Big Girl

Today Marin officially graduated from her crib to a new "big girl"bed. I purchased it off of Craigs list and paid for it by selling a few things that we were no longer using! The original roof was bright blue so I painted it brown to match her room. She loves being able to get in and out herself. Now I just have to figure out how to keep her in at night!

Free Stuff and so Fun!

So I just came across this blog called "A give away a day" that gives something away each day. I am wanting the bumbo cover that is up for grabs right now. So cute, it covers the bumbo with style! Check out her site with the button on my sidebar! Happy weekend!

The "UNENDING" bowl season

I don't know about your house, but at ours it has been football, football and more football all the time. When one bowl game ends, another one begins. We did have fun watching the Capitol One Bowl on New Years day that featured our own Michigan State--who did not win :( Marin and Jake had a good time, and Marin enjoyed wearing his MSU hat. She is a true football coaches daughter and spends lots of time in the back room with dad where there is often a game on. As you can see, even Kaela made an appearance! Happy New year to all!

Pray for Tuesday

I came across this precious little one on my sis Lesli's blog at half12.blogspot.com/ She is a little girl with I believe neuroblastoma with a new aggressive cancer that has recently reared it's head. Her story breaks my heart as she reminds me of how blessed we our that our children are healthy---Pray for her and her family!

Post Christmas Thoughts and Pics

Merry Christmas all! Now that the holiday is over, I have some time to post some thoughts and pics! First of all Christmas was perfect this year. We spent Christmas Eve at my Mom and Dad in laws. My MIL always has her house decorated so festive and this year was no exception. The above pics are of Marin at there house that night. She made one of our favorites-Chicken Cordon Bleu and had a wonderful pumpkin and cream desert. There was definitly no more room in our stomachs by the end. Kaela received a newly remodeled entertainment center and a TV for her room--pics to follow. She was very excited. We also go to spend time with Uncle Chuck which was nice! We spent Christmas morning together as a family and enjoyed watching everyone open there gifts. After that my sister and her family and my mom and dad came over for brunch--which today I have noticed that I have no pics of! We made omelets in a bag and had the famous monkey bread! My best present this year was being able to spend time with my family that I love. The other presents are great but family is the best present of all! The only thing missing was Lesli and her family and Grandma Helen! Wish they were here! Anyway Merry Christmas to all!

A hunting we will go...

This afternoon we went on a hunt to cut down our Christmas tree. It's a tradition that we started doing last year. Love the smell of a real tree in the house. We found a great place that brought the tree back and shook, trimmed the stump, wrapped it, and tied it to your car for $35--Great Deal! It was very cold, but the crew had fun. We also braved the cold yesterday at the Christmas Farmers Market downtown Dewitt. Santa was there, although Marin wished he wasn't-she cried when I sat her on his lap. I told her not to worry, I was sure she was on the NICE list! They had cookies, caroling and horse drawn wagon rides. We appear to have enjoyed what the cold weather had to offer this weekend! We got a lot more winter to GO!!!

Winter is here...Really here

Well I think that we can safely now say that winter is here. We have many inches of snow outside with supposedly more coming! It was so beautiful at first, but now it is just COLD! Marin really enjoyed going out in it, and I am dedicated to getting her outside daily weather permitting!                                                                                                                                                                                  

I came across a great recipe for white bean chicken chili tonight at fullbellies.blogspot.com I plan to try it out this weekend! The recipe is on 9/15 blog entry. Sounds perfect for the cold! There were lots of other great recipes from this cool cooking mom-check it out! Winter is here! Where is Kaela you ask? She is somewhere inside under a warm blanket--apparently teenagers do not go outside:)