April 25th- Middle School play "Annie"

Jolie and Genevieve decided to try something new and try out for the school play!  The play was "Annie Jr." Genevieve won the part of "orphan" and Jolie was in a special group called NYC.  They practiced and practiced for WEEKS!!! Opening night was a success and they did such an amazing job. Personally I thought Jolie's was the most authentic looking outfit of her group..but you know I'm just a little biased!
Almost ALL of our relatives were in town for Jillian's baptism that weekend and some had driven all day to make it in time for their play that night. So you can imagine how crushed we were when we got to the school and found out someone had crashed into a transformer and the school was closed....NO PLAY!!!
They looked great but were crushed!! A few weeks later they were able to perform one last time.  Way to go girls you were FANTASTIC!!!!!!

April 14th- Jillian's 8th Birthday!

This birthday is a BIG one! Jillian was so excited to turn eight and to finally be baptized.  She was lucky to still have Grandma Fox visiting and could share her actual BIRTH day with her.  It was pretty low key because the BIG party is only days away but she was such a happy beautiful girl.  We can't believe our little girl is so big now!                                                       

April 11th - Jolie's 12th Birthday!

Jolie was counting down the days until she turned 12!  The day finally came and she had a smile the whole time!!! Her first present was something she wanted since was at least 6yrs. old...her ears pierced! She finally got them done today! She was pretty nervous but pleasantly surprised that it barely hurt!  She was excited to also have Grandma Fox visiting and to open her first pair of "Toms" those are the pink pair of sparkly shoes.   She is now an official YOUNG WOMEN!

She had this cute face ALL day!!!

March 31st- Easter

Easter was a lot of fun but not very warm! We have afternoon church this year so we woke up to find our Easter baskets. The Easter bunny was extra tricky this year and hid one in the oven and Mommy didn't think to check in their before she heated it up for cinnamon rolls...Luckily just the chocolate was ruined..it was Jolie's basket and in it was her first curling iron but only the packaging was melted and the rest was fine.
Then we went outside for an Easter egg hunt.  They were hidden pretty tricky this year and it took the kids quite a while to find them all. We headed in to dye hard boiled eggs. It has been so busy that we didn't have a chance until then.  After a quick lunch we dressed in our best clothes and headed for a wonderful church service!

March 30th- Jacob's 5th Birthday!

 Jacob's birthday was Easter weekend and it was not very warm but that didn't slow him down!
We started things with a pizza lunch at the park!

And ended with a skittles birthday cake after dinner...green of course!!! As you can see he has a thing for Batman right now..and The Hulk and Iron Man and pretty much all super hero's!  He still loves trains and big trucks of any sort.  He loves his friends and of course his sisters..but the main man in his life is..DADDY!

Schwinn Certified

A few weeks ago I decided to try something new and get certified to teach spin classes.  It was 10 hours long but so much fun.  My mom came up to help with the kids since it was on a week day!  I learned so much and had an incredible work out.  Now I need to get over my fear and get out there and teach. I talked to the group fitness director at Lifetime and they want me to co teach first and then when I'm ready take over a class. I can't wait!!! Woo hoo!!!

This is the midwest I DID NOT miss!

This is two different views of our driveway. A LONG driveway huh?  Last year we were spoiled and it was super mild.  It looked like this year might be that way again...then February hit.....SO cold.  It is now March and it is still SO cold...like in the negative cold. On Friday it was above freezing so I made all the kids go outside and play in the warm sun..hahaha it really did feel warm to them. Oh how we can't wait for spring to get here!!  The only saving grace this winter has been our snow blower. It has been amazing to have.  A lot of the snow storms have hit during the day so who is home to shovel it...yup ME!!! Thankfully this awesome machine makes it so it isn't hard at all. I actually really like it...except when my hands freeze that part I don't like. Well winter you've been fun for many adventures of sledding, snowman making, fort building, snowball fights and hot chocolate but we are done with you now!!