February Wrap Up

February was spent mostly indoors...with the exception of running.  I officially started training for my first half this month, and boy has the weather been a challenge. But not as much of a challenge as the thought of running any more than 3 miles on a treadmill.  We just suck it up, and run our little hearts out in the 10 degree weather.  Good times!  

This is my mini-me drinking her Starbucks in her UA gear walking around Target ;)

Post-6 miler.  You can see the icicles on my hair and her eyelashes!  Eek!

At least we have beautiful sunrises to end our runs!

Valentine's Day

Obviously I stunk at taking pictures of our two Valentines this year, and in a strange twist of events, the second child is the only one who got a picture...probably because she is so freaking cute right now!  

Snow :(

I think I am officially over winter.  We had such a mild start to our winter that we quickly became spoiled and forgot that "actual" winter would be coming in January, February, and maybe evven into March.  We have had a rough last couple of weeks, and I am SO ready for it to be gone!  Last week we had a lovely little snowstorm which left 9 tall inches of beautiful snow.  I loathe snow, so I did not do so well with it...even with the two extra snow days that came out of it! :)  Over the last five years I have learned to at least deal with it more and actually venture out in it, so the first day I decided to take the girls to the Y to swim.  Mommy never takes them, so I know they got a kick out of that!

swim selfie :)

On one of the three days we were actually in school last week, we had our Valentine's Party.  In conjunction with our party and our winter reading incentive, we did a book parade around the school. Students and teachers were asked to dress as a book character, and of course I went with something fun!  

My teaching partner and I 

As I mentioned before, the weather has been awful and has made our training for our half marathon a little tricky.  I HATE the treadmill and will do all things to avoid it, so we have definitely been running in some less than favorable conditions, but it beats the treadmill any day! :)

And the most important thing that has happened lately is that our nephew turned one!!!  We cannot believe it's been a year since Baby Hudson came into our lives, and it has been SO fun watching this little man grow.  The unexpected snowstorm forced Jake & Megan to cancel the originally planned party on Super Bowl Sunday, but we celebrated a week later and had awesome weather as a bonus!  We were asked to dress in NFL apparel, and the party was all football (Packers) themed.  Megan did such a great job with all the cute details!

I suppose I'm going to add these chalkboard signs to my Laineybug collection becuase I kind of like the way it turned out!

Dad is the only one not looking a hot mess, haha!

Love my baby brother!

Not too often we get a picture of just the four of us anymore!

Twinning!  

The birthday boy and Auntie Jenn

Three Packers and a Bronco

Sweet cousins...who look like siblings :)

It's been a crazy February already, and we have a lot more fun in store!  Loving life right now!

Daddy Daughter Dance 2015

Each year our local Y puts on a Daddy Daughter Dance for Valentine's Day.  Jovan has taken Lainey for the past two years, but this was the first year that he took Lilly too.  The evening started with a quiet dinner at home, and then their "date" rang the doorbell for them, arriving with flowers.  We took lots of pictures, and then I sent them off for an evening of twirling and screaming on the dance floor, haha!

As expected, they had an absolute blast with their daddy!  I'm so grateful for a man who is committed to showing his girls how a good, Godly man should treat them. :)