Steamrolled

I am recovering today from a gastrointestinal bug that wreaked havoc on my guts all day Sunday. I feel wobbly and headachey today. We had a fun weekend with Cousin Brent, Matt, Amie, Jake and Amie's cute sister, Jenn. Details to come when my head stops throbbing.

Auntie Polka Dots

Me: Addie, quick--you have to get dressed! Uncle Matt and Aunt Amie are on the way!

Addie: [GASP!] My Unco Matt and...is it my Amy with the polka dots on her?

Me: Yep!

[polka dots = freckles]

Hilarious.

Valentines Surprises

On Valentines morning, Rich woke up all of us girls with valentines surprises. I got the flowers and chocolate, Addie got a bear, and Heidi got a puppy. I thought these picutres of them were priceless.

The REAL Napoleon

Guess what I got for Valentine's Day? I mean, besides three beautiful Calla Lillies, Chocolate, whining, and and unusually high number of dirty diapers? You'll never guess. so I'll give you a hint..check out the following photo...

...Did you guess? No, sadly, Rich didn't get me Elvis Costello and lock him in our attic. But he DID get me tickets to SEE Elvis perform in Bozeman on April 12th. Yes, you're right, I do have the best sweetheart ever!

Yeah, so that's great.

So much to look forward to! I was just thinking how fun the next few weeks and months are going to be. I mean, lots of insanely hard work, but lots of fun, too. Tomorrow is our little anniversary get-away, and when we come home, Cousin Brent will be on his way and Brother Matt & family will come for the weekend, too. And we will be DRY WALLING the house--that's exciting because it's almost OVER! And then there's lots of finish work on the house, clean up , move in, then our trip to Salt Lake City for conference, where we will celebrate my grandpa's 80th birthday (my super-duper fabulous excellent most-beloved grandpa). And I forgot Easter in there--Heidi's firstEaster, the cute dresses, the egg hunt--cool! And then we host our first house guests, then we go see Elvis, and then we celebrate wee Heidi's first birthday (where had the year gone? and why does my belly still look like this?), not to mention ringing in the spring and planting things in our very own yard. Be still my heart!

We just have to press on through the next 6 weeks and work our tails (and bellies) off. Yay that.

High Style

This is a photo from the real Napoleon's web site--no doubt his favorite store. Hey, that reminds me, I watched the movie, Ray, yesterday and I really liked it. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did--very well done, very PG, and very worthy of all the accolades. I never once thought, "Oh, Jamie Foxx does a great Ray Charles." I never once thought of Jamie Foxx at all---he was dead on Ray. Somebody give him an Oscar.

Pink Ladies

Here we are in the pink things Daddy bought us for Valentine's Day. I haven't worn pink in years, but it was fun to dress up sweetheart-ish with my girls.

Silly Pink Ladies

I have to post this picture, too, because I think Heidi's expression is hilarious.

Could We BE More Bored?

I love this picture because my girls look utterly unamused and so much alike--same bored faces! They also look like church took a lot out of them--compared to the morning's bright faces.

Big Sister

Heidi looks up to Addie!