We survived!!

We survived the hockey season. Parker had his last championship game last night.They got to end it at the Coliseum, which is where the professional players play hockey. They kids always love playing there. They played so well, but they lost. It was tied one to one and they had to have a 5 shot shoot out. They came so close to making a shot but the other team got one shot in and we lost. They really did so good!! It was a nail biter to watch!! Parker is sad the season is over, but he had so much fun and learned alot. He practices his puck skills in the garage on rollerblades and this is what I heard recently.

"The puck broke my head!"

Parker's response-"I was practicing hockey and Addison got in the way."

She will have a bruise for a while. It was a huge goose egg.

He is looking forward to next season already and powerskating that starts up the end of April. Every Saturday morning they have a hockey camp and help the kids to keep up their skills. I am glad to finally have my Saturday mornings back for a little while.

Medevil Festival

Parker's school has been learning about the Medevil Times at school. We have read books, and made crafts and as a family we got to make a castle. We could use anything we wanted and Parker chose sugar cubes. It took forever. And I don't have a picture...silly me. We took it to school and I forgot my camera. It was fun seeing everyones and what they all created. Our favorite was the one made out of candy and rice crispy treats. Why didn't we think of that?? Later in the week everyone came dressed up from someone from that time period. And they had a Feast. It was fun to see what everyone came dressed up as. Parker wanted to do knight. They had a great feast. At first they introduced the kitchen staff (us the parents)and told them that they had to follow our kitchen rules. Then we told them that the castle is going through rough times and all we had for them was a vegetable stew and bread. We didn't even have silverware for them. We had to sell all the good stuff for what we had. You should have seen the looks on the kids faces. It was so funny!! Some of them were so worried and then others said sweet and ate their food. About 5 minutes later they were told that we were able to trade some other things from the castle and get them some corn on the cob. Cheers were heard throughout the castle. Parker was happy about that. Then five minutes later they were told that we stole some chickens from the neighboring castle and we had some chicken legs for them. It was so funny to see the kids reactions to what they got to eat. And how they brought it out was genius!! Parker later told me that he was so worried. He would only eat the bread and was worried that he was going to be hungry. Here are some photos from the feast.

She's almost there...

So our little Kate is almost walking, it kills me. She now will walk a few steps here and there. She is getting so big!! She also decided that it was time to get some teeth, and not just one, she now has three. She got them all in the last week or so. We love her so much! She is a HAPPY baby and LOVES her daddy. She is not 10 months old...wow that is crazy!!

The reading nazi

So I guess I am some kind of Nazi when it comes to reading, check out Parker's reading log.  I just found it the other day and had to chuckle. Apparently all he is allowed to do is read. Really he just wants to do the best so he can get the prizes. And those really large numbers are in minutes.

I want to cut mommy!

I knew it would happen eventually but I was hoping it wouldn't happen at all. I was combing her hair this morning and noticed her hair was shorter on one side. To be honest the first thing that came to my mind was it broke off because it kind of looks like it with the way she cut it. But then I thought, wait, she's three she does not have breakage. Then I asked that question no parent wants to ask....did you cut your hair?  She just looked at me and said yes. Like it was no big deal. She then showed me where she put the hair, like she was hiding it or something. It could be worse. The cut is not that bad. It just kills me that she did it because we have talked about it over and over about not doing it. Oh well! Now our scissors are under lock and key.

Our January in Numbers

Our months has not been very eventful, but here is some info about our month.

4-the number of days Jeff was gone this month visiting a doctor in ID. He got to see all of my family and also some great friends...he left us behind, I was kind of jealous!!

7-the number of days Jeff's Mom came to visit. (I will post some photos later) The kids loved having her here we had a great time.

2-the number of teeth Kate has been trying to get all week, that has not been fun!

3-the number of Hockey games Parker's team has won this month, go Bruins!!!

4-the number of girl scout cookies we have....yummy girl scout cookies!! I have yet to open them, I don't want them to disappear!

16-the number of loads of laundry I have done this month so far....how can our little family create that much laundry??

1-the number of glasses that have been broken and fixed this month. Let's hope he does not break another pair.

2-the number of best Friends Addison has...Nana being one of them!! (She loved the visit most of all)

1-the number of nights that I deserve out...it has been a long month!!

Our Christmas

We had a very busy Christmas season. I made us a little book to help us remember the time. We had a very quiet Christmas. I loved it! We even got to go to church. At first I was bothered by it, but after going I loved it. We heard a beautiful Christmas program, a wonderful talk on Christ and we got to see all our friends. It was perfect!! Check out the book to see all about our wonderful Christmas.

Click here to see it.

We are looking forward to the new year!! Bring it on!!