Christmas Break!

One of the best things about Christmas break is......Everything!  You can do whatever you want to do.  And that's what we did.  After all the holiday festivities, hung around the house and played with all our new toys.  The girls enjoyed playing Barbies and doing puzzles and Bub enjoyed building with his new tools.  We did  a lot of hanging in our jammies and being lazy because well...we could!  We had a pajama party with Jackson and ate some popcorn and we had an ASA playdate too! 

Tomorrow it's back to the grind.  It's back to working hard, on the go, and being exhausted.  We are counting down to spring break.

Gracie's First Sleepover!

Last night Gracie had her first sleepover that wasn't  a Grandma's or Auntie Amy's.  It was at her friend (sort of cousin) Addie's house.  Months ago my cousin Jen suggested that Gracie should sleep over maybe one night during Christmas break.  Well Gracie has been bugging me about this forever.  She woke up yesterday morning and was like "today is my sleepover."  She was so excited and immmediately packed her suitcase.  She was ready.  When I dropped her off, the kids made pizza and couldn't wait to start playing.  I stayed for a bit and hung out with my cousin Jen and Gracie asked me like 3 times "When are you leaving?"  When I finally did hit the road she was like "bye" and didn't look back.  I knew she would do good and she did.  The girls played like crazy and wore themselves out that Jen said she didn't even hear a peep out of them.  I'm so glad it worked out well.  Gracie is already talking about the next sleepver now. I told her Addie could stay at our house and now she won't stop asking me how many day until that can happen! 

Happy New Year!

Happy 2013!

We spent New Year's Eve day at the children's museum.  The kids had so much fun.  We made shakers and our friends Scotty and Levi even showed up.  We counted down to noon and then the balloons dropped.  It was fun.  We spent later that night hanging out at home and playing Wii.  I spent it with the most important people in my life and I wouldn't have had it any other way.  We had some great memories this year such as our first trip to Wisconsin Dells, Gracie turned 5, Gracie started Kindergarten, Evie and Presley turned 3, and so much more.  I hope 2013 is good to us too.  Our biggest goal is to get a house!  Happy New Year!