Riley not so ready for my picture right after schoo! Andy and Katie were playing even if we were having a little rough time:) My lavendar so ready for spring just like me!

Ok so I received a new camera for Christmas and I love it. Want to learn and learn more! So anyway I am trying to learn it. Here we have a little beauty shop going on. Our brother Riley was so nice to go along in the game and he was glad the Oh la la shop had some star wars reading! The carrots we found as a surprise when getting the garden ready! Should have seen those little ones, so last years carrots were for dinner that night:)

Happy Birthday Riley

Happy 9th Birthday Riley. You are an amazing kid. Dad and I are so proud of you for the type of person you are becoming. We got to spend your birthday with your friend Ben and his family. You had so much fun. We remember well the day you were born and how excited we were to be parents. You have taught us a lot about parenting but more about life. We are excited to see what this next year brings and always remember you are loved and were always wanted!

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Our New Neice

On March 2nd we became an Aunt and Uncle again. Brian's sister Lisa had Alexa Marie. She is such a cutie with a ton of black hair. Everyone is doing is well. We are so excited to welcome her in to our family and look forward to spending time with her.

My cousin

Febuary has been a month of grief and loss in our family. My cousin and Godfather passed away this month after a long fight with cancer. He fought it to the bitter end and had many years of living in these past years. He was 50 years old way to young and with that comes many questions of why. He farmed my grandparents land and loved it out there. I figure God needed a farmer to help him out. He loved farm work and his family. Their raw pain is very hard to see. He left a hug imprint on this earth which was shown by all who came to his memorial. For me personally he was one of those people in my childhood who made me feel special. He took his role as my Godfather seriously, then again that is a common trait him and I shared was being very serious:) He and I along with my sister shared the same birthday. That was three first cousins all on the same day. That is a day I am dreading but believe he is in heaven and pain free at last. It is best to remember how people lived and he lived as God would want us to. We will always miss you.

It has been a very busy month and we are trying to catch up. The kids are busy at school and after weeks of snow days and late starts we are trying to get it all back together. I don't think winter is done but it sure does feel like the days to start looking at seed catalogs. I am busy teaching ballet dances for our annual performance and for the first time figuring out costumes for all those little bodies. Friday all four of them went to the dentist. Now that is a time to be had. Crazy trying to figure how who needs what and where we are all at. Good new we all got a clean bill of teeth health!:) A windy and cold weekend but a chance to do what needed to be done and a little of what we want to get done!