Hello beautiful weather!

What a great way to start off the week AT HOME! :) The weather has been gorgeous. I've had the blinds opened all day, soaking in the sun. We are back on a routine and it's SOOO nice. I don't think I'll ever travel again. HA ;)

We went from having these hanging off the roof

(excuse the horrid edit... I got lazy and didn't feel like fixing it)

...to a few mounds of snow scattered around that are left over from the snowfall weeks ago.

This was from the morning after we got home. Kensley woke up early and wanted some milk so I walked downstairs to get her some and saw this. It was so beautiful!



Now that we're home, Kensley has been able to play with all of her toys. She has asked to play with her Dora playdoh every day. We also got her crayons out so she could color. (we do her arts and crafts while Kallie is napping.... much easier!)



Here's the girls having lunch on Valentine's day. (Kensley had a blast on her first day back to school!)



Today, we got to go outside! The sun has shined all week but the wind was pretty strong. Today it was PERFECT! As you can see, Kensley was ok to go out with no jacket. (eh, she probably could have worn one... but she was ok- she kept pulling it off)

We had a lot of fun being outside.... however, we missed our neighbors :( Just to let it be known- God is so great. When we moved up here last year, I was nervous. This is so far from "home". I'd never lived in any other state. Luckily we moved up here with some close friends.... but I was still worried about our neighbors. We were blessed beyond words. I had one of THE most caring, friendly neighbors. Our lives were so much alike, yet still so different. What we were going through gave us a common link. I shared so many laughs and it was so nice to have someone I could vent to/have dinner nights/help me out with the girls/work out with/the list goes on and on. ;) Anyways, enough of the sappy stuff- can you tell I miss her and her girls?! They moved over the holidays and it's just not the same around here anymore. Kensley kept asking for the girls today. Geez- I'm already having a hard time with it! Now I have a constant reminder when I have to tell her "they're not home. they moved away". So now she'll say " the girls moved." Anyways, this picture is for them! She wanted to ride her bike and she thought something was in the little bag on the front. I opened it for her and she found these two little stones. She actually high jacked them from our neighbor's flowerbed last spring. There was some little artwork the girls made for their yard that had stones in them. Anyways, Kensley carried them around and played with them the whole time we were outside. In the picture, she was trying to jump over them.



And lastly---- I had a date night tonight with a good friend! We had a blast :) It sure is nice to get out without the kiddos sometimes

Check out my photography blog to see some pictures from our play date on Tuesday!

Goodnight!