Checking In

It's Valentine's Day! Jay isn't much of a Hallmark holiday person, but I love to embrace any and all reasons to celebrate! So I surprised my loves by having little gifts ready for them today, and I also made some awesome cinnamon rolls, and I did a little cleaning...it's no fun to celebrate in a messy house, no? And now we're relaxing.

The days have been going by fast here. Jay got promoted last week, and I'm so proud of him. We're still mulling over the decision to reenlist or get out next year, but we have a few more months to make that choice. We're praying that God leads us to the right choice, but for now we're taking it a day at a time.



The girlies are growing so fast and learning so much. I finally found a roll of butcher paper, so they have been having a lot of fun doing arts and crafts at the "big table". Mae learned that paint doesn't taste very good but that it's fun to smear all over herself. Zee is just loving all of her art options. Paint, markers, crayons, pencils, stamps. And she has fallen in love with scissors. I have to keep my eye on that one!





I've been working on keeping up with the housework more. I'm a terrible housekeeper, so this is hard for me. But I thought about it a lot.... Jay goes to work each day, and he's gone for (usually) 12 hours a day. He deserves to come home to a clean house. I'm usually busy with the girls and errands, but I've decided to take an hour or two each morning and to really use that time to straighten up. Hopefully it will become a habit and not so forced in the future!

And way off topic, but I got a new lens for my camera! I'm not a photographer by any means, but I am trying to learn! I am loving this new lens...it takes beautiful pictures! Some of my favorites?







The last two were taken in the car to test out the lens. I couldn't wait to try it out! The top picture is in the parking lot of the Denver Children's Museum. (Note: the sweater Mae is wearing is made from my handspun yarn! So exciting for me!)

I just want to add that Zee does not like having her picture taken. So if you notice a shortage of Zee pictures...that is why. I try to get her to let me take them, but she generally makes funny faces or runs off.