Baby & Me.

I feel kind of bad because I have so many more pictures of Kenzie than the other two.  This happens for two reasons: 1.  3 is an adorable age and I often catch Kenzie doing adorable things.  Her personality is like no other.  2.  Let's be real- I spend a lot more time with her while Landon and Kadence are at school. 

She fills my days with so much happiness it is hard to even explain.  Although she can be a challenge at times she truly has a heart of gold already and acts extremely mature for a 3 year old.  She loves music and was thrilled when I bought a new iPhone so she could take over my old one! 

Kenzie and Emma have a love-love relationship.  Kenzie loves that Emma eats the things she doesn't want to (i.e. crust) and Emma loves that Kenzie feeds her more people food than anyone else. 

The life of a princess puppy...

 Kenzie was proud to make us a pizza for lunch!  It is so much easier to do things and let her help when there is just 2 little hands and 1 mouth to monitor as opposed to 6 hands and 3 mouths. 

I treasure every day I get this little girl home with me.  They grow up too fast and before I know it she will be off to school...tear. 

Girls Date.

The girls and I had a little Friday night date at the mall!  Landon was at a Fargo Force hockey game for a birthday party and Ryan headed to Sioux Falls to be with his family in lieu of Rich's recent stroke:(  At any rate after we dropped Landon off we decided to have a date of our own.  We spent a couple hours shopping at the mall and eating some yummy Qdoba (Kadence and my favorite).  

After we spent as much time at the mall as possible we ventured back home to wait for the game to get over.  The girls had to stay up until we could go get him-which turned out to be 10pm!!!!  The girls were troopers and we all were in bed sleeping by 10:30...too bad the kids were still up bright and early the next day!  Love these kiddos so much!

Long Winter Days.

January is such a long month.  The weather has been terribly frigid and we have spend a great deal of time hibernating inside.  I'm trying not to complain because aside from a couple bouts of strep throat and a minimal cold here and there we have been extremely healthy this year. 

 

On a positive note I have had plenty of warm and cozy snuggles!

The kids and I have played a TON of games!

Landon has been reading up a storm!

Kenzie has had a lot of time playing "mommy" with her baby.

Even Emma has had some extra snuggles...

When she isn't pretending to be a person that is...

OH we just can't wait for some warmer weather!!  This is the time we should be on vacation...

Osgood Family Dance Night.

Kadence had a Family Dance Night at her school.  It was a fundraiser for the P.E. department and included: face painting, hair dye, cotton candy, art projects, wii games, pizza and a big dance in the gym complete with loud music and glow sticks.  There were a ton of families there and I think the kids had a lot of fun!  Grandma Sue and Papa Gary were in town so they got to join in on the fun as well!  Ryan and Jack joined us at the end of the party so Kadence had  a lot of her family there!  She was pretty overwhelmed about the whole thing and had a bit of trouble controlling her emotions but it was great to see her in the gym dancing away!  The P.E. teachers had practiced dance routines to certain songs with the Kindergarteners during the week so they were all following the lead of their 2 gym teachers.  

We ran in to Kendallynn and Kendra for a little Wii game!  

It was a great event and I was glad to see such a great turn out!  I'm sure they P.E. department reached their fundraising goals!  

Sweet Girl.

Kadence has been battling a nasty virus for a couple weeks then caught strep throat again.  Poor thing. We definitely have had a lot of snuggling time.  She has just felt so awful it's heart breaking.  She even smiles when she doesn't feel well!  Such a beautiful girl!  We did some rearranging in our downstairs in preparation for Landon's new air hockey table.  I was complaining about a bare wall…

Kadence decorated the wall for me all by herself.  She colored some new pictures and found some she had already colored and then taped them up on the wall.  Then she says, "Mama, I decorated the wall for you, it doesn't look bare anymore does it?"  She can be such a sweet little person.  I haven't touched the pictures and it makes me smile every time I look at the wall!

Cold Day!

With -50 or colder wind chills, we had a "cold" day.  The kids had the whole day off from school and we all hibernated inside.  It was bitter cold outside and nice and warm inside.  We were so fortunate to be able to stay snuggled in all day.

 Such a good snuggle day!

The girls and I had time to do some winter projects.  They are both obsessed with doing projects!  I am running out of ideas, I need to buy some different supplies.  Ha!

These 2 crazy girls didn't care how cold it was outside, they insisted on putting summer skirts on and dancing around the house!

Enjoying some adorable stuffed animals cousin Jessie sent for the girls to play with.  Although I enjoyed having all the kids home for the day, I hope this cold weather subsides so we can get outside and play!

Happy Birthday, Emmers!

Happy Birthday to our sweet little Emma who for 9 years has endured a crazy chaotic life including adding 3 babies to our family along with 6 moves.  She loves us all unconditionally and we love her!

This sweet little puppy brings so much joy to our lives.  She is always so happy to see us whether we were gone for minutes or hours.  She has plenty of snuggles and constantly sits by all 3 kids and snuggles them.  We are all pretty attached to her and I can't believe she is 9 years old already.  Sweet Puppy.

 Best. Dog. Ever.