Cowgirls and backpacks...

Daddy Weekend

This weekend was a first for our family, Mom was away from her girls for the first time. Stacey went to Nashville for the weekend to see our new nephew Josiah (and the rest of Stacey's family). So me and the girls got to stay home alone. We got to stay home from Shelly's on Friday and headed up to Huron Friday afternoon. We got to spend time with Grandma Peggy, cousins Taylor and Kara, Grandpa Tony and Great Grandma Marge. We headed home today in a ground blizzard, but made it. We just hope Mom is as lucky tomorrow.

Video of Emma Bowling...

Big Night at our house!

Tonight started off interesting as we got a call from the neighbor at 1:30 that the ice storm had knocked the power out. We still did not have power at 5:00, so we got out the flash lights, candles, extension cords, and the generator. We then opted to go to town to kill time and have supper and then head to our favorite retail destination, (as Lauren says...) "Always Walmart" to pick up a few supplies. Luckly, by the time we got home at 7:30, we had lights and more importantly heat!

The night did get better too, as Emma was getting ready for her bath, she sat on the little potty as she had the last few nights, but tonight she went potty like a big girl!!! I am not sure if she was as excited as we were though.

After her bath and big potty experience, she opted to veg out, relax and watch a little "Dowah" (Dora) before bed.
Below are pics of the girls having fun in the snow! The way this winter has started out, they are going to have lots of opportunity for fun in the snow.

Snow Days!!

The girls have gotten to spend the last 2 days at home from school and Shelly's house because school was called off for a blizzard. We got 4-6 inches of snow, have had wind gusts up to 40 mph, and wind chills near -40 Degrees. The girls have stayed warm inside and have especially enjoyed passing the time by wearing fun outfits and changing them often. Daddy was sad, because he had to work the whole time :(

Happy Birthday Stacey!!!

Today is Stacey's 31st Birthday!

We celebrated by waking up to warm cinnamon rolls. For supper we went to Pizza Hut and then picked up a Culver's Frozen Custard Cake.

HappyBirthday from: Jared, Lauren, and Emma

The Barbie House!

Jared built a beautiful Barbie house for Lauren and Emma for Christmas. This is a picture of the final product just before the girls saw it for the first time.

Just after seeing the house, the girls were excited, but needed some prodding to

really check it out.

Emma checking to see how much of her body could fit in the house.

After opening the rest of their presents, the girls had a chance to settle in to the house. Thanks to Grandpas and Grandmas, their house is well-furnished.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We wanted to send our greetings to everyone we can't see today. Love you!

Emma had fun watching her big cousin Joey using his Wii Fit, so she decided to create her own wii balance board with a white dvd case.

Lauren and her cousin Taylor playing with their new princess dolls.
Emma enjoying her new mailbox. It's provided lots of enterainment for her as well as her cousins. Notice the ever-present Emma tongue hanging out as she concentrates.

Emma also enjoyed taking some rides in a Lego wagon provided by her cousin Kara.