sunny days :)

the sun was shining all day yesterday, and although it was still chilly, it was a welcome sign that spring WILL come!

over valentine's day weekend we went to run errands and to a local home show. fun to get ideas if we're able to get this house. mitch took me out to eat at a nummy chinese place for lunch. valentine's day was one of the laziest days we'd had in a long time. after church we had cinnamon rolls that madelyn helped me make the night before. the rest of the day we ate food and laid around. the next day, monday, i made the dinner and dessert i was planning to make for valentine's day. it was super-nummy and was made even better to have my family there to share it with me :)

lent has begun. like father said at mass last night, if something is not right with your life, now is the time to go forth and make it right. easter will be here in no time! madelyn heard them say a prayer about the upcoming holiday of easter. her eyes lit up and she excitedly says, 'easter, mommy!!!' here comes peter cotton-tail!

daddy's home!

dad was gone all week...he's home! :) that's all!

oh, by the way...blaise is now over 4 months old!!! how did that happen!?

{first herself, she discovered the clip-on earrings!}

{then she thought blaise needed to dress-up too}

{then madelyn went to take a nap and blaise hung out on the couch with me for a bit, he looks much happier without the 'pretty' on his head!}

{blaise 4 months}

{madelyn 7 months(?)}

happenings...

it's been pretty boring down here in jackson. dad is gone all this week and then has friends coming down for a fishing extravaganza. hopefully he brings home enough to stock up for the lenten season.

this past weekend i became a Godmother to my nephew, nolan. i feel so honored to be chosen to be a guidance to him in his faith. he's so precious and smiley :)

{at nolan's baptism}

{after the baptism, hey cuz!}

by the end of this week, mitch carved out a bit of time to get to the bank. then we'll know whether or not we can actually afford a house. if we don't build a house on this land, we've got a couple of other options we're keeping open. at this point, all i can think to do is pray that everything just works out...and it usually does.

we have a new sparkling blanket of snow, which we didn't need, but at least it makes it all pretty again. summer, please come soon! the ground hog says: 6 MORE weeks of winter :P ick!!!

here are a few pictures from the past weeks:

{madelyn jamming out! thank goodness she loves the headphones!}

{before going out to eat for dad's 26th birthday}

{go vikes?, better luck next year!}