January & February Photo Recap

Tea party time with Mary

Hannah's ready for some sunshine

She loves to play in her exersaucer

Just rolling around

Smiley girl

Mary likes to sort buttons while Mom is sewing

Doing her best to enjoy a basketball game

(with the help of noise-cancelling headphones ;)

Helping Mom make strawberry jam

Here she comes!

Sweet sisters

Happy Valentine's Day!

Our annual family Valentine's supper 💗

Mary loves to hold Hannah

Making stromboli for supper

Zoo animal day at Trinity

(In case you can't tell, Jenna is a koala :)

Mom & Hannah in the van waiting patiently for one of the kids to finish lessons

President's Day at Great Bear

Moriah, Kara, Kate, Levi, Jacob, Evan Luke, & Grandma

Tyler, Ryan, & Jesse

Luke & Evan headed up to tame the mountain

Licking the brownie batter bowl clean... yum!

Cowgirl Mary

That's it for our January/February round-up! :)

Luke's Honors Orchestra Concert

Luke played cello in the Northwest Iowa Honor Orchestra last night at Northwestern College in Orange City. It was a beautiful concert!

You can pick him out easily, as he's in the back row toward the right-hand side in a white shirt and black bow tie. (He was actually supposed to be sitting in the second row from the front toward the middle, but the high school orchestra played first, and there weren't enough chairs set up in the cello section for Luke's group! So Luke & his stand partner had to scramble for chairs & a stand til the last second! ;) 

Enjoy!

Colors of Home - https://youtu.be/pxf1Xz4lHq4

Danza de mi Corazon - https://youtu.be/n0YAAJbWwWQ

Tam Lyn - https://youtu.be/NMCDJtxcF2c

Dakota "Molly" Mae

Tonight we said goodbye to our sweet golden retriever, Molly, who died unexpectedly in her sleep. We're thankful for nearly 10 years of memories we've made with her. She's grown up with our kids, and has always been so patient with them. She was smart, obedient, kind and loyal. We're going to miss her!

Evan & Jenna with Molly soon after we got her in the summer of 2010

Learning how to go for a walk... the first of many walks she took with Paul over the years

Evan & Molly

Luke & Evan & Molly

Molly & Kara

Luke & Molly

Paul & Molly

She was a beautiful dog!

She made it on our Christmas card that year, although we couldn't get her to sit still enough to take the picture with us. :)

Molly with her new friend, Honey

Ryan & Molly

 Silly puppy dog

She always sat on the bench just like she was one of us.

Molly & Kara

Molly & Mary

Happy Holidays

We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did too!

Our girls had fun matching this year...

"Helping" Mom wrap Christmas presents

Kara made some delicious reindeer brownies for her class Christmas party

Ryan's enjoying hanging out with Hannah during Christmas break

"Mary" (and Rosie) Christmas!

All ready for the Christmas program!

Hannah got a new hat for Christmas

Kara & Mom matched too

She's rolling over & is pretty happy bout it (for a minute or two anyway)

Making some Christmas goodies

One more picture with Hannah baby

And last but not least, here is a video of Mary singing with the preschool & kindergarten kids at our Christmas program. They sang their little hearts out! So cute!

https://youtu.be/8lJCdh2PrZo