Champions!

Congratulations are in order to Brayden and his team the "Tar Heels". They were the winners of their tournament. The championship game was extremely tense and close where they trailed the first 3/4 but then came back strong in the end for a big win It was very exciting. Brayden was really able to shine this season and stand out on his team. He was a great team player and a big help to all the other kids. They all made huge improvements over the season and the team had great coaches. It was our first time using a different league and it was a different experience for sure. Although we were sad not to be tutored by the great Coach Matt and Kevin, this season, it was still able to be a really great experience for Brayden. Way to go Tar Heels!

Random Cuteness

Here are a few recent random photos

We got a big dump of snow recently so the kids finally got some more sledding in. This is Makenna and her friend Ally.
I took Brielle and Emmitt to the mall indoor play place last week. It was Emmitt's first time ever I think and he loved it. It was perfect for him.

This is the very first time we got Emmitt all bundled up to go outside and play/stand in the snow.
Makenna and I had a little girl pajama party with our friend Cali and her mom last Saturday. We did hair, painted nails, ate pizza and made jewelery. It was great!

This is Makenna the day we took out her braids from the pajama party. I thought her crimpy hair was adorable. Unfortunately she didnt :(Here is Emmitt drinking a milkshake at Sam's club. He absolutely goes crazy over milkshakes/ smoothies/ icees or anything like that. He LOVES them.
And when I went out to shovel the driveway last time it snowed I took Emmitt with me and all on his own he got out the little shovel and started shoveling away. He did it for a good 20 minutes until I dragged him inside. Even without snow on the driveway he's been shovelling it every chance he gets. Its like the vacuum for him- one of his favorite things to do.

And here's two cute smoothie sharers. I'm so lucky to spend my days with them.

Valentines Day

Here are some of our Valentine Highlights:

For Valentines day, we got the kids these funny straws/ glasses. They've been having a good time with them ever since.

Here was our festive breakfast, courtesy of Dad.

And Emmitt had a good time at Brayden's class Valentines party. He always likes to be one of the big kids.

And we were excited to receive these yummy strawberries, courtesy of Oma and Opa.

Keeping a straight face

Brielle says some great prayers these days, but sometimes the things she says make it difficult for me to not laugh out loud. Tonight when she said the prayer at dinner it included the normally long list of being thankful for grass, trees, plants, all the vegetables and all the fruits, and she also added "Please bless that we have a great time when we get bigger and have babies"

And then at bedtime she made me chuckle again when she asked "and thank you that my parents are kind and gentle"
With her, you just never know what she's going to say.

Family Home Evening Funny

Last Monday at Family Home Evening we were talking to the kids about how it is important to be kind to the people in your family and how often we save our nicest selves for people outside our family and then we treat our family members unkindly. After we finished our shpeel, Makenna asked, completely seriously
"So you want us to be meaner to people not in our family?"

Winter Weather?

This has been the mildest winter by far that we have spent here in Nebraska. Its January 30th and we spent the afternoon basking in the sunshine. It was 65 degrees. Emmitt loved it outside!

Poetry by Makenna

Makenna brought home this book of poems. I thought I would share a few of my favorites:

Canada
Canada where I was born
Where nobodys ever torn
Sing Oh Canada at the school
listen and play with every rule
Where my mom was also born

Me
As awesome as a horse
As cute as a fashion model
As smart as a sientist
As nice as a really nice parent
As uniqe as two snowflakes
Me


Snails
Little Snails I love them lots
On the tank they swim across
But they died I want them here
I live in an aquarium
always so clear


Baby Emmitt
loves to scream
munching mush
throws it off
In trouble
walks outside slowly
holding hand
explore the fun