February 2015

 I looooooove valentines.  but i don't love how much candy my kids come home from school with.  so to at least not add to the problem I came up with this greatest idea for valentines.  We got a bunch of rocks from the driveway and painted little hearts on them.  Glue em to a piece of cardstock that says "you rock" and whishy woosh, done.  And Clara and Grady thought that sounded great, until Grady decided that his really really needed to have a treat.  And Clara decided that hers needed to all be different and unique and those 55 little heart rocks i painted didn't even get used:(  ahhh man. it was kind of a lame idea anyway. but their valentines were still just about the cutest things I've ever seen.   who doesn't want to be told "you rock like fire!"?

And then a couple weeks later it was my birthday.  I went on a hike and watched the most beautifulsunset and then we got food from costa vida, and the kids stuck some candles in my salad.  what more could i want? really though, on my hike that day i climbed up on this big rock with my heart pounding in my chest from exertion to see something so beautiful and i don't think i've ever felt so grateful for another birthday in my whole life. Having a body that can climb me up mountains, then going home to a family and a home with people i love and good food to eat...sometimes, even when life is hard, it feels so incredibly good.  I feel so grateful to have had another year. side note - we didn't get leah anything, figuring she could share, and she  totally took over brandons burrito.  poor dad!

this is a little random, but leah is really pushin me these days.  she is so in charge of things.  she opened up a box of little clothes one day and came up with this outfit.  that's a shirt on her legs. and she wore it to the store like that.  that's just how we roll, cause getting her to change her mind once it's made up is impossible.  this is there favorite game when i fold laundry, it sure helps out a lot. 

and one last one, ahhh it spiwwed....