for our 4th (and final!) C-Section! It was quite the stressful morning after our plans were thwarted because of a bad snowstorm. God sent a helpful neighbor, a 4-wheel drive vehicle, and a snowplow--PTL, I was determined this baby WAS COMING OUT! Despite arriving 2 hours late for the "prep work" for the C-section....the C-section took place on time...(hmmm...why do they make you arrive so early?!). After an "easy" C-Section, you know....as easy as a C-section can be--a little doll joined our family. Oh boy, was she a doll. This little thing didn't make an extra peep, aside from being hungry! (She's still that way!) I'm convinced God knew just what this momma needed while already having 3 little ones at home--AN EASY BABY! So yesterday we celebrated our little Doll!




The party got a little out of hand! For some odd reason they decided to dress as these Ninja/underwear head people!

Valentine Parties!

I visited the school today for Caden & Macy's Valentine parties. It was a lot of fun! As you can see by the pictures, the kids got to eat plenty of sugar (Fun Dips seemed to be a favorite!) and sticking out the colored tongue was a popular activity for pictures! I embarrassed Caden by asking his classmates if anyone needed a hug....LOTS of kids wanted a mommy hug...awwwww...I thought that was my God given job today- to hug the kids:)





Sunday morning I made a '2nd annual' Valentine breakfast for the kids and Josh. We had a heart shaped breakfast pizza, parfaits of strawberries and whipped cream, and a few special treats on their plates. They are quite the special crew and I love them bunches and bunches!!

Girl Time!

So, on the 3rd snow day in a row I decided Caden needed some boy time outside of the house. I got him up bright and early and sent him to work with his Dad. Macy's friend, Kylie, wanted to join our girl time. She is a neighbor girl that is home-schooled and she loves any time she can get with Macy, when Macy isn't in school!

Bathroom Update....

I am embarrassed to even post my bathroom pictures! But I thought some of you family members reading this know it is Grandma's bathroom and maybe you remember putting up this wallpaper that I am removing or remember the green tile underneath??? All in all, it is in terrible need of an update so I decided to tackle the project while snowed in this week. See the last picture for the last piece of wallpaper that needs to come down (the worst piece to do-behind the toliet)!! I'm not quite sure what my plan is yet, but I am pretty sure the Lumberyard will have something to help me out :) I'll let you know when I'm finished!

Playing in the Snow...

Just got the call that school is cancelled AGAIN tomorrow--at least they give Momma plenty of notice in order to emotionally prepare for another day!!

We played outside for quite awhile today. The snow is really fun!!
Here's the poor chicken coop full of snow.

We have noticed eggs being broken and eaten--well we caught the egg eater! Looks like we will get to eat her!! She made friends with Macy. She sat on Macy's arm and would not leave!!

This is David-our neighbor. He always scoops our driveway, bless his heart!
He made a Winter Wonderland of drifts for the kids to play in!

Josh got Snow Shoes for Christmas. This was the first try to utilize them, they were awesome (so he said)....he stayed on top of the drifts.



YES, my new camera got hit with this snowball! THANKS, CADEN!!!!!!!

Digging Out~

As most of Iowa, we had quite the snowstorm in the last 24 hours. Here is the story of our morning....

Digging out the door...

Caden climbing drifts....

The dog sneaking in to sit on the couch....

Two eggs were layed in the midst of the storm....GO Chickens GO!....

A bucket of snow to make Snow Ice Cream today....

He's off to work (so he thinks!)....digging out the truck....

He gives up...feeds the dogs....and says, "It's a snow day!"

I'm sure there will be more later!