End of January.

I seriously can't believe that January is over. I'm not complaining though. Its been windy here the last few days which really stinks, but thankfully Spring is just around the corner.

This week we:

had parent viewing at dance. I love parent viewing. I love seeing what the girls are working on in class and we usually get a glimpse of their year end show routine. Both of the girls are doing awesome and really love dance. This is McKenna's fifth year in dance and it was the first time that Ryan came to one of her classes for parent viewing. Kind of crazy, but I think its because he was always watching the other kids. Now that they can watch themselves it gives us a little more freedom. I think he enjoyed it, but one class for each girl was enough for him.

attended a few birthdays this week. Hayley and I went to her little friend Lucy's birthday party. They had a princess tea party. They had lunch, played some games (although H opted out) and got their nail's painted. I got to visit. We both had a fun time. Ty went to a friends party at the Movie theatre and then we went to my brother's house for my niece's birthday party. We had ham buns, played some games, and then had a wicked dance party. Ty and McKenna stayed for a sleepover.

watched basketball. Nate plays at school and in a community league on Saturdays. He is doing awesome. The school league is for everyone so its a little slow and mostly for teaching the kids how to play. They've only had practice's so far but will start games this week. Nate is one of the best players and feels confidant because he know's everyone. In the Saturday league he is one of the younger kids and he doesn't know anybody. There are also a lot of good players. It is good for him because it challenges him and puts him out of his comfort zone. He gets to enjoy both experiences and he is becoming a better basketball player because of it. I love being a basketball Mom.

Had a playdate with a couple of M's friends from dance. The girls all played and us Mom's visited. I love chatting with these girls and have made some awesome dance Mom friends.The girls loved getting to spend time together outside of dance and were begging to get to play longer. I'm glad we have these friends to help get us through the craziness of dance.

are in house cleaning and organizing mode. We are trying to get the house ready to sell by the middle of February. Ryan is also starting to get into building mode too and is always looking at kitchens, pricing things out, and getting ideas for our house. We went and looked through some show homes today which we really love doing as a family. The kids love picking out their rooms at each house and it really got us all excited about building a new house.

have been watching football. When they were watching the game where the Patriots played the Bronco's Ty came prepared wearing his Tom Brady jersey, once the Bronco's started winning Ty said "That's it" and pulled off his Patriots jersey and had his Bronco's t-shirt underneath. We had a good laugh about that. I think he needs to learn some team loyalty. The Bronco's ended up winning and the boys are excited to watch them in the Superbowl.

January has been great. Bring on February!