Happy New Year! This was the first year we let the kids stay up to see the ball drop! We enjoyed sweet fellowship with friends, and then promptly went to bed =)
We enjoy celebrating our anniversary just a few days into the new year. Our 16th anniversary morning looked like this:
And then we reminisced with the kids and our photo album!
Anniversary Date at a deeeeelicious tapas restaurant (thanks for the gift certificate, Sean and Jessica!)! Would have been better had Ryan and I taken a photo together!
Adventure passes from Kaye K and Big Daddy got us in to see Madame Tussauds wax museum, which worked out well for our U.S. History studies!
Gretchen received two cookbooks for her birthday and has been making herself comfortable in the kitchen.
The deviled eggs were her appetizer. She insisted on making dinner for the entire family by herself, allowing her friend to help a little. =)
Dinner is served! She made everything you see here, and it was all very good!
Another day, another recipe
Saying goodnight to my ten-year-old for the last time . . .
Happy Birthday Rooke!! This is my new favorite photo of our three
The birthday boy wanted meat pie for the sixth year in a row! Why break tradition when you love something so much?!
Rooke was pumped to open this gift from Grammy Deb and G Daddy!
Instead of a friend party, Rooke wanted to go to the indoor climbing gym with our family for his golden birthday. We all had so much fun, and thanked Rooke multiple times for choosing that as his birthday activity!! We took the cake with us for a mid-climbing treat break, and since we basically had the place to ourselves, no one seemed to mind us singing Happy Birthday to our special guy
Snow!! The snow came down heavy and stuck around for a few days. I celebrated this being the first year that all three of the kids could mostly get all their snow gear on and off by themselves!
Using the snow for a science lesson:
Another fun adventure with our DC passes: the Capitol Wheel! It was super cold, but the capsule was warm, and there were no lines!
A random photo of our front room, which is currently my favorite room in the house. Still a few more updates I want to make in decorating, but I really like starting my day in this room with coffee and my Bible
Rooke and Big Daddy reading together
After playing hard in the snow, we love to quietly relax and read
Hard at work . . .
I had the special opportunity to keep our little friend for the day. This was my favorite part of having him! =)
