Loved to the Moon and Back

Thursday, March 31, 2016

March

The kids were SO excited to celebrate Matt's birthday. They made him SO MANY crafts and cards.

Thankful for some warmer March days!

Easter Egg Hunt with Great Grandma

Emmie is my dress up girl!

Colorado - here we come!!!

Yes, they did push out that big old van! Much winter like weather on this last trip to Breck!

The Easter bunny did find the kids in Breckenridge. We had a nice breakfast and went to service. We skied the second half of the day.

The cousins met up for Easter dinner - quite a neat surprise! :)

The kiddos hit up the slopes. Skiier Dane found his groove this year!

Papo entertaining the youngest ones!

A trip to Fuzzywigs (favorite candy store) then on a gondola ride.

Ice skating on our day off.

Cousin ski school day. These kids had a private lesson at Copper Mountain and they all did so well. We were so proud of them!

A tradition continued - the kids get to pick out a Colorado shirt each year. I looked forward to getting a new shirt each year when I was younger.

Having fun after getting off the gondola.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

February

Emmie and her love, baby Abbie. Emmie doesn't go anywhere without her.

Ems and Charlie getting into trouble at Great Grandma's.

Maddie and Matt before the daddy/daughter dance

We showed the kids around Purdue and even brought them to the PIKE house. Good memories! The guys were super nice and even gave the kids footballs.

Walking home from school.

Disney on Ice at the United Center.

Maddie won a jar full of bulls-eyes by guessing how many were in the jar. She got it right on the money! :)

Emmie took a strong liking to this Ariel balloon at Rosie's birthday party. They were together all night!

Maddie was super excited about selling cookies this year. She enjoyed organizing, sorting and delivering them. She even got to go to work with daddy to deliver cookies and she thought that was the best!

We moved Emmie to a big girl bed this month. She can easily crawl out of the crib, so it was time. She did quite well! She has been getting up earlier, but hoping the 7:00 wake-up will return soon!

Cuties in the backseat

Emmie loves the Clifford dog at the Mt. Prospect library. She runs over to hug him as soon as we enter and hugs him on the way out as well.

Grammie took the kids to the Field carnival and they came home with goldfish. They were thrilled! Maddie named her fish Sequin and Dane named his Basil Smotherman Blaze.

Emmie loves playing with her Anna and Elsa dolls. She makes them talk to each other and calls them her girls.

These kids love each other so much!

Saturday, January 30, 2016

January

Cold and hanging out! Dane is my baker boy. He is a great helper and he likes to get some samples of dough as well.

Starting to sit on the potty! She doesn't mind at all!

Another lost tooth!

Not many pics this month....someone has been a handful!

Junie B. We saw the play and got a picture with Junie!

Emmie is super determined. She doesn't think there is anything she can't do! She climbed all over the place at Yu Kids and loved it!

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Hail Purdue - Emmie Style

Ems has been singing this for many months. We finally got it recorded, nose picking and all! :)

Friday, January 1, 2016

December

Putting up the ornaments is always fun! The kids get so excited when they find their favorites!

Maddie's 7th Birthday Party - the Shopkins theme was chosen by Maddie. We went on a treasure hunt lead by Matt and made toasty pop crafts. The girls were so funny and hyper!