Miscellaneous Happenings ~

Blog OVER load...I'm realizing how many pictures I take on my phone!

Cleaning up garbage around our neighborhood

 A little downward dog action by Declan

 Homeschooling Co-op K-1 Science

My sleeping baby (21 months)

These Two Boys ~

I have absolutely loved watching Odin and Quinn grow up together.  One of my favorite things is to check on my sleeping children at night before I go to bed.  And these two...always seem to be snuggling...in the most precious ways!

(yep, I am sure there will come a day that they will not be happy about this post!)

Happy St. Patrick's Day ~

We love the color green when it comes to St. Patty's Day!  This year we made shepherd's pie topped with green mashed potatoes for dinner, shamrock shakes as dessert and a night out with my husband.  Life is good!!

Bryce turns the BIG 4-0 ~

Plans, plans and more plans.  I had so many plans for Bryce's 40th birthday.  And then all 4 kids got hit with the stomach flu and at the same time.  So, I had to scale down my plans.  But it turned out to be a great weekend.  Odin and I made a trip down to the office on the Thursday night before his birthday and did a little bit of decorating.  It was quite a surprise for Bryce on Friday morning; mostly because he was not at all excited about turning 40.  Saturday we celebrated with a cake decorated by our kids and then he and I went out downtown, with surprise appearances by some of his friends.  

Winter Happenings ~

Our winter this year (2014-2015) was a bit abnormal, in terms of weather.  For most of the winter we did not have much snow around to play in.  Really cold weather didn't grace us except for a couple of weeks in December.   Winter is not much fun if there is no snow to play in.  We only went sledding one time, ice fished one time and didn't even pull out our skates.  I'm thinking southern United States would be a better option for us...I guess I'll keep dreaming!

 One last park play date in November.

 And then the snow came 3 days later...

 Watching the mailman is very fascinating (rain, sleet, sun or snow)

 Lots of coloring took place

 Many board games were played on Saturday nights

 A field trip to the pet store

 Watching the Mavs win in December to make it to Nationals

 And then playing in the rain, no snow, at the end of December

 And then the snow came again

 Sledding

 The boys hanging out

 And the stomach flu hit...all FOUR kids...at the same time...for 6 days