Valentine's Ball

Because of test week we didn't get to celebrate Valentine's on the 14th, so we postponed it one week later when we went to the IUPUI Valentine's Ball. It was semi-formal with dinner and dancing included at the Children's Museum downtown Indy. I felt like I was in High School again, getting excited to get all dolled up for a dance. I think I was mostly excited because we were going out without the kids.

There's a huge pillar of glass-blown objects in the center of the staircase, pretty cool.
Dinner and dancing was so nice. Here's some friends at the dance: Candace, Christy, Jennalee, Kimberly and me.

I had Scotty wear a pink tie, so we'd match like you did at Prom...
I guess I hinted to Scott that I had all these empty vases lying around the house, never with any flowers in them... so he got me a beautiful one with a love letter attached. The love note I had been asking for over two years and I finally got one! It was sweet.

I made Scotty these chocolate truffles dipped in white chocolate, nuts and peanut butter milk chocolate. He was in heaven!

Valentine's Party

Our friends Jenna and Matt threw a Valentine's Party for the first year dental students. We get togther every once in a while and we're becoming pretty good friends! Jenna did an amazing job at decorating and making the treats for the night! We played the newlywed questionaire game and lost big time. I guess nearly 5 years of marriage doesn't amount to much. Thanks Jenna and Matt for a fun night!

2 Teeth at 4 1/2 Months!

Cole's first bottom tooth came in early last week right after his 4 mo. shots, and then his second bottom one came in 5 days later... poor kid, he's been through a lot!

Aaron's Wedding in Arizona

Scott and I were sick of the snowy weather and needed to go where it was warm. Good thing Aaron Moore's wedding was in Mesa, AZ! 75 degrees the whole weekend!

Since it was such a short trip, we didn't do whole lot besides wedding activities, but we did take a dip in Steve's hot tub... Cole loved it!

My mom and I

Snow Storms & Ice Storms

Besides living too far from family, this is why we are NOT living in Indiana.

We were literally snowed in, there's about a foot up on our porch step. If we opened our sliding glass door the snow would come crashing in! You can see it was more than a foot high on the bbq.

Our neighborhood... see any roads? Nope, they're all burried.

My HERO: Scott

Random Pics

Ella loves wearing this hat from Grandma Robbie...

And Cole is really starting to love this "kick-n-crawl" thing where he can play with the hanging toys, kick the ball with his feet, and make the songs play.

Baby's 1st Christmas Pajamas

This is Ella's first Christmas at 5 months old...

And...

This is Cole at 3 months wearing the same "baby's 1st Christmas" pj's.


Loving this chunky monkey of mine!

Boise Christmas

It was great to see all our family in Boise. We had Christmas a little late there, but it still felt the same and we had lots and lots of fun!

Ella got a whole princess play dress from Aunt Kylie! Thanks a bunch, she loves it!

Check out the "hooder-hider" buddies!

It was so fun to put the babies up together and have them "play" together. Ella loved playing with the babies as well. Cole and McKenzie are only 2 days apart... Cole being younger and over a pound heavier! Can you tell they're cousins?


I wish I could have visited more of our friends in Boise before we left, but I was able to see Mandy & Jessica who I worked with, and also my college girlfriend Jessica from Burley and her two girls. That was so fun to see you guys!

Boise Snow Day

Boise actually got a ton of snow... over a foot, but it melted really quick so we tried to go out and take advantage of it before it all melted.

Ryan & Kylie came with us and their boys and had some fun with us!

Kade probably had the most fun with this kid snowboard! Look at him go!

Cole's Blessing

We blessed Cole in Boise...

There's my handsome little man!

Denver Snow

Are you girls ready for snow?

We were hoping for lots of snow to go sledding, but Denver didn't get its usual snowfall this year, and we were lucky enough to find one hill that worked...

Ella wasn't too excited about going down the hill...

So they ended taking them to the playground!

Denver Christmas

For Christmas Eve every year, we do a program with musical numbers and the reading of Jesus Christ's birth. Charlie was "master of ceremonies" this year, and did a great job!

The guys sang a song...
Stephanie sang a solo...

Jenna played a beautiful rendition of "O Holy Night"...

and we talked about the birth of Christ with scripture.

Christmas Morning!

Oh boy! Presents... where to start?
Ella's face was classic as she was opening up her Barbie Laptop.

She loves it!

Ella also loves dollies, so she got the whole set of stroller, bassinet, carrier, etc.

Happy Girls!