Take Nothing for Granted

Okay, well, a lot has happened since the last update so this

 is probably going to be a long post...bear with me.

Isaac and I made his valentine box really fast when we realized he

 needed one for the party he and Kate were invited to the next day. 

I think Kate and Jack's boxes beat ours in the creativity genre...

They were pretty cool!

On Valentine's morning, Mom surprised us

 with individualized bags of chocolates!

We soon realized the bags were an early peace offering...

Our parents decided to refinish the kitchen floors yesterday.

 They left last night to go to Salina for a doctor thing, leaving us 

with floors we couldn't walk on and sawdust everywhere.

It's been a struggle to keep Jonah out of the kitchen. I

 don't think he understands the purpose of the tape.

No kitchen means no dishwasher/sink, utensils, cups, oven, good water, or

 refrigerator, etc. We did manager to create a makeshift kitchen in the laundry room

 (Mom's idea) and fortunately we have a fridge in the garage

 that we can put milk in. 

Yup...

The boys' most recent obsession is building ramps for their RC cars. It's pretty

 cool to see what they come up with and watching as the ramps slowly

 start to grow bigger and bigger every time I see them. At one point

 they were making the couches into ramps...

I promised Jack I would bake a heart cake with him on Valentine's day, and when

 we realized we couldn't use our kitchen, we were super happy when Grandma

 Jeannie let us come over and borrow hers. Thanks, Grandma!

  So before Mom and Dad left we, Ally, Jack, Jonah, and I, left on a sugar mission!

I saw this heart cake on Pinterest and thought it looked like a lot of fun to attempt.

When we were finally done, we went home to say goodbye to Mom,

 Dad, and Jenna, then Ally took Jackson to his soccer game.

I miss her so much already!

After everyone was kind of settled down, we all

 squished around the TV to watch the Olympics.

Why do boys feel the need to show you their food-filled

 mouths when you try to take their pictures?

It was a long day and I think most everyone was happy to go to bed.

Though, I don't think they were very happy when I got them up the next morning.

Well, I can't wait to see what crazy thing life throws at us next!

 Have a great day, and remember to not take your kitchen for granted.

Everything in the word is about to be wrapped up, so take nothing for

 granted. Stay wide-awake in prayer. Most of all, love each other as if your

 life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything.

1 Peter 4:7-8 

Pretzels, Dingos, and a Dead Armadillo.

It's been awhile since I last wrote a blog, so I decided

 to update you on the last couple of days.

 

 

A few days ago I was taking pictures of Jenna and saw the armadillo

 that Landon shot at least a week ago outside on the wall.

 Yeah...talk about DISGUSTING! 

 

Landon apparently forgot about it.

 It's a good thing it's been below freezing here...

 

Jonah has been talking a ton lately. It seems he's

 finally gotten sick of playing charades.

 

Makin' pretzels for the opening of the Olympics!

 

Landon has been working super hard on his Dingo, but he
 was too cold to drive it outside, so he has been driving it inside and

 making everyone insane with the buzzing sound it makes. But
 he eventually came up with a pretty nifty solution...

 

 

 

Why suffer the cold when you have windows.

Clever, right? I think it is.

 

I've been helping Glynne make up a Jazz dance for her class.Though we

 usually end up being silly and laughing at each other's attempts at

 Hip Hop, we did manage to knock out four eight counts.

 

One of the kids' favorite snacks (and mine when I was younger) was

 raw Ramon Noodles in a bowel. It sounds gross but it's

 actually pretty good. Jonah LOVES them.

 

 

Isaac has done a fairly decent job of wearing his

 eye patch. We just have to remind him a lot.

 

Jonah is still a ton of work to get to sleep. Last night

I snuggled with him and watched the Olympics with Ally

 until he fell asleep, which was around 11:30 p.m.

 

 

It's seriously a good thing he's cute.

 

The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the 

sun and moon. It was you who set all the boundaries of the

 earth; you made both summer and winter.

 

Psalm 74:16-17

 

2 Months!

This is going to be a pretty short post, but I really wanted to show you

 Jenna's two month pictures I took yesterday. She is sooo adorable. Love her!

SUPER baby!

It took a second to get her happy. She's never

 been good at being the center of attention...

It's crazy that we've only known her for two months. She is already

 starting to show signs that she's not that little newborn baby we brought home from

 the hospital. She jumps every time I snap a picture; she can tell when it's Mom or Dad

 holding her, and she's already learning to hate her car-seat which can sometimes make

 things difficult. I'm pretty sure I've heard Mom pull out the, "It's a good thing

 you're cute," card at least three times, but so far, life's been good.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

Super Bowl!

For the Super Bowl, Drew and Kyle came over to

 make chip dip and watch the game. Go Seahawks!

Jenna's thoughts: Why are these people running around like idiots

 chasing a ball? And why are we entertained by it?

I have no clue...

Jonah kept trying to steal Jack's dip even after we got him his own.

Glynne got bored during the third quarter and convinced me to go

 over to the rental house to help her paint some furniture.

I had to take some updated pictures. Remember this? There

 used to be a big air vent there. Grandpa Dewain did a great job fixing it, and

 Ally and I didn't do a horrible job of staining the floors either.

Glynne and Kyle were super excited when they heard that

 they got to live in the rental house we fixed up last summer, and I was

 extremely excited that I got to help decorate it!

 If you want to see the renovation process this house went through last summer,

 here are the links: Rental House- Part 1, Rental House- Part 2.

Mom and I found the couch and chair at a lightly used store in Wichita

 for $200, along with the table and chairs for the dinning room. We actually managed to

 fit it all in the van after we took out most of the seats which

 was a miracle in and of itself.

I soon got to work painting the coffee table they got at Goodwill.

And Glynne put a second coat on the cabinet they got from Aunt Lauren.

I lie down and sleep; I wake again,

 because the Lord sustains me. I will not

 fear though tens of thousands

 assail me on every side.

Psalm 3:5-6