Valentine's Day

We had a lovely Valentine's Day together!  Our day consisted of School work, taking Daddy a Surprise V-day gift to his office, Ice cream with friends, Dance class, a surprise visit from Daddy at Dance class, and flowers and a poem from Matt to me, and a visit with gifts from Mommom and Pappy!!  It was a Simple, But LOVE filled day with Friends and Family!!!

Here's Hoping for MORE Snow!!!

We have had a crazy mild Winter!!  With today being Ground Hog Day, I was so thankful to hear that we are expected to have 6 more weeks of Winter!!!  A chance to maybe get a few good SNOW Storms! 

So far, we have only had a couple inches of Snow that we woke up to 1 Saturday morning in January and with the heat the next day, it didn't last long!! The pictures above are from that snow! 

We are hopeful to get some cold weather and a heaping of Snow!!!

Our New Favorite Dessert

Our New Favorite Dessert.....Homemade from Scratch Double layer Chocolate Cake with our Semi-homemade Whipped Frosting!  Matt and I BOTH love to make this cake together and then enjoy it together!  Yes, we do share it with others too ; ) The girls love it as well!! 

Baby # 3

GIRL!!!!!!!!!

After 2 ultrasounds, our sweet # 3 decided to cooperate and let us find out the gender!  We are thrilled to be able to raise another Daughter!!!  We can't wait to meet our sweet Girl! 

I am at 25 weeks and doing great!  Now only if we can decide on a a name for her!!! 

Matt and I found out the gender together at the 2nd ultrasound and had family over to reveal the gender with either a Pink or blue cake!  Given that it was Christmas Vacation Week, I was unable to find a bakery open....so, we kept it simple and made our own cake!  Michaela and Madelin couldn't wait for 7:00 pm for us to cut the cake together and reveal the news to them!  They were Over the Moon about having another Girl for our family!!  

Sunflower Painting

Michaela painted this picture today at school during art time.  Her class is studying an American Artist each week and after they learn about the artist, they then have to paint a picture in the style of that week's artist.  This week the painter was Georgia O'Keefe!  I love Michaela's scale, colors, and concept of her Sunflower picture!

Rollerskating on Christmas Day!

Mom and Dad got the girls rollerskates for Christmas!  They tried them out right away and loved them!!

Christmas at Mommom and Pappy's!!!!!

We had a lovely time at Mom and Dad's for Christmas.  We were blessed to be with family and spend it together!

Celebrating Jesus' Birth Christmas Morning

A few pictures from our time Christmas morning celebrating the Birth of Jesus!  We had a lovely and JOY filled Christmas together! Praise God for His redeeming gift of His Son, Jesus!!!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve PJ's!

Every Christmas Eve, we head up to Aunt Donna and Uncle Brian's house in Jersey for a family Christmas Eve celebration!  Mom and Dad always give the girls a present to open there, and it is there new Christmas PJ's!!  The girls ADORED their PJ's!!! 

We had a lovely time with our family on Christmas Eve!

Here the girls are wearing the super soft robes from their Great Aunt Donna and Uncle Brian!! 

Gingerbread Cookies

Every December, the four of us have a great time, making, rolling, baking, decorating, and eating these Gingerbread Cookies!!