{february}

february began with my bible study retreat where we laughed too much, studied God's Word and learned about parenting, ate super yummy food, prayed together, FROZE, and grew closer with each other and our Savior.

we celebrated the chinese new year with yummy chinese food!

carter watching tv before school...

tv show: cootie

carter: is that a bad word?

me: not really

tv show:  i hate cats!

carter:  i KNOW that's a bad word 'cause cats are God's creatures!

we celebrated with our favorite andrew on his birthday!

carter and his fun friend are official jedis now.

we also celebrated with our favorite mawmaw on her 85th birthday!

unfortunately, this happened.  not cool!  not cool at all!!!

my friday night date is cuter than yours!

and, he got to be the star of the week!!!

valentine's day

family fun night

{valentine edition}

have a fancy candlelight dinner 

don't forget to use the nice stemware (aka: plastic dollar store glasses)

play stacking hearts...race to see who can build the tallest tower of conversation hearts

it's the little things...race to transfer m&ms from one container to another using only a straw

go on a hugs and kisses hunt

snuggle and kiss your valentines!!!

{january}

growing up definitely has its perks!

three day weekends are FUN!!!

celebrating john's birthday!  we were pretty excited about it because we kind of like him!

date night...full tummies and the grizz!

snow!!!

snOw

dAYs

ArE

pErfEct

yEt

cOld

bUt

wArm

hi five

hi, five!

this five year old loves all things legos, star wars, soccer, basketball, the grizzlies, the cavaliers, and winning. 

carter's birthday festivities began with a cinnamon roll breakfast, of course.

after opening a couple of gifts, he chose chuck e cheese for his birthday dinner.

mimi, poppa, grandma, and grandpa came to play!

we partied hard!!!

oh, and i kicked john's booty in skee ball!

happy birthday, carter man!  love you bunches!!!