Snow Day

Friday and Saturday we had blizzard conditions here in Wichita, KS. Friday we got about 3 inches of sleet and ice and yesterday we got about 3 inches of snow, maybe more. The girls were super excited. Each time it's snowed it's been to dry to build a snow man. So the we got the girls bundled up and took them outside. Sam came over with Gabe and Sam and I took all three kids down the street to where there are some dirt hills. Eden and Gabe had a blast sliding down on the sleds. Then Sam...wonderful Sam...She convinced me to sled too. So I sat my butt down, pulled my legs up criss cross applesauce, she pushed me and before I knew it I was sliding down the hill laughing hard! Then she told me to lay on my belly on the sled, so we both lay down on our sleds, and then! Gabe climbs on Sam's back and lays down, Eden climbs on mine and away we went! Oh but my legs and butt were cold cold cold after! We walked home and drank hot chocolate. Later on in the afternoon after naps David came over for a couple of hours. We got everyone bundled up again and Zach took them all outside to build their very first snowman!!!! He was a few inches shorter than the kids, Eden got a carrot for the nose, her Hannah Montana hat for it's head. But...The snowman didn't last through the night. Zach and I got into a snow fight and the girls, running around in their nightgowns and snow boots, knocked him over. Zach walked over to fix him, to which I took the the liberty and opportunity while he was bent over to put a handful of snow down the back of his pants. Poor Zach was so caught off guard that instead of setting the snowman down, he threw it over his shoulder, right onto my back and head!! I wasn't hurt, but it had us laughing for a long time afterwards. I'll be posting pictures later on this week.

An Impending Arrival

In 33 days, give or take a few, how many I can't say, let's questimate between April 5th and April 19th, our black and white cat Tula, (named for the greek star Tula on "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" as our male cat is named Hercules) will become a mother of 1-6 new baby kittens. The father(s)...1)an orange tabby who was rather annoying trying to get in my house and decided to spray around my front door 2.) a black and white fluffy cat we named Tom 3.) a grey cat 4.) a grey and white fluffy cat with a jacked up eye. All 4 of which made our yard their home for about a week. We'd come home from an outing and find Tula "Playing" with one of these four tom-cats. To which the girls replied "Mommy, Tula's boyfriend is here again!" We'd try to break up the "playing" but they would just take off running down the street. Hence, we were doomed to be the guardians of a litter of kittens. She's getting fatter by the day and now when she walks her tummy sways too. She's becoming more and more tired, sleeping most of the day (more so for her at least) and extra lovey dovey with me. I'm excited to see what these babies will look like and have set up a nursery of sorts in the baby's room. A box taped up with a square hole cut into it about 2 inches above the ground so the babies can't escape until their eyes and ears open. Zach's only thoughts "You have to find homes for ALL of them, you can't keep ANY" Well...their goes my chances of being the cat lady. :)

A First

Well, this is a first for us. We have a photo website, but if you know me, I take a thousand pictures and it's time consuming to look through them all. My friend Samantha told me I should start a blog, she came over, helped me out and BAM I have a new blog! So I'll post pictures on here (Only a couple at a time and only the best) and instead of sending out emails all the time, you can just check on here and see what we've been up to. Which knowing me and our family, I'll be posting often and possibly, very likely, some interesting tales to be told. Enjoy and much love to everyone!