My grandma was here!! She got to meet Tanner and celebrate my birthday with me (day-of and everything!) ....and dare I say, the only thing better than having your mom around to spoil you on your birthday, is having your Grandma! Nammy, we love when you are here. Wish we lived closer to you so we could see you more often!
We also spent a day of January playing in the snow with Drew and Collin's favorite buddies Noah and Nathan. Drew had been asking when we could go visit the snow, since coming home from Oregon through all the snow covered passes, so the invite to play was perfect timing!
Noah and Nathan's mom, Laura, brought juice to make snow slushies with
The boys loved them!
Their grandparents' cabin is filled with all sorts of fun snow toys. The boys had fun sledding, "surfing", snowboarding, and just plain old throwing and playing in the snow
Loved this picture of Nathan all bundled up. Reminds me of "A Christmas Story"...."I can't put my arms down!" :)
The boys found snowball makers....need I say more?
Drewski also started preschool the first week of January. So far, he has loved it! I've somewhat adjusted to having only two kids with me twice a week, but it was strangely quiet in our house at first!
Big Kid on his first day
January also brought my parents into town over my mom's birthday weekend. Although my parents had really come down to tie up some loose ends on their house here after their renter moved out, we managed to squeeze in a mini birthday party on Saturday night. Saturday morning though, we were all up at my parents' house and since we had volunteered to help there, Kathleen took the boys. Turns out that while we were away, Drew had asked Grandma to take him shopping to pick out a birthday present for Lala. Kathleen said he was very specific with his list and knew exactly what it was that they were going out for. Fair warning...this is where I get to brag about my mother-in-law for just a moment, because not only did she take him out, she went and hunted down each and every item he was looking for and then wrapped them in the wrapping paper he had picked out. Drew was giddy (to say the very least) and super proud of the presents he had picked out just for Lala.
Lala opening her presents...
and Vanna....um, I mean Poppi...showing them off!
Lala's birthday card that Drew decorated. (He asked Grandma to find him some jewels to decorate Lala's birthday crown and card with, and of course, she managed to find some!)
So what was it Drew had on his very specific list? A princess Barbie, a rockstar Barbie (aka a ballerina Barbie) and "girl Legos". Drew was so, so excited to give Lala her presents. Seriously Kathleen, thank you! You made both Lala and Drew feel pretty special. You are the best!
The boys getting in their Poppi time
And finally, this past weekend we headed up to our old high school for the annual baseball alumni game. Nathan hasn't played in it since the first year we were married, but he did great (almost hit a home run, thankyouverymuch!). The boys and I had all sorts of fun catching up with friends and watching Daddy play.
The boys even made signs to surprise Daddy with (he left the house a few hours earlier than we did, giving the boys an opportunity to color)
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