Date night

Adrienne, Andy and I had a date night. We went bowling, had dinner and did some shopping. I have to say I was quite excited that I won in bowling as I have not been bowling in over 10 yrs!
Adrienne did not do to bad either! She had tons of fun, I love her form in this picture!

I was shocked that one game of bowling for 3 people cost $23.24 but it was a ton of fun!
My whale cheese ball. : )
What cuties!
Adrienne loves being the center of attention. Shocking I know for who ever knows her huh.
Addie had a Dr. Appt which is what brought us to town. In the few minutes we had waiting for the Dr. Addie had to strike a pose.
That is my girl. Loves the camera! We had a great night, makes me want to bowl more often!!

Lone player at playgroup

Every Thursday we go to playgroup. We have for a couple years. Before Lane started school him and Rylin would play nicely while I got to chat with the other moms. But since Lane no longer comes Rylin sits on my lap till about 5 minutes till the end. This is one of her favorite things to play with while we are there, right next to mom.
All zebras ride on buses right?

So cute. I am hoping one of these days she will run off her energy and have a blast. Ahh my shy girl.

Snow Time!

The kids love playing in the snow. Poor Rylin is so short that she had to crawl through the deep snow.
Lane digging out his trike.
Poor thing, but she had lots of fun!
This is what you can see of our wagon. The kids stayed nice and warm all bundled up. I on the other hand should invest in good boots and snow pants!
My sweet girl.
Lane and Sam. Sam loves to get out and play with the kids! All in all it was fun, although we are all ready for summer when it doesn't take 30 minutes to get ready to go outside and play!

Craft time fun!

We had 4 hours today with no power thanks to the new power poles going up. So while Addie and I were out yesterday we went shopping for a craft to do during it. She picked out little tote bags and we got fabric markers and the kids had a blast!
Poor little Rylin could barely see over the edge of the table lol. I love the fabric markers as opposed to fabric paints because then the littlest ones could do it all on their own, and we all know how much they love independence.
Lane and his monster face.
Rylin and her "face."
Emma was here this weekend and so she got in on the fun as well.
I love what Adrienne did with her bag!
Lane's finished bag!
Rylin's finished bag!
Lane being silly!
Rylin had to get in on hamming it up!
Adrienne and Emma with their bags!
Adrienne's bag!
Lane's bag!
They really enjoyed the craft and as soon as they were done coloring the bags ran off to fill them with goodies. Lane and Rylin picked cars to tote around while Emma and Adrienne headed upstairs to find a good use for their bags.

Grandpa's little helper

Grandpa came over to install cabinets in my laundry room. Rylin was happy to help. She decorated the washer while waiting for him to bring them up from the basement.
Then when he had to stand on a chair she went and got her potty so she could "see" as well. I don't know how helpful she really was lol but she had fun with him being there. Although she kept asking where Grandma was so next time mom is going to have to come as well lol.
Thanks dad I love having the extra storage in my laundry room!

What we do when it gets cold...

I know I am crazy but my kids get hyper when cooped up and it was waay to cold to go out and play. I usually pull the couch cushions off and have them just jump on those but that was not fun enough. Lane wanted to jump off the table so I went with it. (With CLOSE supervision). As you can tell they had tons of fun and I am knocking on wood to say they have not tried it on their own since.

Family Fun!

I love it when all of my brothers and sisters and their families get together. There is never a dull moment with all the adorable little ones running around. I am sad that I forgot my camera for all but the last day but will have to snatch pictures from my siblings to post on here.
Uncle Andy being a human jungle gym for Rylin. She loves playing with him and is spoiled by him, as are all his nieces and nephew. They enjoy all of their Aunts and Uncles but since I didn't bring a camera am sad that I can't post pics of them with the others. : (
Trying to get a picture of 5 tired kiddos is quite the challenge. We never got the perfect shot (notice Lanes outfit. He insisted on wearing his new jammies to Grandma and Grandpa's but had a mishap with the pants) We finally gave up on getting a great picture lol.
I love Claire looking at Ryin in this one.
A bunch of cute girls...
It was a GREAT Christmas! We are blessed!