Caden's 3rd Birthday Party!

I can't believe my little boy is 3! He is growing up so fast. He is such a sweetheart and little stinker at the same time! He loves the movie How to Train Your Dragon, especially Toothless, the dragon in the movie. So when I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, he said Toothless without hesitaton! We had a really fun party the other night. Small and simple is the best way to go in my opinion! Caden said it was a "really fun party" on our way home that night. If he's happy, I'm happy!

I took over 100 pictures so I'm just going to put a few on here. You're welcome :)

Brenna's favorite activity! Mom and dad were so good at keeping her happy so that I could get stuff done! THANK YOU!

Kicking balloons! Dad and Jeremy blew up an entire bag of balloons for us. The kids LOVED them!

The Birthday Boy!! I think he is SO cute with his hat on!

Brenna and Mimi

Aunt Wendy and Brenna

Dad and me :)

Just Girls!!

Uncle Mo Mo and me :)

Caden with his dragon pinata! The kids had a great time with it!

Gracie took a few swings, too!

He just had Tarah's yummy cake and Jason's homemade ice cream...that is one happy boy! Can you say sugar high?

Wendy and me :)

Opening presents! He told us "I NEED to open presents"!

I told him to show me how old he was, but he wouldn't stand still. I did get the right number of fingers though!

I can't believe I didn't get a picture of Caden's awesome Toothless cake that Tarah made!! I think my sister did and I hope she sends it soon so I can add it! The cake and cupcakes were perfect and SO delicous!! Thanks again Tarah!

Happy Birthday Caden!!

New Nephew!

We are so excited that Christy and Lon welcomed their little boy into the world on Monday the 21st! Levi Andrew Biebighauser is SUCH a cutie! I think he's a mini-me of Lon! He had some breathing problems and a little infection, so he had to stay in the hospital a little longer than planned. But, now they are all home and doing well!

Jason's Ankle

On January 9th, Jason sprained his ankle playing basketball at church. He was able to walk out to his truck and drive home, but when he got here, he called me to come help him get inside. We went to the doctor the next day to make sure nothing was broken. He was told to wear a walking boot for 6 weeks, but that really only lasted a couple of days. He's been limping around and walking gingerly on it ever since. They say that high ankle spains like his take forever to "heal" and then they are never quite the same. I think Jason can agree with that. Poor guy.

OUCH! This picture was taken the night it happened after a couple of hours of ice and elavation.

We were both amazed how quickly it swelled.

The next day, major swelling.

Two days after the swelling is going into his lower leg.


5 days after and there is some bruising around his toes. Jason NEVER bruises.

About 2 weeks after, much less swelling.

About 3 weeks after - much better, but definitely still swollen.

About 4 weeks. It looks the same to me, but he is walking better.

A little over 6 weeks. I guess this will be as good as it gets for a while.

The take home lesson here, boys and girls, is: DON'T SPRAIN YOUR ANKLE! :)

Let it Snow! (and stay for a while)

It was freezing last week to say the least!

We had alot of snow - 5 inches (well, that's alot for us). And since it didn't get above 20 degrees for about 4 days, the snow had a nice long stay.

I've got some pictures, of course. It was Brenna's first snow!

They wanted to go out first thing, but it was WAY too cold...like 11 degrees. This was Tuesday morning.

We made snow icecream later that day.

It was a big hit! We made some everyday, but the kids still liked it! Notice Gracie's still in PJ's.

We waited until Jason got home to go play in the snow, per his request.

We bundled them up in everything they had! It was still super cold and they didn't last too long outside.

But they loved it! This is the next afternoon. I didn't want Brenna outside, so they had to wait for daddy to get home to play in the snow each day.

Brenna's first time to see snow, we didn't let her get in it because it was so cold. She was outside a whole 2 minutes at the most.

He brought this huge icicle from his office.

Our street. As you can imagine, the kids and I didn't do any driving.

Our house

Jason was sure to make one of these every night.

By Thursday we were all getting CABIN FEVER!!!

Crazy Kids! ( I think I was worse off then they were :)

Poor Brenna started with a runny nose on Wed and by Thursday night had a fever of 102. I'm glad it warmed up on Friday so we could take her to the doctor - she had the flu. It took us 30 minutes to drive accross town to get the doctor's office, but I think the kids were so ready to be out of the house they didn't care. They liked driving in the bumpy snow.

My cuties!

Snow angel time!

He can be an angel when he wants to. :)

By Saturday afternoon it was almost 50 degrees and it felt pretty warm compared to what we've been through. Jason let them go out in shorts!

Ready to build a snowman. It was a really powdery snow that you couldn't play with very much. After it melted a little, it would pack into a good snowball... or snowman.

He's just a big kid, especially when it comes to snow!

She was proud that she made the snowman's head all by herself.

This will come in handy someday :)

Throwing snowballs!

Frosty!!

A crazy week, a long week, but a fun one too!