Friday, March 18, 2016

Snip Snip!

Maylee has found her calling in life as a professional paper cutter/confetti maker.  All the pieces of confetti around the house on a daily basis makes it really hard to keep the house show ready all the time, but she loves it and it keeps her busy for hours at a time!  I saw an idea on Pinterest to tie some scissors to a bucket to try and contain some of the mess and it actually helps a little bit, but man she can cut a lot!  And in case you're wondering about her choice of clothing in these pictures Maylee informed me that she was going to wear jammies for 100 days.  And she probably will.



February

Selling our house and keeping it spotless day in and day out has taken over the last couple of months.   We had an offer come in the middle of February, but it was contingent on how the house appraised-if it appraised lower than the offer than we had the choice whether we would sell for the low price or put it back on the market.  Luckily, we found out yesterday it appraised for asking price and it is set to close April 15 so we feel like we can breathe again!  Now I am trying to catch up with the rest of my life, like the blog, that has been neglected while the house was on the market.  Here's most of February in pictures...

Daxton.  This kid kept us busy on the days leading up to his surgery.  Not only is he a full of life 2 year old anyway, but he was super angry all the time.  Between not sleeping and being in pain all the time, he was just hard to deal with.  His surgery date was set for 2/17 and we looked forward to the hope that it would help him become a happier kiddo.  I'll do a separate post on his surgery.
Daxton REALLY wanted a part in trying on Easter dresses.  He thought it was SO cool.  The poor kid really needs a brother!
"Mrs. Gibson" plays school every day when she gets home from school.  She can talk to her "class" by herself for literally hours at a time.  It's impressive.
Family portrait courtesy of Maylee
Sunday best.
Races.
Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.
Marm trip with Grandad for Maylee.
Rodeo Days at school.
Sandwich shop for dinner, thanks to the girls and Dustin.
Maren and Jake's baby, Evelyn, was born!  All the kids are smitten, but Maylee especially loves Evelyn.  She is forever wanting to hold her and feed her.
Lots of work days around the house!

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Daddy Daughter Dance

A few weeks ago Mikayla's school had their Daddy Daughter Dance.  Mikayla was ecstatic to go on a date with her Dad and had the time of her life.  They went to In 'N Out for dinner, then danced the night away until 8:30 when she was practically falling asleep dancing (the kids are usually asleep by 7!).  It's hard to party until all hours of the night!