IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE!!!!

O.K. so I'm a wee bit excited. After almost 11 years of marriage, we finally have our very own baby grand piano (granted it is used, but we got a great deal, and it's in great condition--THANKS craigslist). Although, I probably wouldn't care if it was a dumpy old upright. But, never-the-less we have our OWN piano!!!
This means that we can finally take down our little electric piano, and the girls can finally learn how to use pedals.
Oooooooooo, I'm just so excited. Caitlyn and Sadie already showed how excited they were, Caitlyn didn't want to go down for a nap, because she wanted "to pway" the piano.
I'm also excited, because we now officially can use our "dining room" for something.

Happy, Happy Birthday Grandma!!

It's that time of year again, yep you guessed it--Valentines and President's Day--oh, and that reminds me, it's also Grandma Winter's Birthday!!
We love her for all her joy and love and dedication to the family! Thank you for setting such a great example in all you do. I'm so proud to have you as a mother. Thank you for teaching us the gospel, how to pray and read the scriptures and thank you for living righteously so that we know how to do it as well!
We love you and honor you on this day--Happy Birthday mom!!!!

What-the?

Can you guess what this is? Well some of you know right away that it is a little contraption that helps make our lives a little more organized.

I'd 1st like to thank my dad who got it for me--THANKS dad!!!!!

Now, here's the BEFORE picture. . .

And the AFTER picture. . .

Anyways, that's one small step for me, one large step for my pantry--hee, hee!

Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday Brian. O.K. so this post is a little belated, but the birthday was not.

The BIG 35 yet still young at heart. And what do you get the man who has almost everything but never asks for anything?

Well you get him a gun of course and some extra ammo. Now don't panic, it's just a pellet gun (thanks to Emily for the idea).
It gets harder and harder to try and surprise him, but I think we did it this year (hence the smile).

Now he just needs some extra time so he can try it out! Have fun Brian we love you!!!

Go FISH!!

Woo hoo, we finally got some fish to match the tank that Santa gave Meghan for Christmas. Crazy enough everyone chose goldfish. Out of all our choices. Well, it's a good place to start anyways.


Who knew that fish were so exciting? I find myself watching them every time I walk past them, all they do is swim around--seriously, is this that exciting, I guess that's how exciting my life is :) Of course the girls love watching them as well.

My fish (tiger) and Meghan's fish (candy) the dominate ones in the tank.

Let's Celebrate!

O.K., I know I'm starting the year off right by being behind already in my posts, but here's what we did for New Year's Eve.

1st a little Guitar Hero to get everyone in the mood. Of course Sadie and Caitlyn are the groupies who love to get down and groovy to the tunes.

Then there's Meghan who's groups name is "The Blue Midgits", she is actually pretty good at it too.

Well, I guess Caitlyn just had to show her talent as well--Not bad for a 1 year old.

Next, we just had to let some firecrackers go. Thanks to dad who helped pull the strings literally.

A little more noise perhaps, because we just can't get enough.

And of course, what would New Year's Eve be without the goodies. So even though there's no pictures (I must've been too busy eating at the time), I'll tell you what we ate--chocolate fondue with fruit, little hotdogs in bar-b-que sauce, and sparkling apple cider.

A great way to start the New Year!

Peek-A-Boo

We were lucky enough to be able to visit with both sides of our family for Christmas this year. After spending some time with Brian's family, we got to spend a little time with my family--it was so great to get to see everyone!!

Caitlyn and Grandpa playing a rousing game of Peek-A-Boo.

Grandma selflessly playing horsey to Sadie, while at the same time being a monster for Aliese and Caitlyn.

This was Adam's Christmas present--a game of his choosing--and what did he choose, but Star Wars of course. And who should be the winner, yep, you guessed it--ADAM!! I USED to play games with him when I was younger, but I soon learned that if I wanted to actually WIN, I had to play someone else.

Ah, and another game was going on at the same time, Meghan came out victorious over Grandma in "Go, Go Giraffe" (grandma is such a good sport).