Easter

Laura!

We spent the weekend with the Stimpsons at Choctaw Bluff!

We hunted eggs

Fed the horses

And decorated cookies!

The Easter bunny came!

And Matt killed a turkey! A little bit crazy because this was the first time Matt had ever been turkey hunting.

Happy Easter! Sand's Aunt Pam lead a church service on Easter morning

Sweet Jim - so good to see this little cutie!!

Before we left for Alabama Matt and I got to go to a dinner for the Prime Minister of Estonia

Last weekend we got to go to Blacksburg to visit with my mom and granny!

The girls got haircuts at Great Clips after the snip-its closed. It was a sad day when we pulled up and snip-its had turned into a chinese restaurant.

Breakfast feast!

The weekend before last I went on a women's retreat and Matt put the tent up in the basement so he and the girls could "camp"

Cousins!

Power Outage

Rebecca!

Sweet girl has had a rough time. She had a virus that just seemed to last forever.

She's finally started to feel better. This weekend I told her when her nose itched it meant someone was thinking of her. A little bit later she came up to me and said, "Mama that is not true. I just sat down beside Laura and thought about her and she did not scratch her nose." Cutie.

The picture Laura drew of herself when she is very angry. Accurate.

Here she is today for Wacky Wednesday, Dr. Seuss's birthday celebration at school. This was definitely Laura's time to shine.

"Mom! See how tall I am compared to this tree!" 

Last week we had a big storm and lost power. There were so many games and puzzles and dance shows. By the second day we went to Yadkinville to stay with Matt's mom. Thank you Oma!! The power came back on at 9pm that night and I wasn't here to check on any of our food before it froze back so it all had to go. I'd made so many healthy freezer meals it was a little heart breaking. And power was out at daycare so it was closed and Matt was working in Portland that week. Cray. 

What else? We had Oma and Granny Maire down for a visit

Discovered a new park

Had the Brown girls over for a visit - and got to meet their new baby brother Wyatt!

Cheese!

Happy Birthday Granny

Laura!

This crazy lady has started sleeping naked

And she will not look at me for pictures. Rebecca got some kind of virus and stayed with Oma for a few days. Thank you so much Oma!! I'm sure Rebecca loved all the extra attention. When she got home she said she had watched Robin Hood on a VHS. "Like on a tape, like before DVDs were even born!"

Gymnastics! The girls have started going to Salem Gymnastics and seem to really like it so far. 

Last weekend we went to Blacksburg for my Granny's birthday. Matt had been working in Des Moines and made it home just in time for the trip. So nice to spend the day with everyone! 

Last weekend was also Lyla's birthday at Build-a-Bear

This weekend was the circus!

And the JDRF gala

We spent the night in Greensboro with the Anders and had the best time!

Saturday was Valentine's Day!! And it was seventeen degrees. It has been freezing lately! Today school was canceled for a wintery mix. 

Stir crazy!

Snow Days

Rebecca!

Two weeks ago we had our first snow!

Sweet girls!

Last week was Jonas! The forecast was for 8-12 inches of snow but we ended up with closer to 5 and it was pretty icey. The girls still had a blast!

There were snow angels

And sledding! Our back yard is sloped just enough for the girls to get themselves going and crash into the fence. They thought it was hilarious.

So cute! The minute Laura would get a drop of snow on her wrist she would come inside. I get it. I really don't love being cold so Matt took the girls sledding each day.

By the third day Matt just taped Laura's gloves to her jacket. :)

School and activities were canceled Friday, Saturday, Sunday. There were lots of games

And shows

And kisses

The New Year

Laura!

New Year's Eve!

Matt's old boss gave him the tickets to his suite at the Greensboro Colseium for the Avett Brother's show. So much fun!

The girls got to spend the night at Mandy's with their Oma. This is Laura's 2015 year in review. What would she do with $100? Go to the Dollar Tree!

Grocery store fun! Matt took the girls by himself while I was working. Work is crazy for us around year end. Things are slowing down for me but not for Matt. Thank you so much Oma! I have no pictures but we are so thankful for all of your help!!

We have really gotten into puzzles lately. The other night we were working on one and Rebecca told us that if I found one of the brown sidewalk pieces I should say alert, alert! Laura should say beep, beeeeeeeep and if she found one she would say yodelayheehoo. So dorky and so cute! I have a feeling this one is going to turn out just like her mama.

Sweet Laura has started calling her Lambies Lambie Booty. Not sure what that's about.

Alabama won the national championship! Matt somehow hooked the internet up to our TV so we got to watch the biased Alabama version of the game (with a Saban cam).

Both the girls had the stomach bug last week. Thankfully it didn't last long and they were back to normal after one morning of being sick. I think that was the first time Laura had chicken noodle soup. She kept saying, "This is so yum! This is so yum, Mom!"

Good morning!