Happy Birthday, Micah!

Micah turned 6 on Wednesday! I'll post pictures of her soon.

Highlights of My Dad's Babysitting Experience

On Monday morning, my dad was babysitting Blair while my mom went to the doctor. They were sitting in his recliner watching cartoons. This was their conversation:

Blair: What's that smell?
Papaw: I don't know.
Blair: (a short pause) Probably your breath!

Hilarious! Have I mentioned she's only 2????

Playing School

I just overheard the girls playing school. Micah (the teacher) just informed her class (Blair and a combination of baby dolls & stuffed animals) to "hide because I just heard thunder" and then proceeded to show Blair how to sit against the wall and protect her classmates. Must be practicing a disaster drill????

Snow Girl

This was how we spent one of our snow days last week. We made it on the side of our house to block the wind from us while we were out there. Plus, we can look out our basement window and see this smiling snowgirl! The snow was a little powdery, so we weren't able to shape it into 3 balls, but we did the best we could! Rhett found 2 rocks within the mulch for the eyes, Blair gathered the scarf and hat. I stuck the limbs in the side for arms, and Micah found a branch that was shaped in a smile to use for the mouth!

Pine Car Derby

The Boy Scout's Pine Car Derby was a few weeks ago. Rhett's car came in 3rd place for his age level and 12th overall!!! Tony and Rhett had a lot of fun building and designing his car. This is Rhett's first year in Boy Scouts and he loves it. We are so proud of him!

Curly Q's

A couple of days this month, the girls have slept in rollers to make their hair curly. When I first take out the rollers, their hair is SUPER curly. It takes several hours to loosen up and start to relax. These were taken in the morning. Next time, I'll try to take some pictures later in the day. Blair told everyone she looked like Shirley Temple. Oh, how I love being a mom to these 2 cutie pies!

Holding Down the Fort

One of Rhett's favorite things to do is to build a fort. This is just one of the many forts that he has made this winter. They look at books, eat snacks, and just hang out in it. He created this one all by himself!!

Mother-Daughter Time???

Every time I try to sneak in a little "me" time, here comes someone to join me. Tony captured these the other night when I was trying to exercise. After their bath, Tony had taken everyone downstairs to play, and slowly, Blair and Micah made their way back upstairs to see what I was doing. Not the greatest pictures, but it was so funny watching Blair and Micah doing The Shred video.

A Dedicated Father

Tony deserves father of the year for this one! The kids asked for steak for dinner, so Tony bundled up and headed outside to light up the grill. When he went to light the grill, we were out of propane. So, he had to go to the store and get a new tank. He was a little embarrassed to admit he was grilling in the freezing cold! But it was so worth it! The steak was delicious!! Way to go, Tony!

Sledding

Olivia, Blair, Johnny, & Hope
John & Bailey

Olivia & Blair

Rhett & Brian Anthony

Johnny & Blair

We (Danny, Johnny, & I) took all of the kids sledding down the Library hill. (Tony couldn't get off of work, so I went.) Again, Tabby's family avoided the pictures. I think I must have taken these when Desiree was taking a break after a nose bleed. Johnny helped out with Blair who absolutely LOVED it! We stayed almost 2 hours. She would have stayed a couple of more hours if we would have let her. Did I mention that this was a day that the high was about 18 degrees?

I went down a couple of times, but I'm always scared that I won't stop myself in time and I'll end up in the creek! Blair went down several times with Desiree, Olivia, and Johnny. Brian Anthony and Micah buddied up most of the afternoon and Rhett hung out with Hope and Caleb.

Christmas at the Beck's

Waiting...

and waiting...

and waiting for the presents!!!

Johnny's family & Bailey

Micah just didn't want to get her picture taken.

We had our Kaelin Christmas the second weekend in January. I'm not sure why I didn't get pictures of anyone else???? Each family took their turn standing for a family potrait. My kids must have distracted me. If anyone has pictures of Carolyn & David, Sharon & Jim, Randy & Sean and Sterling, and Tabby's family please e-mail them to me!

Computer Problems

The newest reason that I haven't blogged lately: our computer has a virus. It's currently working, but there are still some things that Tony needs to do to it to get it back to normal. Thankfully, he had just backed up all of my pictures to a cd!!