Fun Times in January

January was a busy month, hence not as many blog entries. Here's a re-cap of some of the fun times.

What better way to ring in the New Year than with a family slumber party with the Fosheas.

It was our third non-consecutive year to do this. To get every last ounce of energy out we ended the night with a dance party. Bailey thought it was so much fun that she wants to re-create it everytime we see the Fosheas.

We also went to 4 birthday parties!!!

Emmy turned 3 and had a princess party. Emmy was Belle and Bailey was Cinderella.

FIRE, FIRE... someone call fireman Oliver! Oliver turned 2 and as you might guess he had a fire fighter party.

Chelsie is so good about getting group kid shots.

Check out the fireman mustaches. Besides adults, these were the only two that really left them on.

Elijah also turned 2 and had a Winter Wonderland Party, but we didn't get any pictures despite the fact that there was an awesome ratio of adults to kids.

The 4th birthday party was Franny's and I probably shouldn't have told Bailey it a party after 3 weekend of kid parties, but it was a fun party in it's own right. We took Nana out to eat, then head back to our place for cake, and even a dance party. Bailey REALLY likes dance parties and Blake is even sporting his own moves- the up and down motion and side to side motion. He is so hard to video, but here's a glimpse.

I also helped throw a baby shower- congrats to Lisa and Keith on baby Levi born Feb 2nd and went to my cousin's wedding- hope you guys are enjoying the sunshine of Hawaii.

 

Maryann and Samuel's wedding was up in Dallas and this is what our vehicle looks like when we travel with Blue. To fit everything we also had to pack all around the kids carseats. We were loaded down! I think a more functional vehicle is in our near future.

I just had to capture this sweet moment as we traveled to the wedding between Blake and Bailey. They held hands for about 10 minutes because as Bailey said "Holding hands is what friends do and Blake wants to be my friend".

And as always, when we are at my parents we went exploring. This time we took about and hour and a half walk down the train track that is right by their place. If the amount dirtiness equals the amount of fun we had, then we had a blast even if we ruined a pair of jeans and Blue still smells like a skunk.

Luke also squeezed in a weekend at the ranch with some of his boys. "The Weekend to Remember" was full of all kinds of hunting and processing of meat. Meanwhile, I wrangled the kids, literally.

Not sure what it is about this age and the appeal of a dishwasher, but this little guys can't resist. What's a mommy without little helpers though.

And you gotta love self feeding because it means progress and that eventually they will feed themselves. One day when Luke was gone Blake was so dirty that I just stuck him in the sink. Not to be outdone, Bailey was right next to him in the other sink.

This is pre-dirty

And bathtime!

We also spent hours in the swing. Something Bailey also loved. 

 Still looking forward to the slower days of spring.