I'm Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

It's been too long. I'm glad to be back! (can you guess what song that is from?)
The title of this post put that song in my head.

Well, I am FINALLY back for good! I know how much you all missed me. I heard your cries from near and far. ;0).
I am excited and I have so many new ideas to blog about. I am still researching a new photography project. I hope to start that in the next week.
I definitely enjoyed my little hiatus.
I read three books.
The girls made two crafts.
I baked a lot.
My house stayed fairly clean.

So, to catch you up on what we have been doing while I was without my computer, I decided to do a super long post with pictures.

We had a lot of snow while I was on my hiatus so , we did a lot of puzzles...

We made homemade granola with chocolate chips. So yummy. B and Mel were eating it and B said Mel looked like she had rotten teeth!? Kids imagination sometimes!...

B got this craft kit for Christmas that came with tattoos and body art.

So, we made body art...

B started gymnastics and she LOVES it.

She smiles the whole time we are there.

She saw a picture in the local paper of a high school gymnast on the beam and she said, "I want to be like her."

We will see. She is only 5, but so far she loves it. (sorry, no pictures of gymnastics yet. I'm not comfortable yet with the other moms to start snapping photos at practice. You know, they might think that is weird and that I am taking pix of their kids.)




We had a beef processed so our freezer is full of meat, garden veggies, fruit, and homemade jam. Love that feeling!

The girls played in the snow.

(the pix are blue because it was fairly dark outside)

They ate popsicles...

Mel rocked some pigtails...

B got a new shovel so she is on sidewalk detail now;)...

They read books...

I got to take pictures of this beautiful girl.

It was cold and pretty windy on this particular day, but she wanted some taken in her prom dress and I think they look super cool...

Her dog's name is Dupree (guess what movie that name is off of)...

We went sledding.

More photos from that later.

That needs its own post.

The girls at more popsicles while visiting with cousin Taylor...

I got to take pictures of this full-of-expression cutie patootie...

And I got to take pictures of these 4 gorgeous kids...

So, with all the sessions I have had the last couple weeks without a computer, I am up to my eyeballs in photo editing! I LOVE it.