january happenings

the new year is here, so i guess it's time i finally blogged again.

  

well with a new year comes a new time for church.  now that we have the afternoon church we are trying to fill our children's morning with good things.  luckily we have a daughter who loves the friend magazine and the fun activities inside.

we took advantage of the free day at the zoo as a family.  we love our zoo.

we've welcomed in this new year with some illnesses in our home.  but i say better now than later when the baby is here.  i'm glad the kids are getting it out of their systems now.  but, with that being said, sometimes when you have sick kids you feel like you are stuck inside and need to get out.  so i've been trying to entertain the kids with some new and different activities.

we made a race track around our living room with tape.  i thought tanner would particularly love this activity since his cars are practically glued to his side all day.

the kids wanted their pictures taken and posed like this.  i sure love these kiddos and the funny things they do.

i know this picture is pretty random, but i thought it was kind of cute seeing tanner line his oranges up in a row.

we also had the chance to see the new muppet movie in the theatres.  someone was giving away their tickets to the movie on craigslist, so i quickly claimed those babies.  the movie was surprisingly funny and very entertaining.

somehow, someway we've escaped the mounds of snow that is normally heaped upon us by now.  i just love, love, love it.  we have had snow once this winter.  although it was a little weird not having a white christmas.

the kiddos enjoyed playing in the snow and tanner especially loved "helping" daddy shovel.