St. Patrick's Day Selfies

Sometimes, the "idea" of taking pictures makes me feel exhausted. I mean, honestly, I have to take so many pictures, just to get ONE good picture (which makes me very grateful for digital cameras).

This is us, on St. Patrick's Day. After taking over literally 30 pictures, I thought, "Heck! Let's just have fun with it and be goofy."

Someday, I'm going to take a Photoshop class and figure out how to crop faces from different pictures to create THE perfect picture. Seriously.

 

February happenings

Mismatched day at school

Visit to the temple

Cat-lovers (dang it!)

Build and Grow at Lowe's (aren't they the cutest little workers around?)

Valentine's Day

I have to start off by saying that I don't really get how Valentine's Day has become this huge family and friends celebration. Didn't it start off as a celebration for couples? I think it's become all about business and selling a bunch of crap. Valentines, decorations, candy, blah blah blah. Crap is what it really is. And then if you don't get your kids this and that for Valentine's Day, then it must mean that you don't really love them. Right? Wrong. Whatever. With that said, I didn't want to be a total party pooper, so we did have a little fun with it.

Photobooth-ish

Valentine's Day cookies

Mommy and Daddy's date (Logan took the second picture)

Valentine's Day party at school

Snow days in Ohio

Ugh. Snow. Honestly, without kids, I could live without it. However, with kids, it really is a lot of fun. They love sledding, building snowmen, making snow angels, and having snowball fights. I guess it makes Winter a little more bearable (when the temperatures aren't below the freezing point).

Best of 2013

This year has been tough of multiple levels, especially with Billy being gone so much. He works hard, to provide for us. On a normal day, he works 16 hours. And then he takes calls once a week. It's hard for the kids to see their daddy only 30 min to 1 hour a day. But we've also had some great times this year. Here are just a few that I captured:

Daddy's days off

DISNEY WORLD, BABY!

Kendall's 2nd birthday party
 

Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt Lily's visit

Logan and Taylor's 4th birthday

 

4th of July with great friends, Bon-Papa, and Bonne-Maman

Awesome playdates

 

Pool days at home

Touch-a-truck

Splash pads dates with friends

Trips to the zoo

 

Moments like these...

... and these!

First day of school for my big boys... bitter-sweet

 

Apple picking

Spontaneous trip to Put-In-Bay during Billy's week off

Tender moments with my baby girl

 

Dates with this hottie... here at an OSU football game

The Color Me Rad 5K with these awesome ladies

Field trips with great friends

Trick-or-Treating

Cousins quality time

 

Visit to Maryland for Thanksgiving and Luc's 2nd birthday


 

And also:
- potty training my baby girl only shortly after her 2nd birthday
- the kids' excitement on Christmas morning

Bring it on 2014. You've got some tough competition!