February 2015

One of my favorite winter pastimes is ice skating so every year I drag the kids down to the local ice rink and put them on skates hoping that someday they will like it as much as I do. They are getting the hang of it and each year is a little more fun for them.

We celebrated my birthday in February - John and the kids made me a delicious chocolate cake!

Grandma moved into her town home nearby in late February! Its so nice to have a Grandma living close by. Here are the kids testing out her carpet for comfort.

Notice the glasses on Carson! We've discovered that he is near-sighted. He does not mind wearing them, he was amazed at what he could see when he first put them on!

During the move Grandma was getting rid of some unnecessary things and gave us her pasta maker. Rachel and Carson LOVE pasta and were very eager to try making some so we gave it a shot. It was actually very good and easy to make!

In late February Rachel and I had an opportunity to meet Shannon Hale at our local library. She is one of Rachel favorite authors and has written the Ever After High series of books. Shannon gave a great talk about her road to becoming a writer, and even had with her a stack of rejection letters she received before she had anything accepted by a publisher. After the talk we waited in line for over an hour but finally it was Rachel's turn to meet her and have her sign some books. And Rachel's tooth came out while we were standing in line!