Daddy-Daughter Dance

Saturday night, our city Parks and Rec dept. hosted their first Father-Daughter dance. Several of Lydia's little friends from church were going so Lydia invited her Daddy to go too. She was so excited to get all dressed up in her princess dress, have her hair done and wear sparkly make-up. I had fun trying to figure out how to do her hair since I was too cheap to have it done! Daddy even dressed up in his tux for their special night! Mark was going to drive her in the van, but she wanted to go in Daddy's truck! She had a great time having pizza, decorating crowns and cookies, doing silly dances with friends and just hanging out with her Daddy. The night was special for them--I hope she still wants to do this when she's 16!

Spring Makeover!

It's March so Spring has to be just around the corner, right? Thought it was time for a little Spring makeover for the blog! Leelou blogs has the cutest stuff and it's free and super easy to do. It has to be for me to figure it out! Stay tuned for a slide show of the Daddy/Daughter Dance from this weekend. Lydia and Mark looked adorable and had such a fun night together. Can't wait to share the pictures with you, hopefully later today or tomorrow!

The Red Envelope

I found this idea on another mom's blog yesterday and thought it was really neat and super easy to do. I'm going to send some and I hope you will too. Go to this website to read more about the project:

www.sendaredenvelope.org

Here is all you have to do:
Get a red envelope, or buy a whole package at Staples or the party store to send out. On the front, address it to:

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington , D.C. 20500

Seal the envelope and on the back, write the following message:

This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception.
Even you, President Obama, stated during the National Prayer Breakfast " There is no God who condones taking the life of an innocent human being."

Put a stamp on it, then put it in your mailbox and send it. Then send this website to every one of your friends who you think would send one too. I wish we could send 50 million red envelopes, one for every child who died before having a chance to live. Maybe it will change the heart of the president.

Our Valentine's Weekend...

As you can see we had a fun Valentine's weekend! The kids had their school parties and then they were out of school for six days due to teacher conferences and workdays so we had lots of time to celebrate. Friday night the kids spent the night with my parents so Mark and I could have our date night to Outback and the movies. Thanks Mom and Dad! They had lots of fun going to dinner, making sugar cookies, dipping strawberries and playing Mexican train dominoes (they are now addicted)! Saturday morning Levi played basketball, we had heart quesadillas for lunch then went bowling as a family. Lydia beat us all and even scored over 100! The boys say she cheated tho because we let her use bumpers and not them. It was great fun till Levi hit his mouth with the bowling ball and chipped off his front tooth! Our good dentist friend took care of it quickly tho and Levi now looks like a new man! The last picture is from Sunday night's silly hat night at church. Lydia's purple cowgirl hat even lights up! I know it doesn't fit the valentine's theme but I had to share it anyway! Hope your Valentine's Day was filled with lots of fun too!

Snow Days and the Super Bowl!

Things are finally getting back to normal around here since we had all the ice and snow. The kids had 4 snow days plus a weekend so we got a little stir crazy around here! The boys went back to school yesterday and Lydia back to preschool today. I think they're all happy to be back to our normal routine. The roads are all clear now, but there's still quite a bit of snow and ice hanging around. We had a fun weekend, despite the snow and ice. Friday night Lydia went to a little friend's Hannah Montana birthday party. Saturday morning was Levi's basketball game and we finally won--I think Levi was the high scorer this week! He needs to eat Honey Kix cereal before every game! That night Mark and I went to our Sunday School class' Valentine party and had a great time. Sunday was church, Mark's mission lunch meeting and then our little family Super Bowl party. The kids dressed up in Cardinal's colors, Lydia grabbed her poms poms for cheering, and Levi helped cook some of our favorite appetizers. My parents came over after church for the 2nd half and we were all so sad to see the Cardinals lose. Oh well, it looked great though since we were watching in HD on our new TV! Here's a few pics of our snow day vacation!

All the neighbors sledding down our street--Caleb's in red!

Lydia's in the green coat with her neighbor friend

Levi at the bottom of the slope!

Yummy snow ice cream!

Levi and Lydia watching the game!

GOOOOOO Cardinals!!!!!!

Update from Tuesday...

Just to let you know Mark made it home safely last night from Chicago! Their normal 6 hour trip turned into 10 hours, but at least they made it. His friend dropped him off at our house, then got stuck trying to get out of our street so Mark had to shovel him out. Overnight, we got about 3-5 more inches of sleet and snow so it's another snow day and the kids are already out sledding with most of the neighborhood. Today will be much more fun because Daddy's home! I'll post pictures later!

It's a Snow Day!

Well, it came as predicted...freezing rain, sleet and a bit of snow! School was cancelled, so the kids are thrilled! Mom--not as excited, especially since it's Lydia's preschool day! And of course, our Daddy is still in Chicago and will be trying to get home in this mess sometime tonight, if he can even make it. So, I'll have him to worry about for 6 hours or so!

At least our power is still on and we are toasty warm inside with lots of food, movies and Wii games to keep us busy. Now if I could just get the boys to come inside and warm up! Half the neighborhood boys are sledding in our yard right now since we live on a little hill. Maybe I'll fix hot cocoa and that will bring 'em in!

P.S. If you're following baby Harper's story, there's great news--she opened her eyes last night! Click on the Praying for Harper link above and read about this tiny miracle!