Winter. Keeps going and going and going.

We have had a few winter storms in February, they even canceled school for Sky.  It was fun to watch all of the snow coming down out our front window and then play in it outside the next day. Wisconsin weather is always doing something crazy. I thought Idaho weather was different until I moved here and saw how extreme the weather can be from one minute to the other.

    This is during the storm it continued to snow the rest of the night...

 This is from the storm previous you can still see grass a little but that soon changed after the one above hit us. And yes seeing this picture does remind me of the little boy in "The Christmas Story"

                                     Making Snow angels

It has been a long cold winter here, as I am sure it has been for all of you we are looking forward to the melting season so that we can get outside more regularly and soak up some Vitamin D!!!!!!

Christmas Day

Yes Christmas did come at our house, I just haven't been up to blogging these days.  Sky bought me a camera cord so I can finally download our pictures from our camera, which makes this a lot easier!  So hopefully you will see updates more often!!!!

This year we didn't travel so we could save that money and have a "spoiled" Christmas, it was fun to see the kids excitement and anticipation for Santa to come. And he came...

We had Christmas in Milwaukee just our little family. It was a great day to just relax and watch the kids have so much fun and of course we had to get in on playing with their new toys as well!!

Who made the naughty list?

The other morning Macie and I were talking about christmas and it went something like this.

Me "Macie are you excited for Santa to come?"

Macie "Yes, I've been a good girl"

Me "Santa only comes to good girls and boys do you think Santa will bring you something?"

Macie "Yes he will and Tom too but not you Mommy you are mean!!!"

I guess I have made the naughty list this year and I am trying to change my ways I hope 8 days is enough time!!!!

Photo shoot

We got together today with some friends and shot some pictures of our kids I just love these three pictures!!!! Something about their faces the style of the picture and their bare feet in their nice clothes. LOVE THEM!

A little "sappy" read at your own risk!

It has been interesting watching Macie learn how to say Good-bye. It is something that is getting more and more hard on me so I have been fascinated at how she handles it.

For us Good-byes are going to be very regular in our lives for some time. Yes I know they are regular for most, however when I was growing up we lived in the same house the whole time I was at home in fact my parents still live there. I remember my "one" tramatic experince when my friend Ben Mason moved away in the 4th grade and ended up moving back 1 year latter to the same neighborhood and house.

I remember listening to my Brother once explain how he made some of the best frinds in his life one semester of college and had to say good-bye to them knowing that he would probably never see them again. I remember thinking to myself "well that is sad" and I didn't give it much more thought till lately.

I have been thinking of the many GREAT friends that I have made and have had to say Good-bye to who have taught me more about life, motherhood, the gospel, and frindship than I could have ever imagined. I am so greatful to all of you who have been my friend; Thanks to Kinley who helped make it possible for me to graduate from college by watching Macie, I knew she was well taken care of and loved so I could concentrate on getting that degree. Thanks to Emalee who had know idea that when she knocked on my door the night of general relief society to see if I would go with her that I had already been and had come home crying because I had no one to sit with and felt alone. Thanks to Shalet who helped me understand better feeding habits for my kids and that being honest with my feelings is okay and that I don't have to pretend to be who I am not! And Amber for listening to me regularly and laughing with me about myself. And thanks to those friends who endured Beauty school with me I still think about you daily and wish we could watch our family's grow up together. To all of my friends (and the list could go on forever, Allison, Arlee, Dianna, Jenni, Megan...)who I have said good-bye to and to those who are next (I don't even want to think about it) and are not named, I have learned from each of you and love you.

So I guess what I started out saying and got off track is there isn't a day that goes by when Macie doesn't mention Emma Ogilvie, or her cousin Sydney but that is another story, anyway I can't help but post these pictures of them together they had so much fun and I loved watching them grow together. Hopefully she learns to value friendship through all of her stages of life and all of the moves she will endure...

Happy Birthday MAcie

Happy Birthday Macie! We are so glad to have you in our lives!! You make us smile and feel better about life everyday! We love you so much sweet girl!!

P51D Mustang

Here are a few pictures of the new plane in action.  This is Sky's newest plane.  Its probably his biggest plane and it looks great!  He got this off craigslist from a guy that was desperate for the cash so he could get a wedding ring.  Sky was pretty excited because he got a killer of a deal!