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.