I finally have found time in this crazy busy life to do some blogging...here you go mom! So a lot has been going on lately for us. We recently took a MUCH NEEDED "vacation". Abby had a 4 day weekend at school (which just happened to be Aarons days off work) so we went to Atlanta. We took the long way through commerce to stop at the outlets to do some shopping:) Then we spent the night in Atlanta and the next day went to the Georgia Aquarium. It was awesome and the kids LOVED it..however, I still think the Monterey aquarium was better! Anyway, before we left for home we saw the temple and got something to eat. It was so nice to get away for just a few days and be just us...away from everything else...and now we cant wait to go to disney world next month!!

Then Aaron celebrated his 28th birthday! He is getting soooo OLD!! We didnt do much since he slept most of the day because he had scouts and work that night. We did make a cake and had a birthday party waiting (complete with party hats and balloons) for when he woke up. I just absoltuely LOVE this man!! He is such a great husband and dad and we feel everyday just how lucky we are to have him!!

The weather has been crazy lately. Which is why it seems that one of us is always sick. One day its nice and we are able to go out without even a jacket and the next day its so stinkin cold and we are in the middle of a "winter storm warning" which keeps Abby out of school! What?!? It was crazy...we didnt even have frost out and could not figure out why the bus wasn't coming. When we finally realized that school was closed Abby just cried and cried. She was so excited because it was her turn to have daddy come to school to hang out in the classroom for a hour. She looks forward to her hour every month! Can you tell I am still mad about this "snow day"?

Jonas is getting so big. He is crawling all over the place and now will pull himself to standing. He has only braved a few steps along furniture. I just know that very soon we are going to have a little boy walking all over and THAT is when the REAL FUN will start:) He is still the sweet little cuddly baby and I pray that it stays that way! He is such a momma's boy and I LOVE it. Aaron has always had the girls as daddy's girls and so now its nice to have one that actually wants me!




jonas "in the ocean". This window looking into the aquarium was like a big bubble and the kids would lie into it so it was like they were actually in the ocean. At first it really freaked the girls out, but jonas LOVED it!

sweet boy

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

jonas riding in the new backpack...which he loves..and will come in handy for disney while waiting in lines.

mommy and emma (who couldnt look away from the fish to take a picture)

silly boy! He is becoming a very VERY messy eater!