Lots-o-pictures

I snapped this picture right before I started blogging. Beautiful baby!!

This is what Dane does when we tell him to smile for a picture...hmm.. This is him standing by his homework. I am so proud of him!! Can you believe he wrote all those numbers!?!?

About once a week Scott gets in the mood to try to make a new food. It is a lot of fun! This week it was onion rings.

YUM!

Double yum!!

This is the quilt that my mom made for Macy. It is so pretty!! She is also wearing a cute outfit that my sis-in-law Denise sent her. It is my favorite outfit!

Thanks Grandma and Denise!

Dane wanted in on the picture-taking action!!

Holding hands!

Mommy and baby. This is actually right after I got my hair done. It looks ok in this picture, but it isn't great. It was $80!! SO NOT WORTH IT! You can't see it, but I look like a zebra.

The weather has been really nice. We went to a cool park right by the zoo here. (The zoo, BTW, is FANTASTIC!! And it's FREE!! They have lions, tigers, and bears!! And MUCH more!)

This is Scott and Dane climbing a rocket toy. You can't tell but they are REALLY high! Like 30 feet. It was freaking me out.

Blast-off at the top!!

It is just a kid toy, so Scott doesn't fit very well!

SQEEEZEE!

Dane wanted to climb down on his own. Big boy!

Found a jeep to drive.

"Get out of the way!"

Handsome Scott!

Handsome Dane!

So cute!

Smiling at daddy!

Hi mom!!

Cheese!

When we were getting in the car I saw this bump on Dane's head!! It was HUGE!! I asked him what happened and he just laughed and said he hit his head on the slide. I can't believe he didn't cry! I kept kissing it, he was annoyed!

Life..

Babies always look cute close up!! I wish I did.

A super hero and his side-kick

These are Dane's chore charts. Every time he does his chores for the day he gets a quarter. He has figured money out! He saved $4.00 and bought a toy last week! What a big boy! Speaking of big boy, he learned how to write his name at pre-school!!! WHAT!?!?!

Scott is working on his bread making skills. This one was garlic/green onion. SO GOOD!

Chewy was really interested in Macy. I never let him near her. I decided to see what would happen and he just licked her hand to death!! She really liked it.

This has nothing to do with Chewy! I think she is cute when she cries. I had to take a picture. Also, she is the only baby that I have ever heard that actually says "WAH WAH" when she cries. I love it!!

Dad and Macy takin a nap! They are sleeping in the same position! I LOVE IT! (I woke her up when I took this picture!)

This Week

Dane has finally warmed up to Chewy. Maybe a little too warm! Poor Chewy gets dragged all around the house all day long. He rarely complains. It is cute to see them together. They are best friends.

Macy is so kissable. Scott wants to kiss her all the time but it makes her cry because he is so prickly!! I think she survived this kiss though! He puckered really big!

Scott giving Macy some love before he goes to work.

Scott introduced Dane to Captain Underpants. Guess who this is??

Pretty baby turned 3 months.

Super Baby!!

First pictures from 2012

I knew that the picture goal was going to be a hard one for me. I missed 3 days!! I'm going to keep trying!

I just had to capture his PBJ face! (Monday)

Chewy had his first bath. (Tuesday)

Macy got shots...so sad. (Wednesday)

She's ok (Wednesday)

Kiddos helping out with the laundry. This picture of Macy makes me laugh! (Saturday)

That is a bright flash!

New Years Goals

I had an idea to take a picture everyday this year and then blog every Sunday. I'm not going to call it a goal, just an idea. If I actually achieve it, then I will call it a "goal that I achieved!"
This is the first picture of the year. Mother and daughter. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this little girl. Sweet is the best word to describe her.

My other goals for the year 2012:
-No pop! This is going to be tough. Scott had a pop today and it was so hard to not have a sip, but I did it! YAY! 364 days to go!!
-Lose weight! Who doesn't have this goal!
-Run the Kansas City half marathon in April. I started training 4 weeks ago. So far so good!
-Be more out going and make lots of friends here. This includes making a friend that speaks Spanish so I can brush up on my Spanish!
-Connect more with my siblings. They are super cool, I need to talk to them more!
-Set a new record with paying off our debt. In 2011 we paid off a little over $15,000. I'll be happy if we get $16,000 this year! (We have a lot of debt! Helicopter school isn't cheap!)
-Blog more. I'm shooting for once a week.
Well, that does it!! I love new beginnings!

Christmas Day

I didn't take a lot of pictures on Christmas Day. We woke Dane up at about 7am. He didn't want to wake up until we said that Santa came! Then he JUMPED out of bed! He was so excited every time he opened a present. It was great!
I really miss being a kid, but having kids is so much fun! Maybe even better than being one.

Scott pretty much took charge of the food situation for Christmas. I have to say he did a GREAT job! This is his first turkey ever, It was perfect!

Scott really gets into the Christmas spirit. I love that he is nostalgic that way. He really wanted a warm fire and hot chocolate to make it a cozy day. He did a good job!

Christmas snacks!

There is no mess I love more than a Christmas mess!

New Member of the Family

This year Santa brought us a new member of the family! He left it on the door step and rang the doorbell! When we answered it there was a kennel! I asked Dane what was in it and he said "A DOG!!" Then he ran inside and jumped on top of the table! It was a really cute first meeting! Everyone, meet CHEWY!

Little Photo-Man

Dane has been really interested in taking pictures lately. I let him try taking pictures the other day with my camera. This is what he shot!

I think there is something kind of cool about his "style".

New Food

One thing that Scott and I really enjoy doing together is cooking! Trying new recipes. We have been wanting to figure out how to make tamales for a long time, but it always seemed so hard to find the right ingredients and supplies. Well, not here!! There is a tamale themed area in every grocery store! So, we (mostly Scott) gave it a go!

Scott is allergic to smiling nicely for a picture!

Yummy!

Chef Batman

Blizzard in Kansas

A few weeks ago I went outside to take out the trash and Dane came with me. We ended up staying outside for a while because it was so warm. Dane said "Mom is it summer?" It really was nice! I even saw a neighbor boy outside without a shirt on.
The next morning we woke up to this

So, of course, Dane got all geared up!

Convinced Scott to get geared up and make a snowman!!

I never got a picture of the snowman, but it was CUTE!!