When Mom's Away...

Dad breaks out the bubbles!

And I've never been able to "do it like Dad" ever since!

Just Braggin'

I am so proud of this shirt! I made this for Lucas from a men's XL t-shirt and pieces of ribbing from another shirt, both bought at a thrift store for .50 each. It is completely upcycled from previously worn fabric and I have no more than $1 in the whole shirt! I used the tutorial from MADE to create my own pattern from a shirt Lucas currently wears and then cut out the pieces and stitched it up!

While the tutorial says 90 minutes, it took me closer to 3 hrs since I had to cut the pattern first. And, of course, it didn't happen all in one night. I am addicted to these now! I'm ready to start my next one but have to round up some more knit fabric to work with.

Grandma's Birthday

With snow and ice still on the ground, most of our family trekked to western Oklahoma to celebrate Grandma 'Retta's 75th birthday. Not everyone made it but those who did enjoyed church together, a yummy lunch, and an afternoon of visiting and watching kids play.

Love this picture of Grandma!

Lillian and Josie (2nd cousins or 1st cousins, once removed...something like that!)

Attempting a grandparent/great- grands picture. 4 of the kids are under age 3!

Best on the roll!

Nature's Beauty (And Fury)

How We Spent Our Snow Days...

Trucks and trailers

Crafts

Jumping on furniture

Playdoh

Eating snow

More Playdoh

Wearing odd clothes

Movies and snacks (in pajamas)



Finding icicles

Ski Trip

Brent and I spent a 3 day weekend in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The skiing was really nice and the temps were in the 30s. We stayed at a neat little place called The Lodge. There isn't anywhere to stay on the mountain so we stayed in town and drove up to the ski resort each morning.

The views were amazing!

This is the Chipmunk Center for kids.

We practically had the place to ourselves!

Happy Birthday!

Brent turns 32 today!

We did some early celebrating this weekend when we had family with us for the weekend. Brent requested a cookie cake and Lillian made him a birthday hat. He wore it proudly!

With another winter storm staring us in the face, I am reminded of other years when Brent's birthday meant some sort of fierce winter weather. Last year, we had planned to eat at a restuarant called Boneyard Grill (delicious ribs!) but an ice storm came through and all the eating places in town were closed but one lonely burger joint who had only 1 waiter and a hostess. That was a long evening! Our senior year of college brought the first weather related closing of OC's school history when a massive snow storm hit on Jan 27.

The cold weather stories say nothing about Brent's personality and heart. He is the kindest and least selfish person I know and I am proud to be his wife. Happy Birthday!