Frostbite

In January, my friend Amber convinced me to run the Deer Park Frostbite 5k race! I agreed...scott said if i was going to PAY to run around Deer park, i'd better run to WIN!!! :) We gave it a go....but no winning here. Apparently there's some folks in deer park that take running seriously.....weird.... :) We finished in 38 minutes.....not too bad for a non-runner! (ME)

My friend bribed me into wearing these rediculous outfits.....

Ok, I lied.....:) it was allllll me!!! I said...if we're going to run in deer park in the middle of january, then we'd better dress the part!! So luckily, my dear husband had not only one, but TWO pairs of red long-underwear-with-the-butt-flap! OH HAPPY DAY!!! I thought we were pretty helarious. My friend was completely mortified, but DID agree to wear them, so i really have no pity :) I've already come up with next year's outfit....all i am going to say is....time to bust out the old coconut bras!!! YES!


here's the SWEEEET green shirt i got for doing the race. i love it!

yay for the frostbite race! Until next year, deer park!

Gramma Nette!

In December, Gramma Nette (scott's mom) had her birthday. A couple of her kids and fams took her out to eat...

And of course made her wear a Sombrero!!

Nette with some grandkids.

Like I said....Lane doesn't need any coaching.....that's alllllllll him :)

Happy Birthday Nette!!! Thanks for letting us take you out!

Cookies and Peace

The other night we were having "snack" and it was one of those miraculous nights when the kids were all happy and getting along well....SO I had to document the occasion :)

Lane has been wanting lucy to sit next to him at the dinner table lately. It's pretty cute. Lucy is happy to oblige most of the time.....

I'm teaching my children the art of "silly faces" for the camera. This was a couple of their attempts....Lucy was trying to blow out her cheeks so they are big :)
Lane's pretty good at "silly face!" He doesn't need coaching anymore :)

This is Macy's "say cheese!" face :) I think she finally realizes what the camera is, and now when she sees it, she'll whip out this smile!! awesome.

She also thoroughly enjoys a good cookie.....

May-May

When Lucy started talking she called Macy "may may" the name has stuck, And I have to make a concious effort to call Macy by her real name :) Here are some things I love about our May May

She is starting to show her little personality more and more and she cracks me up!
She is a goof-ball and loves to make funny faces at you. Sometimes she wrinkles up her little face and breaths in and out of her nose really fast. It's helarious. She loves to play peek-a-boo. She LOVES to wrestle Lane. If he is ever sitting or laying on the floor, she gets this little gleam in her eye, runs over to him and lays on him. Sometimes at church if she is sitting next to him, she stands next to him on the pew and wraps her arms around his neck and just stands there and "hugs" him....usually till he starts to fall over or turns red or we pry her off of him :)

Sometimes I look at her and it catches me off guard how stinking CUTE she is :) I love her little head of hair, and how it flips out at the end and her little eyes. She loves to give kisses. She'll look you in the eye and just lean her face in to yours and plant a kiss right on your lips....it's awesome...

She also loves her big sister Lucy, and in true "little sister" form, delights in making Lucy scream. She is becoming a master, really. Taking toys, taunting, running away with something Lucy wants, it's kind of amzing these "talents" at the ripe age of 15 months.....I'm terrified of age 10-20 :) But she also has moments of sweetness and shares readily and gives lots of love to her big sis too...so i guess that makes up for the rest....

She is starting to talk, and gets excited when you know what she wants and shakes her head "yes" very emphitaclly. We dont' get the "yes" nods as much as the "NO WAY" shakes...but it's getting better :) She likes to say "uh oh" and "what's that?" it's so cute. OH and she's learning some great new noises. She has the funniest growl, and recently started making this weird donald duck noise....talented, I tell ya!!

We just love our little Macy!! thanks for being in our family sweet girl!

ICE

This year we added another thing to the list of why it's SO Fun to live at a lake! ICE! Our entire lake is frozen over and was about a foot thick last time we drilled it. So of course, we asked for ice skates for Christmas!!!

I.LOVE.IT!

Here's scott trying out his hockey skates....not too shabby! and as you can see, it's possible to ice sckate through a couple inches of fresh snow! :)
Lane on his new hockey skates...he had a rough start, but is actually catching on pretty quickly!

But there's alot of time spent like this....

pep talks are good..

Macy even got in on the fun! It's fun that I have pictures of all three kids using this same snow suit!

me and scott....on ice.....even though you can't see our ice skates. I would like to add here that I am FASTER than scott and beat him several times in a skating sprint.....

Lane....tuckered out...

Here's our brilliant idea for plowing the ice. We had to prep the "rink" for our "broom hockey" party that I put on for the youth at church. Our idea worked somewhat..but the ice was still bumpy from all the slush..

But Scott and Emmy had fun plowing :) YOu can't see scott's hat very well in this pictures. But i made him a SWEET camo-ski-hat for Christmas this year.

YAY for ice skating!

check it out!

Look at this bed!!!

Guess who made it??

That's right....MY scott!!!! isn't it cool?? Don't you want one?? Isn't he talented?? :)

I think so....

Preschool Christmas Concert

This fall Lane has been going to the little preschool at Riverside. He's having fun and liking it. They put on a little Christmas concert before Christmas break.

This is Miss Roxanne, lane's teacher. Lane wasn't in a picture taking mood this day....
Here's the kids from all 4 classes. Lane is the tallest kid I think.

They sang "jingle bells" and "we wish you a merry Christmas" It was pretty cute. I was a little disapointed because usually lane sings SO LOUD...he is the kid that everyone hears. But this day he wasn't really in a performing mood...i'm not even sure if he sang at all :) But it was fun to go and watch...

I think Lane was a little nervous, he kept playing with his shirt sleeves, and looking around. It's fun to get to see some of the kids he will go to Kindergarden with next year. The little boy next to Lane is his "best friend" he seems like a fun kid....

Here's to fun new experiences and preshool concerts!! It's a whole new world we're entering :) So far it's fun!

1 more year!

Scott only has one more year of youth left in him! He turned 29 this year.....

I had to get a little creative with the candles.....:)
Macy is ready to help Daddy blow out his candles

make a wish!!

We love you, Scott!!! Thank you for being a great husband and Daddy!

Bread

So I have had a curse about me when I have ever tried to make bread that has yeast in it......

SO I had my amazing friend/baker come and teach me the ways......

and voila!! here's my first loave of home-made wheat bread.....that was not a total rock!!!

Thank you Sheila!!! There may be hope for me yet!

Christmas!

No, I didn't forget about Christmas....I just SLOW!!! :) Here's some pictures from our Christmas Day:

Sitting at the top of the stairs before going down....I forget what time it was, but really wasn't too bad...probably 6:30 or 7, but that's when they always woke up. I'm pretty sure that I was laying there awake before any of the kids woke up!

Lucy and Macy got a fun new kitchen set!!!

Daddy trying to figure out Lane's transformer :)

Lucy making us breakfast!

Trying out a new coloring book!

Testing out his new BB Gun....

Macy got a new stroller

This is NOT a new teddy bear....but she was so excited to give him a ride! hehe

Lucy got some sweet sun glasses

Macy had lots of chocolate in her stocking :)

Later on Christmas day Scott's family all came over for some fun! This is lane's cousin Kogan. They played super-hero's pretty much the entire evening :)

No need to fear when these two are near!!!