Friday, January 31, 2014

January 2014-

Ava reading me one of her Sam books- 
Look at that cute chub!
Enjoying some sunshine and pretending it was warm!
Ava & I tried a recipe for graham crackers-  they were good and not that much work but they had about as much sugar as a cookie and cookies are easier & yummier.  
Isaac would often put the nativity people around the little baby Jesus. It was so cute.
Also in January, Isaac was acting like he wasn't feeling the greatest so Matthew took him to Instacare for what we thought was just a sinus infection or something.  Turned out he had pneumonia so they  headed to the emergency room and I went to meet them.  They checked him out and he was super relaxed and cute for the nurses and doctor.  We spent a couple nights at the hospital with oxygen.  Isaac was not feeling well and never once even wanted/tried to get out of the bed, he was happy watching Curious George.  We are so grateful for medicine & oxygen that helped him get better.  We were able to come home with oxygen for Isaac to use while he was sleeping for a few weeks.
Pretty much when you are sick you get anything you want- here's Isaac eating breakfast in bed with his oxygen watching Curious George.  
After Isaac's pnuemonia and needing oxygen, in Ava's Sam book she thought  this snowman looked like he had oxygen too!

We made it sledding at a park nearby.  

Grandma & Grandpa Huff with 4 cute jammied kids.

Although they didn't make it in time for Christmas we got these fun giant foam blocks.  They are awesome.

Owen bonked his nose on an icy hill at recess- he looked pretty tough.
Lily figured out how to actually cover her eyes for peek-a-boo!
These two have been enjoying each other so much- it's cute.
Owen did his first pinewood derby car.  He was pretty proud.  

Lily before a little walk with Ava.  Her skin is so peachy. 
Ava had an International celebration at her school that Ava & Lily wore these matching cute dresses from China for.  Ava loved saying "Ni Hao Ma."

And Owen had a fun season of Jr. Jazz.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

The rest of December-

My Birthday!  
It was a great day.  It started out with this delicious omelet that Matt made for my breakfast with a potato hash.

Then we went to see the movie "Frozen" for the first time and we loved it.  Matt's sister Elaine came too!  

We continued the day with more "Frozen" activities and we went ice skating.  A bunch of family joined us and it was so fun.  I had forgotten but I think ice skating is awesome.  

Look at this bunch- I'm one lucky lady!
Then we had dinner at Cafe Rio and finished off the night with Banana Splits.  It was a great day and it just made me realize again that I have a good life with so many people that are good to me and I love it.


This is totally random but here's what a giant bag of peas looks like when you spill most of it.  

New Years:
Time to party!
 My beautiful sister-in-law Emily.
Hooray, hanging out with awesome Aunt Cat.
Eating a scrumptious dinner.
 Tucker really likes crab :).
We partied hard- Isaac did some Karaoke for us.  
 Glow sticks are always a hit.
Celebrated Elliot & Tucker's birthday!
And played some fun games.  

We even made it to midnight! Which is a big deal for us. 
Isaac is such a little partier.  We thought he would fall asleep at my mom's or on the car ride home but this is at 12:30 that night, happy as can be, ready to party some more!

 On New Year's day Matt & his brothers installed a filter on their parents sink.  This picture made me laugh- notice the box in the bottom right hand side that says "Tall Kitchen." That's pretty funny cause there was a lot of tall boys in that kitchen. 
We enjoyed the day hanging out & eating dinner together that evening.  

Welcome 2014!