Valentines Day

I kind of forgot about posting about Valentines day so here is how we spent out day. Both girls had school and handed out their Valentines cards to their classmates. While they were at school I was busy with making red cupcakes and chocolate covered strawberries. The girls got home and had to show me all their cards and candy they got. Corey came home with 4 red roses one for each of his girls. We had a candle light supper with red spaghetti and red finger jello. We got done eating and Kenzie asks "Were are our gifts" leave it to her to remember those things. We got each girl a pet pillow and told them about our trip to Great Wolf Lodge. It was a great day with my love ones.

First Haircut

Ashley had her first haircut this week. She is no different than my other girls with very fine hair and it dos not grow fast. She was a little hesitant to sit in the chair, but once sitting she did great. She even got a piece of candy afterwards.

Blizzard 2011

The big winter storm of 2011 hit us and shut school down for 2 days. It was nice not have to run back and forth to Zeeland, but having all 3 home was something else. Brooke and I were were glad when school was back in session on Friday. We did venture out on Wednesday morning with Corey to his parents house. I was glad he was driving and not me some roads were impassable. It took Corey 2 hours to clear our driveway which usually only takes 20 minutes. I'm sure glad we didn't have to shovel the whole thing. Here are a few picture's that I took of all the snow.

Grand Rapids Children Museum

Every year for the girls birthday's we let them pick out something special to do as a family. This year for Brooke's birthday she chose to go to Logan's and the Children's Museum. We went to Logan's a couple weeks ago and we headed to the Children's Museum on Thursday night. The girls had a blast with everything they did. Brooke had fun going around showing her sister's everything around since she has been there before. We spent about 2 hours there and when we told them it was time to go they all wanted to stay. It was so cute when we told Ashley that she had to get her coat on she said "no" very firmly and then that lower lip came out and her head dropped down.

Winter Fun

We had a few nice days of sun around here so, we took advantage of it to go outside.

Our Christmas

We celebrated with our little family on Christmas night. We had a party at noon so we got home around 4:00 and I made homemade pizza's for supper. The girls got make their pizza with what ever toppings they wanted. While the pizza was in the oven the girls opened their stockings. After supper we opened our presents. It's so fun to see the girls faces as they open each gift. Brooke has no expression on her face when she opens gifts so you can never tell if she likes it or not. Kenzie and Ashley both have the greatest expressions and says thank you after each gift. Every year Corey surprises them with gifts from just him. This year was no different - Brooke got some wood working crafts, Kenzie got a barbie set, and Ashley got a piggy bank. I love our little family Christmas each year!!!

Two Years Ago

Two years ago we almost lost our dear Ashley to RSV. I remember it all like it was yesterday. There were so many awful memories of that day. You feel so helpless when your child is suffering and the doctor's and nurse's are trying to help her, but it's just not working like they would like and all you can do is stand back a watch. After they got her vented and the room cleared out of the 10 doctor's and nurse's that were working on her when she stopped breathing and her vitals were all going down fast. There where two nurse's remained in the room and they told us "Someone sure was watching over your little girl tonight and thank goodness she is a fighter" I will never forget those words. I don't think I stopped praying the whole time we were in the ER. God decided to let her live that night and he must have some big plans for her. Today will be filled with tears, but they are tears of joy that we have our daughter and tears of saddness with the memories and the sights of that day.