My Man

Another year has passed and Dan has now gone up in age (funny how that works huh?). What a lucky man!

We opened a few presents in the morning.

And then the girls had a spy birthday party that they needed to attend. See Jo Jo's disguise.

We then went out to eat and back to the house. Dan set up the new computer that we bought and then he opened some more gifts.

One of the gifts, I wrapped all the things that went with it separate. He had no idea. See the surprise on his face!

Then for dessert I made him some peach cobbler. The girls weren't fans, but Dan liked it and that is all that matters.

Happy Birthday Dan! You are so wonderful and I'm so lucky that you are all mine. I love you!!

Sad and Sunny

I am so excited that my girls LOVE to read. It actually wasn't that way about a third of the way into the school year. They fought me with reading every day. I had to change the way I approached it. Instead of forcing them to read every night I would reward them with reading. We made a deal that if they were ready and in their bedrooms by 7:30 they could read until 8 or so. That made all the difference in the world. They went from whining when they had to read to me getting mad at them for reading instead of getting ready for school, church, bed. Such a happy momma!

Today Jo Jo was enjoying the weather outside and took a book or two out to read, but it was too sunny. She fixed that problem.

Soon after she had a companion.

Love them!

This also happened today.

Wants Nana from Tiffany on Vimeo.

She misses her Nana. I think it is almost time for a trip to Utah.

Sitting Area

Our backyard is a good size, but it is all rock and that makes it pretty crappy. I wanted a place to set up our table for the spring, summer, and fall and a fire pit for the winter. So I moved some rock.

There were some seriously big roots under those rocks.

And then 4 months later I finally got around to making this.

Now on to my next project. Which will probably take me a year. :)

PJ Day

I skipped Wednesday and Thursday, because 1) I can't remember what they did on Wednesday and 2)I didn't take a picture of them on Thursday, Book Character Day. Annie was Fancy Nancy and Jo Jo was Pinkalicious.

For today, they got to wear their PJ's to school and were so excited that they had robes to wear as well (well just Annie wore her robe).

Such cute crazies!!

We also had the perfect weather today and so when the girls got home from school we had otter pops. YUMMY!

Wear a Book

Today was "Wear a Book" to school day. I couldn't decide how I should interpret that and so it took me a lot of searching to do something that would be unique and fun for the girls.

They took me all night to make.

They literally wore books.

They decided how they wanted them on their shirts. So excited!

Mismatch Day

This week at school is reading week. They have things planned all week and today is mismatch day.

They had so much fun.

Our Weekend

Two of my sisters and some of their kids came down to visit this weekend. It was mostly wonderful!! While they were here, we went to the park.

We played in the backyard with cousins.

We went to the Shark Reef (blurry pics ahead).

GiGi found the glass bottom and decided to lay on it.

We had a little meltdown when Miss Z was leaving. The girls miss her and wanted her to stay so badly.
We love having cousins (and sisters) here to play.

Love Day

The girls weren't allowed to make a regular valentine box for school this year. They were given an assignment that they had to make their box around a book. They had to write somewhat of a book report and then make their boxes into the book. Quite different and although at first I was annoyed, it actually turned out to be a fun project for the girls.

Jo Jo picked out "Pinkalicious".

and Annie "Fancy Nancy"

We turned Fancy Nancy's box into a clubhouse and Pinkalicious had a mailbox. The girls loved decorating them! These are all the sides.

The table for breakfast.

Some decorations I've made.

For dinner I got everything ready and the fam ate at Cupids Crazy Café. They also got to wear fun crowns. Even Dan got in on the fun! Good thing he is ok with it, because he has five of us crazy ladies surrounding him. :)

Dinner was really fun. Everyone had to pick numbers and put them on a sheet of paper menu. Then whatever number they "ordered" is what they got for that course. (i.e. Dan got a fork, napkin, and drink for his first course.) The crazies were loving it. Well until the "dessert" portion of the meal and then we had a very major meltdown. Jo Jo got a fork and spoon for her "dessert". Oh man that was so annoying and tiring trying to explain that she still got everything that everyone else got just in a different order. Almost ruined my night (she wouldn't stop crying).

It has been a fun day and I am in love with my Valentine. He is amazing and he treats me wonderful.

Love you babe!!!

Air, Land, and Water

The girls worked on a school project for the past couple weeks. Well they should have been working on them the past couple of weeks, but because I am who I am, they didn't start working on the actual project until this week (we did get the paper done earlier). ha ha

The project was all about natural resources. They had to write a paper and then make something that showed the 3 resources: air, water, and land.

They got to pick either Dan or I to help them and then together we picked out what the project should be.

Annie picked Dan and they decided on a diorama. It turned out really nice and Dan has said that he wants to do another one.

Jo Jo picked me and since she is such a great artist, she painted. She did great.

They also had to stand up in front of their class and give a presentation of their project. I was able to go watch them and they were so quiet and shy and cute. I just wish I would have gotten a picture of them with their project.

Wonderful

It is such beautiful weather lately. We are all loving it!!!

These crazies are completely fabulous!