{the days are long}

Those who know me well know that I don't hesitate to tell it how it is. I think it's a great part of me I picked up from my Grandma Thelda. :) So, I will tell you it's been a HARD week. I would say one of the hardest since we had kids. When Dane is out of town for an extended time, I always tell people that satan thinks he can move in. Well, this week, I think he made himself at home in our recliner. :) I had to kick him to the curb DAILY, ask God to help us and look toward the finish line. That finish line arrives at 4:48 PM today from Chicago and satan better look out because dad is almost home!

I heard someone say once "the days are long but the years are short". This pretty much sums it up for us. The days ARE long but it seems the years are already slipping away! Today, I cherish the chaos that is our current life.

{here fishy fishy}

{liquid eye shadow vs. lip gloss}

I know these 2 things aren't the same but when you are rushing to make yourself presentable and one of them shouldn't be in your makeup bag to begin with, then they sure do look the same. I proceeded to put the wrong one on my eyelid the other morning and boy did it sparkle! And, because I didn't have time to clean it up, proceeded to put it on the other eyelid. Besides my eyelids being a little sticky, it was not too bad. Maybe I am on to something!

Phone Pictures

Would I have pictures to document our life without my phone?

Let me narrate these for you...

P: hey mom, take a picture of me with my new pjs and send it to nana.

B: take my picture too mom, take my picture

P (if she could talk): mom, make Brady get out of my face!

Pure JOY

Question - What is this?
Answer - This is my time saving, morning joy, frothy filled little machine that my husband got me for our anniversary and I LOVE IT!

Monday in Pics

This is the result of my attempt to get the kids to take a picture with Paisley. I am not sure Paisley's facial expression ever changed. And lil P is now 5 months old. Wow!

Paisley - you have experienced cereal, had 2 ear infections in the last month, gotten 2 bottom teeth, rolled over once, yip, just once, slept thru the night again after your ear infections FINALLY last night, and melt our hearts everyday. You have cheeks perfect for kissing and a smile that leaves you wondering what the heck we did without you.

These are some of the last pictures of our 2+ foot of snow.

This picture captures their personalities pretty accurately.

Sledding

Our "snowman".Sledding "Addington" style...note snowman at bottom and we use a 4-wheeler to get back up. Yes, we are that lazy. I'm not hauling kids back up that hill without one!

Hot chocolate when we are done.