valentine's 2021...

 Valentine's Day was a little different this year (that's a whole other post), but we had a lot of fun!  

School was out on Friday so Marley's Valentine's party at school has been postponed until we return to school.  

Friday night Grammy kept the grandkids for a slumber party while Adam, Randall, Lauren and myself went on a double date to Di Campli's, a fabulous new Italian restaurant, axe throwing and then dessert at Union Hall.  We never get the chance to all go out with children and it was so much fun!  

Saturday night the "HAM dads" Andrew, William and Adam to Halle, Addie, Everlee and Marley out on a dinner date.  They took them to Portofino's downtown and then for dessert at Union Hall.  The girls couldn't wait to get all dressed up and go out with their daddy's.  Last year they all went to the Daddy-Daughter dance together, but since that was canceled this year, they took them out any way.  I truly hope this is a tradition that continues for years to come!  

Then on Sunday, February 14, Marley of course had her highly anticipated Valentine's Scavenger Hunt.  I love that she reminds me about this every year for a solid month before Valentine's and then could care less that it's the same clues every year.  

I love my sweet little family!

snow day 2021...

 Yesterday was just the day everyone needed!  We had perhaps one of the most magically, unexpected days!  We woke up to it beginning to snow and ended up with almost 6 inches!  It literally snowed, hard, all day long!  We threw snowballs, jumped on a snowy trampoline, made snow ice cream, enjoyed the hot tub, built a snowman and even rode the 4-wheeler through the streets.

Luckily for us Adam was home to enjoy it with us, but perhaps the best part was seeing all the full faces, no masks, on social media that were smiling and beaming with happiness.  I swear you could "hear" the joy throughout the neighborhood as families played together outside, and for just a few hours, forgot about all the craziness going on in our country right now.
God was smiling down on us and knew we needed this!

marleyisms 2020...

 Here's a recap of Marley's best quotes from 2020...

Today Show they had a story on the To Kill a Mockingbird play.

Me: “Marley your middle name came from one of the characters in that book. It’s my favorite book.”

Marley: “Oh, Bob Scout Marley?”

At the store Marley and I ran into a high school friend's mom whom I hadn't seen in at least 16 years. I introduced her to Marley and she asked if I had other children...

Me: "No Marley is enough."

Marley: "Yeah I asked for a 2-legged sister and I got a 4-legged sister because my mom's old."

Me: "Really?!"

Meet Shelly Turd, Marley’s new find.

According to Marley she’s named “Shelly because she has a shell and Turd short for turtle”.

Omg! While Marley and I were waiting in the car to go into her doctors appointment, 2 old people were walking in the parking lot and Marley said, “Well looks like someone escaped the nursing home!”

Me: “Marley you need to go feed the dog please.”

Marley: “Ugh! You’re the meanest mom ever!”

Marley: “Do you prefer this life or your earlier one?”

Me: “What do you mean?”

Marley: “Like when you were a kid and had only black and white clothes.”

Me: “First of all I’m not that old! Second, the clothes were in color. Just the pictures were black and white.”

Marley just said, "These shoes are my life! I have to have them!"

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Me: “Marley will you cuddle with me forever?”

Marley: “No.”

Me: “Why?!”

Marley: “Ok maybe, but it’s going to be rare.”

We were in the front yard and noticed this double rainbow.

Marley’s response: “Man I wish we were closer so we could get the pot of gold!”

Me: “What does Addie call her grandma?”

Marley: “Susu. She told me I could call her Susu, but I just called her “hey” bc I felt weird.”

Marley rubbing my head tonight:

“Mom I’m going to rub your head because you teach all day and your head has to hurt with all those math problems stuck in there.”

Adam and I were listening to the intro of The Sweater Song by Weazer and Marley said, “It sounds like somebody’s trying to solve a mystery on Scooby Doo!”

bring on 40...

 Bring on 40!  I turned 40 on December 29th and to be honest...I really don't care.  I feel like 30 was a much bigger deal to me.  When your birthday is 4 days from Christmas you celebrate when and where you can.  So this year I was busy celebrating Christmas with Adam on my actual birthday so my family celebrated ME today with a nice lunch surprise!

I mean at this point 40 HAS to be better than 2020 right?!