Principle's Award

 

Avery had an assembly this week and received the Principle's Award for all-around school excellence. They award one boy and one girl from each grade. The award says, "Because of you, our school is a better place to learn. You have proven to me by your actions that one person can make a difference. I applaud you for what you have accomplished and look forward to hearing even more great things about you in the future."

 

Along with her certificate she received a free kids meal at Chili's and a bracelet. Randy, Addie, Ashton and I were all there- but we only got a picture of her with Addison because we ran out of time. The yearbook was taking pictures of all the kids from the different grades that received the award. Way to go Avery, we are so proud of you!

Oklahoma Winter

 

Our winter in Oklahoma this year has been a complete rollercoaster of temperatures! One day we will be in the 70's and by that evening we will drop to 20 degrees. We have done that a handful of times this season. This was one of the warmer days!

 

Addie loves to go to the park, her favorite thing to do is swing on the swings. She could stay there for hours- but I got her off to enjoy the rest of the toys.

 

So the weather has really done a number on me with my allergies! I never even had an allergy problem, but windy and warm one day and then windy and cold the next is not great on my system. But I'm not going to complain- because I'm very grateful for those "breaks" in the weather. If it was always warm, I wouldn't notice it! But now when its warm, everything in my life stops and we just go out and enjoy the day.

 

This particular day the older kids were back in school and once again the weather was starting to turn back cold, so we went to the park without Avery and Austin. Ashton loves watching Addie play on the toys. She thinks Addie is the funniest person alive!

Kaylin Murphys 1st birthday

Our friends Bobbi and Ryan Murphy flew in from Utah after Christmas. Their little girl, Kaylin, turns 1 in January so we celebrated her birthday while they were here. The kids had so much fun! Of course Kevin and Kelly Murphy live here in town and we are lucky enough to hang out with them often! Our kids love Addison and Emerson- and they were so excited to see Kaylin again! Susan and Micheal Murphy had us over and had an AWESOME party- one our kids won't forget!