Snow, Snow, and More Snow!!!

Starting the afternoon of Friday, January 22nd it started snowing.  It continued to snow all night long and into Saturday.  Between winds and snow we had quite the blizzard.  Kelsey loves to play in the snow whereas Evan won't keep his gloves on so it was very cold when he would touch the snow.  This would make him scream and go inside.  He finally "played" in the snow today since it was over 40 degrees.  We've had off of school the whole week and am not sure we will go back before the end.  Mark has been off as well and has worked from home but will return tomorrow.  Kelsey is missing Grandpa and is very sad every night when I get the call that I'm off of school.  Hopefully I'll get to go back to work at some point this week.  :-)

 We left one side of our driveway covered in snow so that Kelsey and the neighbor girls could go sledding down it.  It was lots of fun!!!

Picture on the left was Saturday morning and on the right, Saturday evening.  We got a little over 2 feet.  

Kelsey Turns 5

On Kelsey's birthday I had a two-hour late start due to some snow the night before so I got to see her in the morning before going to school. Grandpa took her to Mark's work for lunch at McDonald's (her favorite at the moment).  For dinner we made chocolate chip pancakes before going to choir at church.  We took mini cupcakes for her choir friends and ate some with Mark at home afterward.  Evan and Kelsey both got measured to see how tall they were as well.  Evan is measuring a bit taller than Kelsey was at his age.  Kelsey continues to drink her milk so that she can stay taller than Evan.  That will only work for so long.  

Kelsey's 5th Birthday Party

Today is Kelsey's 5th birthday!!!  This past Saturday we had her birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese.  Melissa came up with Nathan and Kristen since Shawn had to work :-(.  We had family friends, preschool friends, and church friends.  NanNan and PopPop were there along with Grandma and Grandpa.  Everyone had a wonderful time!!!  

 Kelsey got to go into the Ticket Blaster and invited Nathan to go in with her.  Nathan ended up having the 1,000 ticket fly into his face!  He got lots of good prizes.

Tonga's Back!

 Mark's Uncle Mike and Aunt Lori and their dog Jackie have now relocated back to the United States after living in Tonga for 7 years.  They surprised family in PA over Christmas then made their way south to find their new home in Miami where Mike will be a manager of a new restaurant and Lori can continue to work with her company, Padi.  Thanks guys for stopping by to visit with Jackie!  We can't wait to come visit you in Miami soon!

Happy New Year!!!! Just 19 days late

Okay, so it's a little late, but it's still fun!  Our New Year's Eve was spent with the Florida family and Shereika's.  Florida had a very early flight New Year's Day so what better to do than to stay up late and party, kids and all.  Matthew, Evan, and Owen were in bed by 8, but the girls made it until midnight.  Naps had been taken earlier in the day for Kelsey and Hazel.  

Freeze dance party

 

 The girls dressed up as "waitresses" and served hot chocolate and cookies to everyone.  Hazel was the marshmallow girl.  So cute!!!

 10, 9,8,7,6,5......Happy New Year!

Hail to the Redskins!

The Redskins made it to the playoffs so Evan and I got our gear on and smiled pretty.  I can't say I was smiling at the end of the game, but it was still fun to wear our Redskins gear together.