Lydia's Birthday!

Ben got everyone flowers for Valentines day!

Kindergarten class party!

Singing grams!

Lydia helped me by writing out her menu for her birthday!

Happy Birthday Lydia!

Corbin and I (but mostly Corbin) made this cardboard home/pen for Lydia for her birthday! It was a big hit with everyone- Haylie especially!

Lydia is a sweetheart!

She says good-bye to her dad every morning (even on the weekends if he works-she wakes up early just to say good-bye) and watches him drive away.

She is an amazing reader and so smart!

She loves to help me in the kitchen and jumps right up when I start making anything.

She loves keeping up with her siblings- she thinks she can do anything they can do (and she usually can).

She loves to go visit her Gma and Gpa- she asks to go to their house every Sunday!

She enjoys watching cooking shows and being on the computer.

She drops her backpack and coat immediately when coming home (right in the doorway) and asks where Haylie is.

She has beautiful golden hair with natural highlights.

She loves to cuddle.

I love my little Lydia!

We went to the basketball games.

Haylie loves to "go"!

Corbin and Lydia won the library's winter reading challenge!

Haylie stole Melanie's guacamole and loved it!

Playing with Melanie!

Falkes come to visit!

Russell, Melissa, Travis, Quinn and Patrick came to visit for the weekend!

We went sledding in Steamboat on Friday! It was SO FUN! Afterward we went out to Big House Burger. 

Haylie was a champ. She stayed at the bottom but got tossed around from person to person. She was just chill the whole time until she crashed on her dad's shoulder.

My riding buddy and I...

They have a contraption that takes you up the hill. All you do is sit in your tube and wa la your at the top. I could get used to this!

Porter took on the responsibility of feeding Haylie at the restaurant. It was so thoughtful and cute. 

The kids got Root Beer in a bottle. So fun!

Saturday we hung out and visited. In the evening Mike and Rowena came down. I made Zuppa Toscana and chili and we ate at Josh and Robyn's house. We visited till about 9:30 when they kids started to have melt downs. It was fun to visit and enjoy family!

My dishwasher...

After I finished doing all the dishes that would fit in the dishwasher, there were a few hand washing to do. Lydia hopped up and volunteered to wash them. One pan in particular was really challenging- with bacon and eggs stuck to it. Lydia cleaned it right off!

"Ya mom, I can do hard things!"

We simplified our dishes... one cup and one plate for everyone.

We love it, even Ben. The dishes are manageable. The kids hand wash their dish after breakfast and lunch. (Ok not ALWAYS but if they don't then they wash it before eating again) Then the person assigned to dishes at night washes everything. It is SO much better and saves me time!

The weekend and a sprained ankle

Those cheeks!

Corbin and Autumn tried selling stuff on the street. Not so successful... but a good learning experience!

 

I love this picture.

Melanie sprained her ankle before her game on Friday. She was practicing, stepped on a scooter and sprained it. It was very sad. I thought her choice of shirt was... perfection!

Savery Museum with the family!

 

Biking the back road!

 The kids and I decided to ride our bikes from Dixon to Baggs!

It was a long process with everyone but Haylie riding their bike. Melanie ran/ walked the whole way! Autumn and Corbin were fast on their bikes, though Melanie kept up with them. Lydia stopped at each cattle guard and it was a lonnnng process. But hey, it wasn't a race and we had a good experience.

We stopped about halfway for lunch. These kids are goofy!

Haylie did really well! She napped and made noise to hear her voice wobble, so cute! She was a champ!

We are totally doing it again and hopefully Ben can come!

It snowed!

 

Helping with the corn harvest and stories with Great Grandma Workman

We went up to Burlington to help with the corn harvest.

On Sunday Gma Workman came to visit. Autumn started asking questions about her childhood so Gma started tell stories. The kids all gathered around to listen. It was a very sweet experience!

The oldest and youngest!