Family Pics

So we had family pictures taken last week thanks to my lovely friend Heidi who so generously gave me a session with Amy for my birthday. Thanks Ladies! I'm so happy with them, and Amy was so great to work with and is very affordable.
So here are our family shots, tell me which you like best in the poll. Thanks!

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Happy Birthday Sis!

It's not shameful to mention my own birthday if it's shared with my sister, right? Right. It's our birthday today. It's been a good day. She and her husband Ryan are here from Michigan this week. I got to sleep in a bit, go for a nice run, eat a yummy breakfast I didn't have to make, then my sister, mom, Mckayla and I went to get pedicures. Very fun. I'm so glad we got to spend this birthday together, I miss her while she's away.

Happy Birthday Sis, we're now legal to rent a car!

Winter is upon us...really?

On a day like this? I think not




On second thought....YES IT IS!

This lovely picture is of my feet frostbitten after a 35 mile ride today. It doesn't look near as dark as it was. I had the "luxery" of riding into a headwind on the way out and have it turn to face me again on the way home. I was soooo cold and mad that the wind had turned, but I've learned that anger doesn't help, it's just a matter of getting home quickly. I was cold when I got home, but not shivering or anything. I sat down to feed Kaitlyn for a few minutes, got up and my feet just stung so badly when I put them on the ground, not like fallen asleep sting, much worse. I climbed in the shower to try to warm up (I did not put my feet right under the warm water, just let the water run down my legs), and was met with just horrible pain. I was writhering on the floor of the shower while my feet were stinging and had the most intense itching feeling whether I was in the water or not. It was really bad and from what my parents have told me (my mom is a nurse practitioner), I'm lucky to be feeling fine as I am now.
Who would have thought that a gorgeous sunny day with no wind and no clouds in the sky that was a comfortable temperature when I left would be so cold. I even had long sleeves, tights, an ear warmer, and gloves on, but I guess it's time to pull out the big gun layers.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Jer's the big 28 today. Happy Birthday, we love you!

Just a little somethin' to brighten your day

This one's for you Sis! My sister is an awesome ER nurse in Michigan. Seriously, if you're ever going to get hurt, try to do it in Lansing ;-) I'm sure she'll see this tonight while at work. She loves this little guy. Can't wait to see you in 10 days!

What an awesome little man! He's even potty training really well right now (knock on wood...all of you...right now!).

Happy Birthday Mckayla!

My sweet baby Mckayla turned 5 today! We love her so much and are so grateful she's a part of our family!

We started out our day with breakfast of her choice: "sugar cereal" Cinnamon Toast Crunch and chocolate milk. She's not too hard to please, huh? Then we headed to the swimming pool. This girl is a true fish, she LOVES the water! She got to jump off the diving board 3 times! I say got to because that pool wasn't technically open for open swim - ah the advantages of being an employee :-) She only jumped on my head once, otherwise, all by herself.

Then we went to Artic Circle for lunch. Once again, easy to please; mini corn dogs, lemonade, a tiny ice cream cone, a small playground and she's good.

Talmage also found lunch apetizing (yes that's fry sauce and ketchup he's downing by the cupful before I got to him)

They just finished watching a Barbie movie and then we will be creating her cupcake castle for dessert over at Grandma and Grandpa Allan's.