Saturday, January 5, 2019

February Flashback- 2018

My first post of 2018! February last year was hectic as that was the month we listed and sold our house. Kevin was gone for a week in there too and there were lots of last minute things we had to do to get ready. We still managed to have some fun though.

The week of Valentine's Day was the week Kevin was out of town at a conference. It was a bummer having him gone that week but we had some fun with just the girls. We had to do a little baking so we made cupcakes.


Letting Anna and Jane eat some batter is sort of a requirement at this point. 


A couple of super heroes!

In Olathe one of the best sledding hills is right next to the Lowes. We needed something from the store anyway so Kevin loaded the girls up to go down a few times. 


We enrolled both girls in dance last Spring and they loved it.

The cutest little ballerinas!


We met up with some friends and went to KidScape museum. They have an awesome area for kids to do all types of pretend play.  

Jane and her pet poodle. 

The Olathe Library held a Pinkalicious party to kickoff the new PBS kids television show. We didn't really need an excuse to wear pink but we definitely took advantage of the event to wear as much pink as possible. 

Anna and Jane with their friend Riona. 

Our last weekend before listing the house for sale was spent doing some last minute outdoor work. We had to clean up the garden bed and put some fresh mulch down. The girls were a big help. 


They especially enjoyed digging around in the dirt. 

I'm hoping to find some photos from when we first moved into this house and compare them with how the house looked when we put it up for sale. We put a lot of work into the house and all of our efforts really paid off. 

Friday, December 7, 2018

Christmas 2017

Christmas 2017 was our last Christmas at our old house. We had some snow on the ground and went outside to put out a little reindeer food to make sure they found their way to our house. 

We had baked cookies but hadn't decorated them yet so we frosted enough to leave out for Santa. 



The girls were pretty excited to see that Santa had eaten the cookies we left out. 


Some pretty happy faces on Christmas morning!


After having Christmas at our house we drove out to Auburn to my Grandparents. Grandpa Chuck and Jane had some fun decorating felt gingerbread men. 

Anna sitting on Christa's lap which is where we often find Anna when Christa is around. 


I enjoyed going through these photos from last year and finding this great photo of the girls with Grandad. 

Back at my parents house we had some more fun. 



Posing in our new pajamas!



We're going to look back on this photo with fond memories!


Kevin was left out so he wanted to pose too. 😜


Cute little Jane in her new pjs. 

Family puzzle time!


Our Kent Christmas was the weekend after Christmas. Of course Anna was thrilled to have time with Adell.  

Jane sometimes gets left out when the older two are playing but she uses that time to play and give lots of snuggles to her Uncles.  

 Jane sporting her new Poppy sunglasses. 

Movie time! Anna in the chair on the couch cracks me up. 

 Game time!

Our Christmases were wonderful and we had so much fun spending time with our families. It was a great year!

Saturday, December 1, 2018

December Fun! (2017)

While going through my photos from last December I realize how busy we were. We had a lot of fun! One fun thing we did was the Candy Cane Hunt at Lenexa followed by a performance by Mr Stinky Feet and more.

It was so cold!
 Miss Ali (she was the instructor for the girls during Young Explorers over the summer) was there and it was great seeing her. So many good memories from Young Explorers. 

Our friends Ethan and Eric were there for the fun too.  

I swear Anna was having more fun being in "the band" than indicated in the photos I took.  


The kids took a bunch of pictures with my camera and there were a few good ones. 



They need a little practice but not bad!


 There was even Santa there! I also realized we saw Santa a bunch last year and Jane began getting more and more comfortable. 

Craft time!

Another fun activity was at the KC Zoo and the Penguin March. So cute!


Anna was feeling pretty stylish. 

I love them in winter hats!


Santa and Mrs Claus were also at the zoo that day feeding the animals. The girls made sure to remind him of what they had on their list. 

Random winter shenanigans.

Even the tiniest amount of snow is grounds for excitement! 


I found this photo on my phone from cookie making. I sure love making these memories with Anna and Jane. 

We had bought tickets to see A Charlie Brown Christmas at the Coterie. Kevin had an important work thing get scheduled for that week and Grandma stepped in and came with us instead. It worked out so great that she had time off and could join us!

It's so much fun wandering around Crown Center and Union Station at Christmas time.


The show was really cute and I'm so happy we went. 

Love those lights!

Our dentist had Santa come to his office and had a fun little event for the kids. It was short and sweet and I was hoping that going to the dentist for something really fun would help Jane out at future appointments. It didn't. 

It was fun meeting up with friends though and having a play date afterwards! 

Lots of Santa and lots of fun!