Teacher Appreciation

This was teacher appreciation week at Regent and Mackenzie made this card/book for Mrs. Holden. It took her over close to 2 hours by the time it was finished. What was really funny to me was that she wanted the words to rhyme on each page. I'm so thankful that Mrs. Holden is her teacher for 1st grade. She has been wonderful and Mackenzie loves her so much! I took lunch for Mrs. Holden and ate with Mackenzie on Thursday. It was a cold, wet day so we ate in the lunchroom instead of outside.

She drew her entire class. I love how Mrs. Holden's hair is black, just as it should be!

Mackenzie also made a card for Mrs. Hjelm, who is another very special and important person at Regent!

Mackenzie was excited that I brought Chick-fil-a and ate lunch with her!

Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?

After we got home from church on Sunday morning, we had the whole day to just be at home together and play! It was so cold, but of course the kids wanted to play in the snow. This was Jonah's first real time to experience snow, and he loved it until he fell and got a face full of snow and freezing cold hands. It took us about 45 minutes to get everyone ready to go outside for less than 10 minutes, and an entire load of wet laundry and a very messy kitchen floor when we came back in, but it was worth it! It was too powdery to make a snowman, but it was perfect for making snow angels. My favorite pic's of the day are definitely of Jonah going down the slide. He loved that! Since this was his first snow experience, I definitely ended up with the most pic's of him.

Madison liked eating the snow!

Here is a video of Jonah when we first went outside. He was all over the place!

This was not one of Brian's shining moments...he threw a snowball at Madison and it caused her to lose her balance and down in the snow, which was very upsetting to her. Poor girl!

Now that is a snow angel if I've ever seen one!

I LOVE this one!

The fun was over when his hands got cold.

A Snowy Sunday Morning

On the first Sunday in February, we woke up and got ready for church and realized as we were about to walk out the door that it was snowing like crazy! Being the good mom that I am, I let the girls wear these dresses and SANDALS to church...in defense of myself, they conned me into it before I realized it was going to snow inches while we were at church! We were already running late and it was a battle I just didn't want to face, so off we went, sandals and all! By the time we made it to the church, everything was covered in snow. Thankfully, Brian was able to come out and help get the kids in and park the van for me. He even carried the girls in so their feet wouldn't get wet! People probably thought I was crazy for letting them dress like that, but oh well! The girls were very excited about the snow and sang Christmas songs all the way to the church. Oh well that it is February...snow = the feeling of Christmas, regardless of when it comes! It was a cozy morning at church. We had a Belize mission lunch after church, and there was a great turn-out despite the weather. While Jonah and Madison were still in extended care at church, I went to Wal-Mart to buy groceries with the Perona's during the second service. I was so thankful for that, because we didn't have anything at home...I was totally unprepared and caught off guard by this sudden snowstorm! Apparently half of Tulsa was caught off guard because they were all at Wal-Mart too! CRAZY!  I love being snowed in...eating lots of junk food, cuddling up and watching movies, playing games, baking cookies, just being together...it's wonderful!

Jonah was checking out the big snowflakes!

He looks like such a big boy in these pic's!

 Mackenzie loves helping set up and clean up for youth mission lunches!