{thankful}

 

I'm thankful that:

my kids are so much braver than me

they are so comfortable with who they are

there are only 38 days left of tax season

I have a husband who is willing to work long hours for his family

and that the rest of the year is easier on him ( and us )

69 degrees and sunshine

the tulips are popping through the ground

and the lilacs are getting ready to go

I'm no longer working one or two days a week.  The house is cleaner, I'm less stressed,

I can spend as many days at the school each week as needed,

and I can finally work on my business

we get to travel through life with friends by our side

tomorrow is Sunday

~~~

Photos:  Ryan preparing for his choir festival solo & Emma's self portrait

This past week...

...we tried out a new hairstyle for "Wacky Wednesday"
and it became a new favorite...

...we tried a little Green Eggs and Ham...
(please ignore the wide-open view from Emma's neighbor)

...we spent a bit of time with our Girl Scout friends...

...we took a few test drives...

...we attended Ryan's last event as a Cub Scout.
He received his Arrow of Light and will officially be a Boy Scout
after next week's campout (that I get the proviledge to attend!).



...we tried to figure out why they were blindfolded ~ still working on that one...

...we won a few and lost a few ...

...we were goofy...

...the Girl Scout took fourth place in the open division and was very
sad that she didn't get a trophy...

...Bob enjoyed his only 1/2 day off during tax season (after working from 4 a.m. until 11:30 p.m.)

...we took the first of many Spring bike rides through the nature park...

...and we got together with several other schools
that will feed into our Junior High School and entertained
the parents with some awesome singing!

I gotta crown!

A couple of weeks ago, I scheduled a visit with my dentist to have a tooth crowned.  That morning, as we were talking about our plans for the day, I told Emma that I was going to get a crown while she was in school.  Being seven years old and (luckily) never in need of a tooth crowning,  she assumed that I meant a real princess crown.  When I told the dentist about it, we had a nice laugh.
Today, when I went in to get my crown permanently attached, he surprised me with a real crown for Emmalee!  She was quite excited when we got home from school and saw her crown waiting
for her!  Isn't our dentist cool?!

February {Moments To Remember}

{twin smiles}

{craft time with friends}

{uploading surprises}

{unexpected handcrafted gifts}

{texture ~ color}

{teacher treats}

{yum!}

{gorgeous flowers meets glorious sunshine}

{new projects}

{ryan's last blue and gold}

{silly}

{absolutely no stage fright}

{beautiful country skies}

{my son, my dad, working together in a shop built by his dad}

{new skills learned ~ my heart in my throat}

{happiest ...boy...ever!}

{three generations of warm snuggly feet}

{do you see the nerves?}

{priceless time together}

{my favorite girl & our newest pet}

I know, I know.
I said I wouldn't be back until the end of the month.
Consider this a little commercial break in the silence.
Just had to post this picture from this morning.
It makes me happy.
Hope your February is full of love!

~a quiet month~

For those of you that follow my blog, I wanted to let you know that it's going to be quiet here for the month of February. I will still post my crafts on CraftedbyKatieB. 

I don't post here as often as I used to, but I still think about it every day and feel bad that I haven't updated my blog.  I'm taking a month off from that worry (and many others), and

I'm making this month's focus spending more quality time with:

See you on March 1st!

You know it's time to do an update when you get tired of seeing the
photo pop up from your last post!  So, for your viewing pleasure (and hopefully for not more than a few days....or a week), here's a new photo.  Last week, it felt like we had half of our annual rainfall average of 12" in three days!  I think that Emma light have been taking it a bit too far, though!

Do you have any friends who you might not see very often, but when you do you just immediately
start off where you left it last time?  We are blessed to have quite a fiew of those, but we were able
to see a couple of our favorites last weekend.  Sadly, part of their family was missing.....and they were missed!  But, we did get to have breakfast with Adam and Clara.  Clara is four years old, and the kids think of her as a sister.  She's such a sweety!  And she brought along her daddy, who is one of the
kindest people I know.  It was an awesome morning!

Oh, and this red~headed fellow was there, too.