February 4th

Tonight we went to a Gender Party...aka Sex Party. Emily was not brave enough to call it a Sex Party, so I did it for her! :)

It was such a good idea, and if we every have another baby I am totally stealing the idea! We were told to wear pink or blue, depending on what we thought they were having.

Audrey giving Steve some loving!

We played several games, one was pictionary. Just for the record, the blue team kicked the pink teams tail in both games! Jill's was probably the best, can you guess what she was drawing? It included either a girl or boy in the title.

ALL the kids...and we have two more joining us soon.

Pink Team

Blue Team....we dominated

Then we ate cupcakes that revealed the gender of their new baby. There were m&m's baked in each cupcake that where either pink or blue.

What is it??????

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats guys...we are so happy for you. (Daniel...let Emily use the name she wants!!)

Okay..here's the truth. I choose blue and was hoping for a boy, I say it's because we have a boy and we have to represent boys. The truth is that I am afraid for this new little one, because seriously, can anyone come close to being as cute than this.....

February 3rd

I slept in my own bed for the first time in 10 days..it was nice! I went to bed with a sore throat and woke up feeling horrible. I have been sick more this season than ever before. And it's the type of sickness that makes you feel really bad but not knock you off your feet type of sickness. I would much rather be flat out sick for two or three days and this stuff that keeps coming back. Oh well, Tylenol cold, Halls, soup and the couch have been my best friend today. Thank goodness Steve was home to help take care of Cael.

Today is Steve's third day off from school because of the weather. Today was because of the temperature, it is cold out there! We are pretty sure he will go back tomorrow which means it's time for me to unpack and get life back to normal. We sure have had a good three days together!

John and Alyssa stopped by because Alyssa got braces!! She looks so grown up to me! Here is her beautiful smile!!!

Remember when I mentioned the other day that we had some potential exciting news?? Still can't tell you about it yet, but I can tell you it is now confirmed exciting news. I seriously can't wait to tell you about it!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow...we are going to a SEX PARTY!! Don't worry, I will explain tomorrow. It's not what you think. :)

February 2nd

Well, we survived! We have about 13 inches of snow and it is so beautiful. Most people around here hate it. Not this Florida girl, I love it! Steve and I got up and drove home to let our puppies out, take a shower and change clothes. On our way home we ended up helping a neighbor we had never meet. His car got stuck so Steve gave him a ride across town to pick up his wife. On our way back to the Southard's to continue our Blizzrd party we got a call from his boss at Sylan. She needed a ride to work because her car was snowed, in so we went by and picked her up. There are perks to having a gas guzzling 4 wheel drive SUV. While we were gone the kiddo's and Tara played in the snow for about an hour. We spent the rest of the day playing games, visiting, making a TON of cookies and just enjoying each other. It was SO fun just sitting around together having nothing that we had to do.

Lots and lots of Lego creations where made during our Blizzard party. Alyssa was pretty proud of her pyramid.

Cael had to have his picture taken just like Alyssa.

I missed the snow fun, thanks Tara for taking some pictures!

I am telling you, the pictures just don't do the snow justice. Steve's truck is completely snowed in and the bed of his truck was almost full of snow.

What..you don't still have your Christmas decorations up??

So much snow!!!

Steve helping a stranded person....next time I think we need to turn this into a service project!

February 1st

We made it! Cael did SO good on the train, he absolutely loves it and I am convinced that is the way for us to travel from now on. Steve picked us up and we headed to La Fiesta for lunch, it was fun because we were some of the only ones in the restaurant due to the impending blizzard that is headed our way. Did you hear that?? A real live Blizzard, I can hardly wait. We ran home so I could shower and change and then headed to the Southard's for the night. Joyce and Desmond came over to join in on the snow party. We cooked chili and soup to help keep us warm and played lots of games. Steve went out to test the roads and came back to inform us that we would be having a sleepover. The roads are horrible and our 4 wheel drive SUV isn't doing the job right now. Good think I brought clothes for us just in case!! Yet again I failed at taking many pictures, here are the FOUR that I did take.

Joyce brought lots of yummy food, but most importantly a emergency radio and a roll of toilet paper. Crack me up!

Who loves snow ice-cream??? We do! Well some of us do. The men totally made fun of us for doing this but the kids had fun!

We didn't put food coloring in Cael's so he just ate plain snow and he couldn't get enough of it. It was so funny.

P.S. We found out some potential REALLY exciting news today. I can't share details right now but will as soon as I can!

January 31st

Rumor has it that Springfield is about to get hit with a nasty snow storm. I am suppose to be in Ark until Thursday early morning but have decided to head home soon. Sorry there is no picture for today. Everything is packed up and ready to go. Our train is suppose to leave at 1:00am but right not is it 3 hours late. Needless to say I have a feeling I have a long day ahead of my tomorrow. See soon Springfield!

January 30th

This weekend we also celebrated Weiner Christian Churches 50 anniversay. It was so fun taking a look back, especially the pictures of my mom and dad when they were here before. And I gotta say..my mom was hot!! Remind me to show you a picture of her when her and my dad where dating, she was wearing a mini skirt! Sorry, I digress.

I have absolutely loved getting to know the students here. There are some amazing young people in this church. They love my parents, they love me and they REALLY love my little man.

January 29th

Kandice is now a married woman and she couldn't have look any more beautiful! We had a great time today celebrating with family and friends! Again I was horrible at taking pictures, here are a few that I did take.

Marybeth and her other nephew Robert.

Cael and Mathew quickly became best friends.

Cael with two of Uncle Bob's boys. They kept each other entertained!

Cael was a stud!!

Cael and Uncle Tim had lots of fun play time this weekend. They had a blast with each other.

The only picture of the Bride and Groom I have. Congratulations Kandice and Steven, we wish you a lifetime of happiness!! (Have I ever mentioned that they meet on Match.com...how fun!)

And because I love my sister so much, I leave you with this......