VACATIOn

We're on one...well.....leaving today anyways...for Montana! Pics to follow...we're driving....kids are sick....say a prayer, will ya?

More Friday Flashbacks

These were taken in Feb of 2004. Geoff was a 4th year med student..and we were living in West Des Moines. Look at how tiny that apt. was! How'd we do that?? Reagan's torticollus (sp?) wow..we never thought THAT would resolve! also...loook at the NOT FROZEN pond! It really IS a cold winter this year!

The snow.....

see that mailbox??? do ya?? do you see it? Poor Rick...the mailman...he must be ready to quit about now. Oh...I hope he doesn't go postal!
Yes..I DO still have my Christmas wreath up okay? But check out the funky skinny snowman. P.S. we got five MORE inches since this.....wish I could say I wasn't bitter..

Grandpa's new Spider Man Valentine's Day "tat"
A mean game of "Membory" with Grandma...Reagan kicks everyone's boot on that one!
Grandma always loves a craft~
Sweet how they always squeeze in our big chair..

"sprinkling" the Valentine's cupcakes..Reagan and Grandma..

Can I Wake UP????

Reagan...
this is how she "wakes up"..rather...doesn't go to sleep when she's taking her afternoon nap!! I fear the worst. I'm troubled. Alarmed...frightened......I'm afraid..the afternoon naptime has come to an end. Reagan lays down now for about fifteen minutes..and then begins to hollar out, "CAN I WAKE UP?" She USED to just fall asleep! Yikes.....I really think her days of "napping" in the afternoon are over (not like Greyson will sleep while she is, anyways)..dangit. Oh..and today...I found her hidden in her closet eating her Valentine's Chocolate!! Where oh where...would she ever learn that kind of behaviour?????? :) Dear, Sweet, Reagan.

If you don't like the Weather....

just wait five minutes...it'll change? Ya know...we've lived in Montana, Texas, Colorado..and now, Iowa. EVERY place we've lived..the people love that phrase. I will say, however..that within FIVE minutes this morning....it finally rang true! (Geoff and I are always bugged, severely by this expression...just find it annoying to some degree) Anyways..weatherman "Schnackenberg" (yes....it IS his real name..I didn't make that up!) predicted rain today....although we just had about five inches of snow in the night. Being the conscious home owner that I am...coupled with the fact that we missed the little "window" of shoveling opportunity LAST time we had a big rain/ice storm predicted..I got my little hiney out about 6 before the kiddos were too roused to shovel! (G had already left for work about an hour prior..poor guy) anyways...I'm shoveling along like a regular person..when it started to THUNDER/LIGHTNING..and rain on me!!! about two minutes later...it hailed!!! True story.
and now..I'm getting old...because I'm a little too obsessed with weather.

Flash Back Friday...

I've always adored this little picture of Brooks taking a half time break. I guess the picture says it all.