Grandpa dad and grandma Rita.

For spring break grandpa and grandma came! 

Building cars with grandpa 

Fishing with no luck at Jacobson park. 

Thursday we went to Cincinnati first stop the Lego store and then to the childrens museum. 

The rain let up enough to go to the Reds game. 

The boys were more interested in their new Legos. 

Grandpa taught the kids a new game, Bear, moose, hunter. They loved it! Annie was moose everytime;) 

Time for an update here's February and March

More snow days. Me and g played ticket to ride and he beat me! 

Valentines day- so happy to have drew home from his business trip. 

More snow, drew worked from home. 

Passports for Annie and Mac! 

Searching for graves 

Happy st.  Patricks day!!! 

Bowling for a cause! 

The boys especially g were obsessed with rainbow loom bracelets. The more the better! 

Shout out to Drew

I do updates on the kids- which is an update on me too but I rarely do i do an update on Drew. Drew got a new calling in church, he's the second counselor in the lexington stake presidency. He loves his new calling but it has been an adjustment to us all. He travels most Sundays and  has interviews or meeting 2-3 times during the week. As always drew rarely gets stessed and rarely complains if ever. Drew is busy with work has a lot of cases going on and in November won his first trial ( did I write this before ?). Not only is drew heavily involved in church he does a lot with the Boy Scouts out here. Last month he was awarded the Silver Beaver for all his efforts with the counsel and the finance division. He loves working with this organization. 

Drew is an example to me of service and love.  We're pretty lucky that he's ours . 

Annie Lynne

I feel like it's time for an Annie update. Annie is 3 going on 16. example # 1… She changes her clothed 8+ times a day. there are clothes scattered all over the house. She has an interesting sense of style. Loves dresses and skirts and sweaters- sometimes wearing all 3 at once and really hates pants. One night I took here to the gym and all the girls that work there went crazy about her outfit that she had put together- it was one of her better ensembles. I'm pretty sure it was the best night of her life. #2 she loves to shop and says things like "oh  gosh this is adorable!!!" "Mom I love it, I need it!" "It's so pretty its my most favorite thing ever!" #3 She refers to her brothers as "My boys" "mom where's my boys?!" It's actually pretty darn cute. And speaking of boys # 4 she loves mac's friends and talks a lot about one of them, Grant Noerhren, she once said laughingly "Ya, Grants my boyfriend" #4 the other day I was leaving and she said "mom don't leave without giving me a kiss" I bent down, gave her a kiss and she said "no mom, you have to close your eyes" so I did "Mom you need to bend your head like this" titling her head to the side. ok did what she said "now mom kiss me and move your face around" What?! And then she says. " oh gosh, you need a boy and I need a boy !" where does she learn this stuff. FROZEN?! on to #5 she has major FOMO fear of missing out. She has to be involved in every conversation, a part of every game, the boys get a little annoyed and boys, it's just the beginning. Annie is high energy, a lot of  sass and the most loving little girl. 

Sneaking frozen cookie dough 

Meda and Annie at the boys basketball game 

Annie finds her way to our room a lot of nights . This particular night she came in before we were asleep. 

Hanging out with dad while he works 

Finally she naps- it was once and it hasn't happened again. 

She hears music she comes running yell spin me or dance with me. 

We got frozen! 

And one last funny story. Annie got a new shirt and on the way to the gym she was talking to herself - "all the people at the gym will say, Annie I love your shirt, where did you get it?" and I'm going to say oh just my house, you know, fancy Nancy's house!" Seriously she cracks me up. 

The longest, coldest winter

Back in January I got a call from my parents asking if it was ok if they stayed the night at our house. Yes?!!! They got bumped off their flight and had an over night lay over in Cincinnati. We didn't tell the kids they were coming. It was priceless seeing them answer the door. We went out to dinner and took a quick trip to target. My parents flew out early Saturday morning before the kids woke up. It was a great 12 hours! The kids still talk about grandma and grandpas surprise visit. 

G woke up with a lump on his neck. I freaked out but turned out to be nothing. It was gone within a couple of days. 

This winter we have had 10 snow days!!! It really has been great even if most of the days should not have been snow days. We've had record lows, record snow fall and record snow days. Its been a winter to remember. 

Looking for friends to play with. 

Sledding at the neighbors house 

Bob the snowman. Luckily drew was home to help us lift the pieces. 

Trying to break the ice and doing it. Serious fun.

Annie loves hair 

My little helper. I'm pretty sure the only reason she helps is  to get the first taste of the goods.