Lonely February

 February was a long month, Nick was gone and because of a glitz in the day care system there was no space for William. I had to find somewhere for the kids to go, no one here was in a position to take them so long term, so I called my sister to help me look for cheap plane tickets. Kim called back after her husband agreed to take them for the month, and although I was so happy that the problem had been worked out, and that they were being taken care of and having so much fun, I missed them terribly.

I got a lot done, cleaning and organizing, went to the temple every week and immersed myself in my calling, so I was never bored.

I was so happy to have them come home, only to have Nick return a day later as well!

William's Room

Last year I worked really hard getting William's room all painted and decorated so that it would be ready once I moved him down there.

After a few hiccups, I finally got it all painted and even got the sand textured on one of the walls.

This was so much fun, and he even have stars and clouds hanging from the ceiling, a moon on one wall, and soon to be, a sun hanging on the other side.

A Full House

My brother Frank was in the area doing some job interviews and Kim and her family were here to pick up the kids so for two days, this house was very full! I got to meet two of my nephews and see everyone else after way too long. It was so much fun watching all of the kids playing together and just spending time with my brother and sister.

Little Cleaner

I have the best helping in the world. William has always loved helping me around the house and vacuuming is his new thing. 

He spilled popcorn so we pulled the vacuum out and he was more than happy to clean it up for me.

Return of the Sun

After four more days of rain and snow, the sun finally came out and started melting everything.

 It is hard to see in the pictures but it looked like someone had gone out and thrown glitter all over our trees.

It was fun for a while, we I am glad it is finally starting to melt.

Ice Storm #2

After a couple of days of snow we got word that a very big ice storm was heading our way. 

Starting at 4:00 pm we started getting freezing rain, while I was working hard getting ready for the real possibility of loosing power for anywhere from hours to days.

Luckily, we did not lose power. So, once Kaelyn fell asleep William and I went out to play and take pictures.

Everything had a coating of ice, although freezing and very slippery, it was beautiful.

We went to play in our mini forest which was like a winter wonder land.

 We actually ended up getting locked out of the house, but thanks to the fact that our house is for sale, we were finally able to get in. An adventurous start to our day!

Painting

William has always loved to paint. He got water colors and coloring books for Christmas so we broke them out one day when I needed to keep him busy.

He had a lot of fun, it was like magic to him.

I couldn't keep him from eating it however. It's a good thing it is non-toxic!