It's been awhile

Sorry it has been awhile since I have updated but between work, Daniel's 2nd birthday, the holidays and all the parties with 3 little ones, time flies right by. So I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and got to see all of your loved ones. Donny and I had the chance to go home to Iowa for Christmas with the kids. We drove through the night both ways so the kids slept most of the trip which made it a little more peaceful as long as we could stay awake:)

So far Daniel has had 2 birthday parties every year. One is Idaho and One in Iowa. This year we did his birthday at noon and Christmas at night with Donny's family. At his party, after the first present he opened he was done opening them cause it was what he likes - trucks and tractors. But we kept taking them away and making him open more and he kept getting mad. But by that night he was ready. He would open one, set it aside and wait for the next. He came out really good. He has a whole toy box full of trucks and tractors now.

In Iowa we decorated Christmas cookies, went swimming, and just enjoyed time with my family.

Here are some pictures of our time there. As you can imagine, I have a hard time getting pictures between the kids opening presents, feeding them, and keeping them from fighting so I am awaiting some pictures from my sister-in-law from our Idaho celebrations. So I will share those with you when I get them.

Hannah and Everett enjoying the more than 1 foot of snow that was in Iowa at the time we were there.

Nicolas just had his first oficial haircut. We haven't taken a picture like this in awhile, but it is also rare we are together to much. My mom, sister Leah, and I. My sister is at vet school about 4 hours from my parents and has a boyfriend in North Carolina and me in Idaho, you can see why it is nice when we are all together.