Super Bowl in Indianapolis

The other night we went up to Indianapolis for all the fun stuff they have going on up there. They had tons of stuff like a guy carving ice sculpturs with a chain saw, kid games, huge bands playing, crazy people being silly, hanggliding from way high and forever long (so wanted to do it), and lots more. The Sports Center for ESPN was there too broadcasting live, so we got to be on camera a lot. Later we watched it and Dave and Jackson got on T.V. It was pretty cool!

Dave and Jackson had a blast jumping up and down (Jackson on Daves back so he could be seen better) for over an hour trying to get on T.V. and it was well worth the 10-15 minutes of fame on ESPN Sports Center. Dave and Jackson were totally exhausted from it.

For those of you who watch sports center, this guy has the craziest eyebrow. I thought it was cool seeing him up close.

This is where people were hanggliding from, way high up. It looked like a lot of fun. It was too bad you had to get tickets way in advance or I would have so wanted to do it.

This is kind of hard to see, but its a ice sculpture of the colts horseshoe the man carved.

Whitneys 1st Birthday!

Yesterday was Whitneys 1st Birthday! Wow! That year totally flew by. I can't believe she's already 1 year old. We absolutely love our sweet Whitney and are thankful for the joy she brings to our family. Happy 1st Birthday Whitney! We love you!

Such a happy girl! Yay for my birthday!

Two cute girls! Its been fun having two girls next together, although I know its going to be hard later on with them, knowing from experience. They'll love each other later on too, eventually!

I made Whitney a Tweety bird birthday cake since my mom made me one when I turned 1. My parents use to call me Tweety bird because I looked like tweety bird to them. I thought it would be fun to do the same thing.

I was so happy that the weather was nicer on her birthday. We got to go to the park next to us and play. The kids absolutely love to get outside whenever possible since we know there are only nice days like this very rarely. Jackson and Megan both had fun pushing Whitney in the swing as you can see and Whitney loved it too. Yay for nice weather.

Pretty Whitney!

After Dave got home from work we opened presents. With Whitney so little, she didn't know any different. So, we waited, however, it made Megan not happy to wait, we might be doing it in the morning for now on. As always Whitney loved the wrapping paper more than the presents at the time. Jackson and Megan didn't mind helping. They get so impatient waiting for her to open them. So, what the heck, go for it, right!

Happy 1st Birthday Whitney! We all love you so much!

Cooking with Mom!

For Christmas, one of Megans gifts from her grandma was this adorable cooking apron. I thought it was so cute. So I had her wear it while we made some cookies together. Megan of course had to have some dough and chocolate chips. Yum!

Whitney is growing up. I couldn't believe she fit in these cute 18 month old clothes her aunt sent us for her 1st birthday. Thanks Sheri!

Christmas At Ours!

This was our first year at our home for Christmas. We had so much fun being able to get things ready for the kids for Christmas and see how excited they were. We usually have been flying and haven't been able to bring gifts, so this was a lot different and fun to experience. We missed our family, but enjoyed spending our own Christmas together as us and so did the kids. We avoided opening gifts in the morning and so we would make it to church on time. We knew if we started opening presents they wouldn't want to stop. So, we waited till we got home from church and went at it.

Our three cute kids on Christmas day.

Jackson loved this dinosaur that he got that is enormous compared to the other one we got him last Christmas. He absolutely loved it!

It was a lot of fun getting matching pajamas for the girls. Megan also loves dressing like Whitney.

On Christmas Eve we made stockings for all of us. This was our first year at our own house for Christmas and so we haven't made stockings for each of us yet. It was a lot of fun putting them together. Hopefully they'll last quite a few years.

This was Christmas Eve after Santa had already came. We thought we'd try to hide some of the big gifts. See if you can find the basketball hoop or girls playhouse. I thought we did pretty good trying to hide them.

Jackson loved putting together this Cars 2 Mac and Lightning McQueen set he got from Grandma and Grandpa Shelley. I was amazed that he was able to put it together all by himself with only a little help.

Jackson and Megan were so excited for the beta fish we got Megan for Christmas. They were way into its every move. We named it Bob after Jacksons first beta fish he had when he was little. We named it that after Jacksons first word, "Bob, bob, bob...."

The day after Christmas we went to an Indianapolis Pacers game. It was their first game after the closeout.

For New Years we went out to Alabama to see Daves sister. We had a lot of fun hanging out. The boys always have fun going out and playing football together. It was great having warmer weather than we have out here in Indiana.