February Highlights

We started the month off by enjoying a nice warm day and heading to the Dinosaur Park that is about an hour away. We have been wanting to take the kids there since we moved here 4 years ago, and finally decided to make it happen. I am so glad we did. The weather was perfect! And the kids had fun. Camden especially loved throwing rocks into the river.

 

 

The kids one Sunday decided they wanted to play playdoh, so I pulled out an old recipe and made a few batches for the kids to play with. It was a fun couple of hours and the kids all had fun.

 Addie and Bryn playing together

 Macie and Camden playing together

The whole crew making a playdoh mess and lots of memories!

 

 

 

We were so blessed this year and got a couple of snow/ice storms. It is always SO FUN when we get these. The kids have blast playing in it and I love that they get the chance to enjoy the snow and make some great memories of winter should be like.

This storm shut the city down and cancelled school for about 3 days.

 Camden really enjoyed the snow this year. Last year, he hated it, but this year, he could not get enough of it. He really got into throwing snowballs and helping build a snowman. Poor kid is unfortunately stuck with all pink and purple winter clothes though, so he looks pretty girly when out playing. haha.

 Brynlee did pretty good this year as well in the snow. She didn't last as long as the others, but still went out and had fun.

 Addie sledding down our driveway. It is pure ice so they would go out pretty far into the street.

 Macie's turn. We are really glad that we kept our sleds from Cleveland.

 Everytime there is a snow storm, my man gets to stay home and spend the day with us because all of his patients end up cancelling. It is pretty nice. A huge perk to the day!

 These 2 girls are thrill seekers. They loved sledding down the hill over and over again.

 Shoveling off the trampoline has to happen everytime so it doesn't get ruined. Everyone grabs their shovel and gets to work.

Here is their awesome snowman.

 The aftermath of all of the snow playing. This seriously makes me so happy to look at. I love playing in the snow and all that comes with it.

 Everyone cuddling on the couch together trying to get warm, while waiting for their hot chocolate to be done.

 Enjoying their hot cocoa. These kids sure make life worth living! 

January Highlights

The month of January was a busy one. We started off the month with a homemade pizza contest night with some friends. Here we are making our pepperoni ones.

 Master chef Geoff tossing the dough

 The girls testing the pepperoni and helping apply it to the pizza

Macie had a dance performance for school. It is always fun to see what they have been working on and how much she progresses and learns.

 She is the one 2nd from the right with the huge bun in her hair

Camden started taking a soccer class at the rec center. At first he hated it and just wanted to sit on my lap, but by the end, he loved it and couldn't wait for his class each week.

 

Getting his certificate at the end of the class.

We surprised the kids with a  trip to the local indoor water park: Great Wolf Lodge. This is always a fun trip. The girls love it and this time the 2 little ones could do everything on their own and even some of the bigger slides. Everyone had a blast and came home very tired.

 Watching the live story time from the cabin loft

 Getting the big bucket of water dumped on their heads. Geoff, Macie, Addie, and Brynlee were brave enough to try it out. Camden sat by side and cried the whole time for Bryn. He was pretty worried for her. She came running out pretty fast and was crying. The rest of them enjoyed it though.

 Camden loved the slides and couldn't get enough of them.

 The 2 littles playing on the jet ski's and shooting water at Geoff.

We have a little ledge in our dining room, that occasionally gets stuff stuck on it. This was Geoff's solution this time to getting said object down. I though it was pretty funny so had to snap a picture.

 Addie being the brave retriever.

The weather finally warmed up a little bit one Saturday so we took advantage and went to feed the ducks at the pond. This is always a favorite and these ducks are not shy. They will chase after you and bite your shoes or your fingers if you are not fast enough.

We went upstairs to check on the kids one night after they were supposed to be asleep to tuck them all in and this is what we found in the littles room. Camden was completely passed out on the floor while Brynlee was reading him a bedtime story. It was quite possibly one of the cutest things I have ever seen.

 Love these 2 little ones.

Geoff was looking up a recipe on his phone and the 2 little ones climbed up on his lap to see what he was up too.

 I had to snap this cute picture of the 3 of them

Macie won the spelling bee for her class, so she got to compete in the school wide one. The spelling bee contestants ranged from 3rd grade (her class) clear up to 8th grade. We were very proud of her for getting up there and trying her hardest. It was fun to watch.

 Spelling her word.

Macie started taking voice lessons and while she is there, we get to go to the park and play.

 Here are the kids swinging while we wait.

Some construction started behind our home and these 2 love watching the tractors work. It keeps them busy and I can't complain.

Macie and I got tickets from Geoff for  Christmas where we got to fly out to Cleveland to visit our best friends MaryPat and Tony. We were so excited.

 Here we are on the plane getting ready to take off.

 We went to the art museum while we were there. It was a fun museum and Macie built this fun tower.

Here I am with little baby Howie. These twins were so cute and busy and it was so fun to be able to go and help and visit these wonderful friends.

Christmas 2014

Christmas this year was so fun. Grandpa and Grandma Bradley were able to come and they brought Uncle Tyty and Morgan with them. Christmas is so fun when you have family there to celebrate with. The kids are all at such fun ages and the Christmas spirit was definitely in the air. On Christmas Eve the kids got to open their pajamas.

They were just excited to finally be able to open a present.

And to go with tradition, here are the annual pictures of the kids sleeping on Christmas Eve as they dream of Santa coming....

 Macie 8 years old

 Addie 6 years old

Camden 3 years old

 Brynlee 2 years old

Finally it was Christmas Morning. The kids had been waiting for this day all month. They were a little over excited and woke up bright and early...like 5:30 am early..

 Waiting for dad to check and see if Santa came

Here is the living room after Santa came.

Cute little Bryn Bryn checking out her new doll house.

 Addie going through her stocking

 Macie trying on her new glasses

 Camden playing with his long awaited choo choo track.

 Macie got a nice new huge blanket to sleep with at night from mom

 

The kids opening their last gift. It was an awesome bounce house

And Grandpa and Grandma both got a scooter from all of us kids. They were very excited and shocked!
It was a great Christmas and everyone had a magical time and made tons of memories.