Spring is coming...

We got to spend a few days outside this past week in the middle of February!!  Weather above 65 degrees was the perfect invitation to long walks down to the community pier, the playground and picnicing in a community gazebo.  I can't wait for Spring and Summer with the girls!

Valentine's Day

Our Valentine Cake 

Valentine's dinner.  Pink smoothies, pink mashed potatoes, pink loaf of bread and the pink cake.  I couldn't come up with a way to make the chicken, gravy and salad in pink so we left those alone. 

3-D card Bob and Mim gave to the girls.  They had lots of fun with it! 

A few of the crafts we made for Daddy the week leading up to Valentine's Day.

I am so blessed to be able to share a day like this with my family.  The longer I live the more I realize how undeserving I am of all of this.  It's all an act of God's love and grace in our lives.  I am so grateful.

Taking Care of a Major Problem

One Wednesday night a few weeks back we had a very gross surprise.  After seeing both Lelia and Sedona scratching thier heads and finding a bug in my shower I checked Lelia's head and sure enough; head lice.  I think I can safely say I have never dealt with anything so disgusting.  I do think this is almost a right of passage for little ones so I took some pictures to  remind the kids of this "wonderful" time in thier lives.  In the picture is one of the 6 times they had either lice shampoo or mayonaise sinking into thier scalps to kill the little buggers.  If I had boys I would have shaved thier heads and been done with it but not with girls.  I am so glad this is over!!

A Few Funny/Sweet Things

A few silly and sweet things have been said and done over the last 6-8 months that I wanted to record (before I forget them) for the kiddos to read and laugh at later in their lives.  Here they are:

Lelia's:
1.  She was sitting at a small table behind me while I was typing on the computer.  She had a sippy cup and a flashlight with her at the table.  She said innocently and genuinely, "Look Mommy, I'm drinking and flashing."
2.  Once again I was sitting at the computer (hmmm, maybe I spend too much time at the computer) and I had my head in my hands in frustration over a cable company issue.  She came up to me and said, "It's okay Mommy, Jesus is always with you."  My head still in my hands I said, "I know sweetie, you're right."  She notices that those words didn't quite achieve the goal she wanted (to make Mommy happy) so she says, "Mommy, I'll give you a kiss and a sticker."  I lifted my head, gave her a huge smile and said, "Lelia, I'd love a kiss and sticker."  How could anyone be upset after a comment like that?!  So sweet.

Sedona's:
Sedona, Tom and I were all sitting on our bed late at night.  Sedona couldn't sleep because of her ear infection so I went to get her a syringe with Ibuprofen in it and said, "Here Sweetie, this should make your ear feel better."  She proceeded to stick the syringe in her ear.  Tom and I both giggled a little and he got a huge smile on his face clearly being grateful to be there at that specific moment and said, "That's awesome."