Scouts and Sports

Our Girl Scout troop participated in World Thinking Day and represented Australia with a display board, costumes, food ("shrimp on the Barbie" and fruit), koala swaps, and crafts. It was so much fun!

We're also nearing the end of cookie-selling season, and four of our girls braved the freezing temps to sell outside Walmart for two hours!

Today marked the end of Upward Basketball and Cheer. It was such a fun season! The last game which was scheduled for yesterday was cancelled due to this week's crazy weather...which was a bummer because it was the only game of Aidan's that Avery was scheduled to cheer for. But today they had their awards ceremony, where they got to see some basketball stunt guys. Avery and her squad also cheered for everyone!

Father/Daughter and Mother/Son Date Night

Other things keeping us busy lately:

Avery and Daniel went to a fun Daddy/Daughter dance at my gym! They went with some friends of ours who stopped by to take pictures with us. After pictures of the kids, Avery insisted that Daniel and David needed to get a picture together...so they did! They all had a great time at the dance!

That same night, Aidan and I went out on a "date" of our own! We had dinner at Chili's, played a couple of video games at a local bowling alley (the wait was too long to bowl), then we went to see the Lady Swords play their basketball playoff game at GCA! They were actually playing against the school where our friends Katy, Hannah, and James Brooks attend in Waco so that was fun.

Snow Days!

We had a wintry mix last Sunday night, so ice on the streets meant no school on Monday or Tuesday! We stayed cozied up at home in our pajamas and kept busy with crafts, rice krispie treat making, movies, hot cocoa, and juggling. We were back at school on Wednesday, and then on Thursday it actually snowed! The kids still got to go to school and play in the snow at recess, then our cousins came over to play at our house. BRRR!!

Home Sweet Home...soon!

After months of waiting, they have FINALLY broken ground on our house! Foundation has been poured and just this weekend they put up the framework and the kids got to stand in their rooms for the first time. So exciting!

February

February is over halfway over and I feel like we're sometimes so busy that I forget to take pictures. I've got to be better! Still, there's lots of fun stuff I've documented lately.

We celebrated Superbowl Sunday with a potluck fajita lunch with our church buddies, then we had the Dixons over to watch the game! Amy and I love trying out new Pinterest recipes for the big game :)

I made this shirt for Aidan to wear on 100th Day at school. They had to put 100 items on a shirt and I chose a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pom-pom design I'd seen on Pinterest.

I love going out with friends and family! I met my cousins for dinner one night, then met my friend Courtney for lunch, then we had dinner with Daniel's co-worker and his family (his daughter Paisley is Avery's age).

The kids celebrated Valentine's Day at school on the 13th with class parties and lots of Valentines! Then we went out with Daddy that night (but I forgot to take pictures).

My sweet Aunt Jeri, Uncle Reggie, and Cousin Meredith decided to come see us on Valentine's Day to see Aidan play basketball, and Avery cheer! They also got to see our house that is being built, and we took them out for a delicious Tex-Mex lunch. It was so fun to see them!

This and That

Nothing major has been going on here, we've just been keeping busy with school and activities! Cookie Season has started and Avery has done an amazing job selling cookies!

Cookie, Gigi, Jeff, Grandpa, Nanna, and Kathleen all came to town on the same day! They all got to see Aidan play basketball, and Avery and Sage cheer.

Aidan has made the Honor Roll two semesters in a row!

Avery was Star Student for her class last week.

Some cute extras: