Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Movies and More

We've really been enjoying the calm of our lives right now.
Ashton and Ash looked so cute cuddled on the floor...
I had to snap a shot.
On the same movie night I snapped a pic of the girls too.
You should've seen the pic right before this...
She was doing her 'Cocia Ksavera Smile'.
I love the self timer on my camera.
 We've had a tiny bit of sunshine these past few days,
which has geared us outdoors and inspired a few backyard projects.
The man and little man in my life really know how to level some blocks.
It was pretty sweet watching the two of them work. 
Everything Daddy did
Ashton had to try too.
 Same goes for Caitlyn. 
Any and everything she does he wants in on. 
Which is especially good cause Caitlyn tells him a few times a day that she is the 'line leader' (something she has learned at school and totally loves). 
Lucky for her, he'll follow her around for hours.
 Thanks to my friend Cody and her chickens, my family has experienced some fresh eggs.  Amazingly tastier than store bought and they have even been served as 'breakfast for dinner' at our house.
My kids think I am the best for bringing these 'Easter Eggs' early and for letting them eat them for dinner.
Well... this was my 300th post... and to be honest, I thought I would have thought of a fancier way to blog about it.  But this is my life... fancy or not... I love it!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Winter Pictures

Since I'm so incredibly ready for Spring... I thought that maybe if I recapped the Winter season in pictures...  just maybe the rain would dry up, the clouds would melt away, and maybe... just maybe... the sun would come out to shine. 
So here's my attempt to put the Winter behind us.
During the Winter....
We enjoyed a little bit of late snow...
Watched a few good football games...
... and a few 'not so good' ones too ;)
We had play dates with cousins
We've played musical beds...
which usually ends up with the kids snuggling eachother in our bed.
We hung out with Ung-King Jon!
I attempted to shoot with a 50mm lens...
Clearly... or... unclearly- I need more practice.
We wrapped up another session of swim lessons...
We witnessed a wonderful baptism...
... and became God Parents.
Ash and I played in a Wii Winter Olympics with my team at work
(This was such a fun night... I'm considering throwing a similar party)
We continued our game of musical beds
(another unclear pic... this one shot by Ashley though)
Caitlyn got a library card and has borrowed and returnd many books and even one movie.
We goofed off...
... and giggled.
I practiced again with my lens... this time while my children were bathing.
We played another round of musical beds...
and celebrated my mom's birthday. 
*A few other things that we did that weren't photographed, but I still feel need mentioning on the blog include:
-multiple playdates & mommy dates
-Ashton caught a pretty strong tummy bug
-I read a ton of really good books
-We visited with out of town guests
-I've been doing jury duty
-We began attending our new church
-We've had some good days and bad
(the bad ones usually came after a night of playing musical beds)
-My tulips and hyacinths began to grow...
I am SO ready for SPRING!