January 31-Day 35

Ok, so I'm a few hours early for tomorrow's photo....but had to take a picture of the dishtowels I bought in Colorado!

I am going to make aprons for the girls since they are always helping me in the kitchen, and I found a really easy pattern to make them from towels. Figures I have to go all the way to Colorado to find "fun" towels! lol

Thanks Dad for mailing these to me since I couldn't fit anything more in my suitcase last Sunday!

January 30-Day 34

This is the stack of books I am either reading or waiting to find time to start reading.

Somehow, I can never find enough hours in the day to read...but if I start a really good book, I am often up way too late at night!

January 29-Day 33

Ok, I really should get to bed....but wanted to catch up from the last week or so while the house is quiet!

Love this quote that I have by our bed...so few words but yet says so much!

January 28-Day 32

This is Ellie at nap time this afternoon....guess she likes her new shirt from the AF Academy that I picked up for her! She wore it right away on Sunday...it made it through the laundry on Tuesday, and she has it back on again today!

Spent the last few days at the office trying to get tax stuff done....w-2's went pretty smoothly but the 1099's on the other hand are another story! Maybe by Friday we'll have the mess figured out!

January 27-Day 31

Got home from my trip just in time for Kacey's first basketball game! Love the first picture (even though it is blurry) as you can see her making a basket...and considering that she didn't make any last year, she was pretty excited! lol

Her team lost 10-8....but as she joked, she scored half of the points for her team and already has more points than last year! Gotta love that attitude!

She has another game on Thursday...gonna have to work on my settings for my camera so I can get some clearer pictures. Somehow with the lighting in the gym and the action, I can never get good photos!

January 26-Day 30

Happy 8th Birthday, Jerbear! Can my 'little' guy really be eight years old already?!? Felt really good to sleep in my own bed last night....and today was a busy day of unpacking, re-grouping, and baking chocolate birthday cake with brown sugar frosting. I think Jeremy has requested this same cake for his birthday for the last five years!

Doug and Carol came over for cake and presents tonight after dinner...it's amazing how fast a little boy can open up all of his birthday presents!

Happy birthday, bud! I love you! (and we didn't even start the oven on fire making your birthday cake like we did a few years ago!)

January 25-Day 29

Picture from the floor waiting at my gate for my flight back to the cities. Dad and Annie dropped me off at the airport in Denver this morning...was a tearful and quick goodbye at the front of the airport. I hate saying goodbye!

Found my place in line for the security check among about 400 other travellers! Wish I would have thought to take a picture from the upper level looking down on the check point....what a zoo!

My flight left Denver over an hour late as they had to de-ice the plane and then we sat on the runway waiting our turn in line for take off. I was a little nervous about missing my connecting flight in the cities for Duluth....ended up with about 15 minutes to make it from one end of the terminals to the other in the cities. Enough time to grab a very quick bite to eat and find the restrooms!

The kids were excited to see me when I got to Duluth....although Kacey told me that I looked very tired! Guess sleep was 'optional' during the weekend, and even though I didn't have the kids with...I never did get a chance to sleep in!

Was an awesome weekend in Colorado but felt good to be home at the same time....does that make sense?! Maybe next year we'll have to make a family trip to Colorado Springs for a hockey weekend!