Visitors

I didn't realize I had forgotten to post the pictures from when we met Laura and family at Mammouth Caves on Martin Luther King Day(Free!  Hiooooo!) 

 Visitor Center

 An historic train surrounded by an gate with a broken door.  Bon Voyage!

 Laura and Nancy

It was nice to meet up with the Baker family for the day.  It was especially nice that we're close enough to do that.

Valentine's Day

2014 Valentines Day...Not to be confused with every other year where we do the same thing:).

 The Heart Shaped Pizza Tradition

Frosting sugar cookies.  I actually made good sugar cookies this year and I ate half the batch I think.

My Valentine

Joe and I decided to split who was in charge of anniversary and who was in charge of Valentine's Day.  I was in charge of Valentines Day.  After the kids went to bed we watched a new movie and had candle light home made french apple pie and sparkling cider.  I also heart attacked (a lot of paper hearts) him.  All the hearts had things the kids and I love about Joe written on them.  What the kids wrote was sweet.   Lincoln loves when Joe plays the Wii with him.  Hannah loves when Joe tickles her.  Rachel loves the bumble bee song that Joe sings to her at night.  

Joe's a good dad.  He pays a lot of attention to making sure he spends quality time with the children and does lots of things they love with them, even though they're not very fun for him.

He's a great husband too.  The picture is of him making another crazy project for me and letting the kids "help him."

Snowed In

We've had lots of snow days and bitter cold.  We were happy when it warmed up a little bit so we could go sledding.  

 Thanks to the un-identified person who left their two-seater sled.  All we had was swimming inner-tubes:).

 Lily looked about like this the whole time, even when we took her down the hill.  I guess she found her happy place.  

 Rachel and one of her favorite friends, Emily.

Hannah's Room Decor

I finally finished Hannah's room!

New Years

New Years Bell Towers

 Rachel did her bell tower all by herself this year and did a great job.

 Lincoln ate his before it finished drying.

Shared Birthdays

Joe's birthday present last year gets to share a birthday with him this year.  They both had big birthdays this year.  Lily turned 1 and Joe turned 30.

Presents

 Joe's present is symbolic of the possibility of a basketball hoop and small court in our back yard.

 Lily loves to push things and has loved this present.

The Party

Christmas 2013

We started of the season with a Kids at Keeneland Christmas Party.

Lily with Santa Buckles

 The activity had ornament making, cookie decorating, and lots of fun other things.  The kids favorite thing was getting their faces painted.

We enjoyed the Ward Christmas Party

Lincoln with Santa.  My favorite part of the whole party was that I wasn't in charge this year!

New Years Eve Traditions

 We had some friends over to act out a Nativity.  It was a lot of fun.  Notice our awesome back drop.  (Lest any rumors get started...I'm not 6 months pregnant like this picture looks).

We did Christmas Eve Pajamas for the first time.  The kids were pretty excited.  Poor Lincoln outgrew his old pajamas a long time ago. 

Christmas Day

Kids ready to come down to open presents.  We surprised them with a Wii this year.

 Christmas dinner and cookie decorating with the missionaries.  It was a great Christmas!