January 2013

January 1- restful first day of the year together...games, reading, no more decorations, family time, and chili.

January 2- went to China Grove to see Laura and the kids, outside play all day, caught up, awana for the kiddos, went out to eat with Laura!, had molten at home together, picked up excited kids, bedtime for all, laughed a lot with Laura (and auto correct), and listened to D sing 'On my Own'

January 3- drove home, school, lots of reading to E, unpacked, crashed, cheered Cailey on at her basketball game, and we all fell right to sleep!

January 4- watched Alex all day, cailey loved playing with the boys, a little school, high energy day, cooked a ton, baked hot chocolate cupcakes, played games, beaded with the boys, read to them, trampoline fun, klick's over for dinner and gift exchange, and did a lot of smiling:).

January 5- cheered Kinsey on at her first basketball game where she made FIVE baskets!!!, HT with the fam for coupon stuff, house showing, switched swimming, got braden's new glasses (yay:), kids played outside, baked cookies, lots of game playing (including Brian playing LIFE with the kids), family movie night (An American Tale), and the kids had a sleepover in the boys room.

January 6- church, golden corral for brunch, another showing, kids played outside all day, scouts for braden, lots of coupon cutting, and a family fun night together!

January 7- school, braden's tummy hurt, got back into the swing of full time school, games, lots of free time in the afternoon to play outside, had to cancel CFA bingo b/c Braden was too sick:(, rocked my biggest boy.

January 8- preschool for e,  braden was still sick so we went to the dr., first suppository experience..yuck! (for b), school in between drop off/doctor, etc, another day with lots of free time, kids did handprints in cement, ephram started going to every other day of napping, and kinsey AND ephram fell asleep during Brian's reading of Where the Red Fern Grows!  precious sleepers:)

January 9- school, took ephram to the library, braden to the eye doctor, school in between, had a picnic lunch in the yard with the kids in the HEAT (70's), played outside with the kids, cailey to jump rope class, last minute showing (which meant last minute crazy cleaning), quick dinner for the kids, awana, and went out with brian.

January 10- ps for ephram, school, two showings, school at the library during showings, played outside in the 70 degree weather with the kids, watched Alex,  cailey's super fun nail-biter basketball game where she scored TWO goals:)!!, chatted with pam and cheryl, and helped Kinsey who got a big boo boo on her head.

January 11- a little school, watched alex, AHG for the girls, made decorations for abby's blue/purple party, visited with pam, keel girls stayed over until 9:), make your own pizzas, hide n seek, plays, The Sound of Music, braden played a TON of games on his itouch b/c he didn't want to watch the movie lol, and snuggled my biggest girl.

January 12- FOGGY morning, hot, ran (gasp!) with brian and braden, cheered on kinsey girl at her game where she scored 8 pts, sunny day with lots of outside play, cailey went to abby's birthday party, other kids played with the morgan's all day, early bedtimes for exhausted kiddos, and had a fun talk with cailey all about her fun at the party.

January 13- braden and i both had SORE legs!, FOGGY FOGGY morning, couldn't hear from my left ear, church, house showing, lunch out while we waited, drove around in the sunshine (and 75 degree weather) looking at neighborhoods, scout hike for braden, choir, and bible study, and played with ephram.

January 14- braden went running with brian, piano lessons, another super cloudy day, school, kids played outside,  went walking with brian and got caught in a downpour:).

January 15- braden's eye apt, preschool for e, school, rainy day so lots of inside games, read with the kids, woke up with face numb in the pm.

January 16- school, library day, went to ENT for ear/face, more school, got edible arrangements from mom and dad, face started tingling at night, could hear again, great talk with my kinsey girl, laughed with ephram, stayed a little further away during family reading time:).

January 17- braden ran with brian, school, face started to get feeling again, canceled MRI, ephram to preschool, reece came over for a play date, house showing, cheered cailey on at her basketball game, and family storytime.

January 18- kiddos played in the snow (just a little but still fun!), snow ball fight with Daddy, first SUNSHINY day in a long time, a little school, house showing, took the kids to get hot chocolate floats, more fun playing outside (seriously ALL day), park, one of the girls learned that only boys can pee standing up, lol!, saw a house, and had a fun family night.

January 19- spelling bee day!! all the kiddos did awesome! sunny day (yay), bryce came to pick braden up for a two day sleepover:), went to look at the Filigree house and LOVED it (as did Brian), target for Cailey's prize and Valentine goodies, out to eat, and family (minus Braden) game night...UNO attack and Candy Land while we listened to Cailey play the piano.

January 20- church, sunshiny, kids played outside all day with the Morgan girls, braden went to a museum with Bryce (after starting his day at 4:50 am!), choir, sauce made by brian, played superheros and star wars with ephram, read half of his bible, and hung out with brian.

January 21- piano for cailey, school, braden came home from bryce's, lots of playing outside with the morgan's (mlk day), and a fun game night with the kiddos.

January 22- school, preschool for e (though had to pick him up early b/c overalls made it hard to get to the potty in time), grocery shoppingish, lots of playing outside while bundled (sunny:), kids played with the morgan girls, and had my sweet boy fall asleep on me during read aloud time.

January 23- school, library for storytime, played games with the kiddos, jump rope class, wikki stix fun, super cold (but sunny:) out, made TONS of doctor apts,and awana.

January 24- cailey woke up with pfapa:(, school, preschool for e, house showing, watched morgan girls in the afternoon, slushies for the kids, temps in the 30's for the HIGH, lots of arts and crafts, cailey's basketball game (she was a TROOPER), and excitement over pending weather.

January 25- woke up to find all of our weekend activities canceled (pinewood derby, ahg spa night and field trip, basketball game, derby sign in/date, alex), sleet/BIG FLUFFY snow/turned ice/, kids played outside in it until we dragged them in (as it was freezing rain), cailey still achy/not feeling great (though she STILL went out in it!), hot cocoa and jammies kinda day, chili, brian home from work early, blanket forts, and baking:).

January 26- lots of ice ice baby for the kids to play in:), sledding, sliding, changing clothes a TON, fun squeals, two house showings, playdate with the Morgans, date with the two boys during two showings (Target and the bookstore), new light sabers...and fighting:), fort building, Korean restaurant for Braden and Brian, and a sibling sleepover downstairs in the fort.

January 27-church, kids spent the day playing in the fort or outside in the COLD/sunshine, laundry, bible study, choir, watched ephram and brian have a lightsaber fight in the dark lol!, read books to e, played legos, and kids went to bed too late!

January 28- school, fun Valentine's day crafts with the youngest two, played games, piano lessons, outside play for all,etc.

January 29- braden went on a run with brian, school, eye dr for me, kids were surprised w/ the Welch's here!, kids played outside most of the day in the HEAT! (70 and sunny:), caught up with Laura, showed her filigree, played a fun 'cold water' prank on the girls, and had a great day!

January 30- HOT day, kids played outside with the welch's for a couple hours, dentist for kiddos, school, jump rope class (cailey started feeling sick there w/ pfapa symptoms), awana for all except cailey, had my sweet cubby sleep on me for an hour:), and snuggled with my kinsey girl for a long time.

January 31- school, house showing, cailey still had pfapa, spray painted sticks for a Valentine's tree, lots of FUN S activities with ephram, cailey's basketball game where she tried her hardest (though she felt sick) and scored TWO baskets!!