Happy Valentine's Day!

These are my favorite pictures each year. Jay has had the IKEA heart pillow since his days in Germany and since the boys were little I've taken a picture of them with it for Valentine's day.

SNOW

January has felt like spring with warm days in the fourties...but yesterday we woke up to snow. It snowed most of the day, although little actually stuck to the ground. I have a little spring fever...or cabin fever...not sure which to blame my mood on.

Pictures?

If you become a blogger....do you have to post a picture every time? I am not a faithful picture take like I was in the past. The time slips away and the camera lays hidden beneath a chair in the bedroom. We take it out for special occasions, but then we have so many pictures it takes a awful long time to go through them. So, I've decided that pictures are not always a necessity. So this is my first post sans pictures. Enjoy.

Christmas 2009

Sadly, it doesn't seem like it was that long ago that I was posting pictures from last Christmas.

I spent my first few days off from work frantically trying to get all of my Christmas gifts made. I had a great time sewing and painting and copying and enjoying the time I had to create things from scratch. I love to give homemade gifts...even though they often seem to be a little stressful.

We had a great holiday season filled with family traditions, a little snow, and time spent together. Here are some pictures of the fun we had!

Not Ready to Give Up

I'm sure most of you have long since stopped checking our blog, but I'm going to try and start up again. I'm a creature of convenience and have a hard time waiting for dail up or heading to the library to us the wifi....so I've been a slacker. I'm hoping with the new year I can be a better blogger and keep everyone updated. :)

We had a great Christmas and are excited to begin a new year with good health, a wonderful home, and time to spend with each other. Hope the new year is treating everyone well!

Grand Canyon Adventure

We had a great time at the Grand Canyon. It was harder than I expected, but we had a great time. We hiked down on the first morning (about 14 miles). We camped at Cottonwood Campground that night. We only got a short hike in the next day (about 5 miles) since I could barely walk. :) We spent the night again and woke up early to head back to the rim (about 15 miles). It was so beautiful and we took tons of picutres. Here are a few pictures of the trip.

Slacker

I've been such a slacker! I'm so excited that Spring Break has finally arrived! The students were crazy today but we all survived somewhat unscathed and now I'm ready to start enjoying some time away.

Jay and I leave for our Grand Canyon adventure tomorrow. The game plan is to hike the canyon rim to rim to rim. We've got our packs packed up and the car almost loaded, so hopefully it will be smooth sailing tomorrow.

The boys will be with the grandparents while we're gone, so they'll be having some adventures of their own. :)

I'll try to get some pictures and information posted when we get back...wish us luck!