catching up

Well I've gotten way behind.  And there is much to update!

These girls and their sweet friends are swimming for Team Homeschool this March.  It's Lydia's first year and she is doing great!  I'm proud of them!

Hilarious advertisement we saw at the mall one night. What in the world is Mattitude?  [Matt did NOT want to pose for this photo but I insisted.]

Birthday packages arriving!  Excitement levels are running HIGH ;)

Sunday afternoon strategy games.... this is our second cold, rainy Sunday afternoon.  Last week we made hot chocolate and played Settlers.  (check out Julianna's competitive face)

Mom and Dad sent some new UNC gear - (and we had a few nice warm days to wear them!)

hockey puck in the pond.  oops.

And most recently?  John Paul finally spent his birthday money!  A (knock off) Lego Millennium Falcon (see the Star Wart box!).  This has made my boy SOOO happy.  Lydia and Isaac are also very involved, and Matt has spearheaded a role of 'construction coordinator'.

The box arrived while Dad was out of town and oooooohhhh was Momma so glad that he was scheduled to get home that very evening!  They started building as soon as Matt had his shoes off and Matt even woke up early the following morning so he would have time to build with them before he had to leave for work!

So thankful for this fun project (that they are still working on).

This is a big birthday week - we had a party for Isaac yesterday and then his real birthday is Thursday and then Luke on Saturday and his party coming up this weekend.  woohoo!