JANUARY!! :D Hello, 2017

2017 has flown by...and I'm updating for January.... in March! :)

Getting back into the school routine was a bit more fun with the delivery of my first fully funded Donor's Choose project for my classroom!!
Five new Hokki stools were delivered, and it was like Christmas all over, again! My students have loved them!

Speaking of school - Taylor and Camryn are my favorite two little school helpers. :) There are just a few things for them to play with. :)

We even met up with Ty and Addi one afternoon so Kristen and I could both work at school on a Saturday afternoon :)

Christmas gifts were well used this month!
Shrinky dinks

New Play Doh

Legos

And new board games :)

Taylor was a lucky enough girl to have an ice day, so school was cancelled, and the girls got to stay home with Ryan to work. :)

We went out to Crazy Horse with a Christmas gift card one evening, with Chris, Liz, Annie, and Riley. Bathroom selfie (I think the girls asked me to use the bathroom 2 or 3 times that night).

And then Annie and Riley came over to play afterward. :)

Speaking of cousin Annie - we got to celebrate her 3rd birthday in January!

Cam and I enjoyed the chocolate cake :) 

It was a Peter Rabbit party - and Cam got to make some pretty cute crafts. :)

We had a couple warm days in January - LOVE evening walks!! Cam is going to grow out of this stroller really soon...but she still likes to walk with me sometimes. :)

We got a call from 8th Street Grill in January, that Camryn had won a coloring contest! In December, we went to eat, and they had a coloring contest to color a little Christmas bear - and Camryn had been selected to win! She gets to eat at 8th Street Grill free for the whole year!

Taylor's school had a special morning for first graders where students could arrive early and eat a donut with a buddy.  I had meetings that morning, but luckily Ryan could go with her! They got some cute pictures. :)

My friend, Leslie, has older girls, and found a Cinderella wedding dress her girls didn't want anymore - and Camryn was SO excited about the new dress! She loves to dress up!

Cam and Tay were my gym buddies one Saturday morning :)

We played memory with Taylor's sight words that she needed to practice :)

Artistic Cam :)

Cozy pics with the little ladies to wrap up January!

Wrapping up Christmas Break

Christmas break was a little shorter than normal, but we definitely made the most of our time! After all the Christmas celebrations, and short getaway, we finished off our week with some more fun.

On our way back home from Kalahari, we stopped on the east side of the state to visit my grandma. It was so good to see her. She was working on getting strong and healthy enough to move back into her apartment - and since we saw her, she got the green light to go home. So thankful for that. :)

The next day after we got home, it was December 29 - it was our 10 year wedding anniversary!

Ryan found a way to put our wedding video on DVD, and the girls got to see what our wedding was like. :)

We went out to dinner together that night, and Ryan surprised me with a beautiful anniversary band. :) It was so pretty!!

We stopped to get some cake on our way home to share with the girls - and may have done a little re-enactment for the girls of what it was like when we ate our actual wedding cake. :) No smashing allowed. ;-)

One morning on break, Chris and Liz invited the girls over for pancake breakfast and watching Frozen. They were loving on Riley!

There were lots of games of UNO played - Taylor enjoyed all the games she got for Christmas!

I got a monster cookie baking gift from a student - and Camryn was more than happy to help me make them. :)

Taylor was busy making little Troll cards while we were baking. This is the one she gave me. :)

A snapshot of our New Year's Eve :)

And here was my Instagram "Year in Review" post. :) Lots of fun happened in 2016!