February Pictures

We love having Jon's work so close to us now. We're about a 7 minute drive. The kids love going there to play at his "new park". I love that we get it all to ourselves since the community is still in it's beginning stages and the sand is brand new, which means there aren't any surprises in it! Jon has a "toy" gets to drive around the community when he's there-- he let the kids drive it too- they go crazy!
We've also been taking him dinner at night because he's been working late with so many layoffs. Our favorites at his office are the white board and the photocopy machine--the kids love photocopying their hands! I remember growing up and photocopying our faces at dad's work... I haven't given my kids that idea yet. Maybe that has something to do with my siblings and I ALL wearing glasses by the end of high school!

Above are the awesome ladies I get to work with in Young Women. They are always on the ball and are great examples of going the extra mile with their callings. Below are all the BEAUTIFUL young women dressed up for the Etiquette Dinner by the Young Men... It was a night full of chivalry!

Abby and I had "special times" at her preschool last week. I dropped Parker off at a friend's house, and spent the morning at Preschool with Abby. She thought it was the coolest thing that I was there with her and kept acting a little sillier than usual, according to Mrs. Whitmer. That weeks they learned "Q" for queen and "K" for King.

Parker found Jon's huge mud boots and had a lot of fun trying to walk in them... They're actually longer than his legs, so he didn't make it very far!

Chelsea came for a much anticipated visit-- we got to have her all to ourselves for 6 whole days! And the really nice thing is that we just hung out and relaxed most of the time. Jon was great at letting up slip away to dinner and a movie. And Chelsea (if you know her at all) was great at spoiling us to death-- new clothes for the kids, toys for the kids, fresh flowers on my counter, mopping my kitchen floor, letting me sleep in, changing Parker's poopy diapers even when he absolutely insists that he's not poopy, treating me to lunch & dinner, wiping off my ceiling fans, organizing the baby's room, taking the kids to the park so I could do nothing in the house, giving baths, putting the kids to bed (my least favorite thing to do besides the kitchen floor).
Chelsea-
I <3>

My cute neighbors threw me a Baby Shower!
It was so much fun and I just loved it! I feel very spoiled though =)
We've decided to name the baby Mia, so the ever-talented Alicia made these awesome wall letters for the nursery. I told her she needs to quit teaching and go into business!

Op! This would be Chelsea again-- getting Parker extra handsome for church, and playing hide-and-go-seek with the kids for literally hours! They will still tell you right where they are hiding if you rhetorically ask while you're the seeker--it's pretty funny.