Birthday Excitement

I am sorry about how long it has taken me to write a new post! I have not given up on blogging and plan to return to writing on it regularly! Well, a birthday has happened since I last wrote! Lucas has turned fifteen! I didnt do a special post for him, but he doesn't care. :-) Minte has had a lot of fun celebrating his siblings' recent birthdays and is confident that everytime Dad and Mom go out by themselves, that they are getting him a present for his birthday. He has figured out how to hold three fingers up instead of two and has begun choosing flavors for his icecream and cake! Chocolate all the way! Unfortunately his birthday isn't until May 15 and he has a while to wait yet. So Dad and Mom have explained to him that it's not his birthday yet and although he doesn't like to wait he will happily tell you that his birthday is in May and it's coming soon! So right now we're planning and looking forward to May 15 so we can celebrate our little buddy! That's the birthday excitement over here right now!

Ana is 7!!!

Today Anie Baby has turned 7!!! She informs Mom that she doesn't want to be 7 because it is a boy's number. She wants to be 8, a girl's number!

She and Minte keep us laughing! Especially during supper! She is very serious and takes things very literally unless it's her own joke, in which case she cracks herself up!! :-) She is a blessing to our family and we are so happy that she is a part of our family! Love ya, Ana!!!

Here is Minte singing his happy birthday to his sister...

Spring Day!!

February 18th was a special day! Why was it special? 'Cause we had barely any snow! PLUS it was warm! Later the kids were outside without coats!! It was so wonderful! The kids and I spent some time outside and I took pictures.

 Scooters were brought out! In February!!

 We took a short walk through the field. Weeds got caught inside our shoes! Not snow!!

 And whether inside or outside, some kind of ball is always at Ethan's side! And he could actually dribble on a non-icy driveway!

 Minte brought out his ball as well. It's too bad he isn't 4 feet taller! He did his best to get the ball in the basket!

I think after that day we all got even more eager for spring! New grass and flowers. Warm weather. Fresh air. It will be SOOO amazing!!! Spring, COME!!!

Living in a Glass World

Our house has been hit by the ice storm! The storm has cancelled many things and kept most of us at home, but in the meantime we are enjoying the field in the backyard! Each weed and tree is covered with ice and when hit by sunlight it sparkles. And when you have every weed and blade of grass sparkling, it is a gorgeous thing to see! I took some pictures so  I could share the sight with you, but they didn't turn out very well and you can't get the whole picture. But here are the pictures I took. You may need to click on the picture to see the "glass".

 Yesterday. The rest of the pictures are from today.

Isn't it pretty! Wish you could see it in person! It's pretty cool!

If the ice has hit your place too, be careful out on those roads!

Hidden Idenities

 Princess Ana

 Cowboy Minte

 Snazzy Ethan.

 Basketball palmer Lucas

 Reader Emily.

What's Been Going on Around Here...

Right now all our nights have been filled with this...

 And therefore our days are filled with a lot of this....

 Huddles.

Scrimmages.

 Boxing out.

 Loud Laughter.

Occasionally owies.

Lifting injured players on a "stretcher"

And taping up ankles with socks.

There's nothing better than basketball in your foyer!

We love Rachel!

The kids love her so much they taped her to a wall so she couldn't go home.