good bye mullet

Yes, it has snowed again. Will wanted to make a snowman as big as him so here he is. Rosie liked eating the grapes we used for his eyes.

In other news, we cut Rosie's mullet. As much as I hated to see her curls go, I love her new do!

A cute story: I asked Rosie what her Mom's name was and she said, "Maria". Then I asked who her brother's name was and she said, "Willie". Lastly I asked who her Dad's name was and she said, "Daddy-O!"

January Jubilee

Best buddies!

Our good friends, Casey and Ashley have decided to leave us and go to Hawaii. I don't blame them, but we sure will miss them!
Here's me and Ashley.

Clark and I went on a date! He won sportsline live and got a free dinner at the Prarie Rose Cafe. We had homemade french fries, steak and shrimp, and the chicken cordon bleu. Afterwards we went to the high school boys basketball game. I gave Clark a a tour of the high school and it was a little weird for me. This year is my 10 year high school reunion and I can't believe it's been that long. Sometimes I still feel like a 17 year old!




Whenever Rosie gets warm, her cheeks get . . . well rosy! I think it is the cutest thing!

Much needed energy has returned

I am feeling great this morning! The past week has been quite the week. We were visiting family for the holidays when Sunday morning, Clark and I rushed to the ER. He ended up having surgery and staying over night. Then Monday, Will got the stomach flu. We decided to come home after that. Since we've been home, Rosie and I got the flu. However, when I woke up this morning, I felt energetic. I'm hopefully turning over a new leaf.

A little update on us:

Clark is feeling much better. He is on a "soft foods" diet for one more week. It has been really hard since he loves steak, chips, and other banned foods. But, he's been such a good sport. I'm guessing after next week though, we won't be having pudding or soup for a LONG time!

Will is the sweetest kid. Every day he hugs me and tells me he loves me, even when I've been less than patient with him. His new interest is dinosaurs. He and Rosie like to play "T-Rex and Maisaura" (the mother dinosaur . . . I learned this from one of their library books). He will start Sunbeams next week. How can he be that old?!

Rosie loves being funny. She likes to say "Shnikes" to make us laugh. She is talking very well. She told me a story two nights ago about a blue rabbit with floppy ears who she and Dad touched, but Will and I didn't touch him. Last night, I put Rosie to bed around 8:30. At 9, I was tired, so I checked on the kids and then went into my bed. As I was getting comfortable, Rosie comes out of my closet and says, "Hi Mom!" I started cracking up!

I wanted to add pictures to this post, but I accidentally left the camera in the car overnight and it's still pretty cold. I'll try to upload some pictures later in the week.

Happy Halloween

These pictures are out of order. Sorry. We had a little Halloween Party this year. Here's Will, Porter, Steph, and Rosie. Will loved his dinosaur costume so much last year, he wanted to wear it again this year. I was fine with that. :) Rosie was a lion, but when we trick-or-treated everyone thought she was a bear. I guess it looks like a bear from the front.

I asked Clark to carve the pumpkin this year because he is awesome at it. He even got out his drill to cut out some of the intricate parts of the belfry. The kids loved getting the seeds and "strings" out of the pumpkin. (His pumpkin won first prize at our party)

Clark wanted a mullet for Halloween so he grew his hair out for a few months. We cut a mullet, but he wanted it longer so we bought a mullet too. We had Will and Rosie try it on.

The kids LOVED Trick-or-Treating!! We only went down two streets, but they got plenty of candy.

Here's a few of us from our Halloween Party. Our friends, Brett and Liz with their daughter Brin. Clark and I. Derek and Jessica.

I Want

1) TWINS!!! That's right, you heard me. I have been baby-hungry lately and I've been thinking how much fun it would be to have two babies at once! I have been reading up on anything that would help my odds and it looks like if I eat a lot of sweet potatoes and dairy, my chances go up 5 times. Does anyone know anything else that would help? Unfortunately, I have NO relatives that have had twins so my genes aren't going to help me much.

2) To have a black belt in Karate. I watched my brother Josh at his Karate performance yesterday and I was so impressed. He is already a yellow belt and has only been in it a year. The teacher said it usually takes 5-8 years to become a black belt (so I could be 35 when I finally get it). I really want to do it though. I mentioned it to Clark and he's all for it.

3) To know where we'll be in 7 months. Just waiting is really hard for me. Clark has another career fair in a few weeks so maybe we'll be a little more certain of our future.

4) To find a bread recipe that actually turns out. Every one I've tried ends up too dense.