I've been surrounded by family for the past 3 months and now here I find myself back to normal, just the kids and I. We moved into our house in November and had family visiting two weeks later. December we drove up north to Missouri and Wisconsin for Christmas and we were surrounded by many family members and old friends. In January Jeff and I had his parents visiting for 3 weeks. They left Monday and Jeff left today. The house is so quiet! The kids and I decided to get out of here for a bit and so we went to BK for lunch and to play in their playland since it is such a beautiful day! We had a yummy but not so healthy lunch and the kids had a fun time playing. Tara made a friend, another little 3 year old girl. After only a hello they took of running together holding hands. That always gets me how little children can be so friendly so fast! Well after a few minutes the other little girl started chasing Gabe so Tara ran behind her yelling, "HOLD MY HAND! HOLD MY HAND! HOLD MY HAND!" I finally got Tara's attention and explained to her that she doesn't need to hold her hand the whole time, then I got her mind off of the disappointment by showing her the little birds bouncing around the tables eating up the food off the ground. Tara loved this! She quickly grabbed a french fry, tore it into pieces and then threw it at the birds. Well, the birds flew off so she yelled, "Come back birds! I have food for you!!!" :)
I've not blogged in a while, so I've skipped some important dates, like Gabe and Tara's birthday, Christmas, New Years and I'm sure I've missed blogging about some funny stories, but to sum it all up I will just add some pictures from the past few months. :)
boys doing some raking for us
Gabe's 7th Birthday party
Tara sitting with her Great Grandpa Rybold
The kids on our trip to MO. I love this picture b/c of Chloe sleeping on Siah.
Tara and Clifford at the Children's Museum in Wisconsin
The Boys at the Children's Museum in Wisconsin
Josiah at the museum (Did you know that Josiah is also Art? Just saw that above his head):)
Tara getting her first professional haircut, she had so much fun!
First time getting hair blow dried. (or blown dry?) :)
Christmas day
Jeff and I with our youth group at the teen winter retreat here in GA
Tara using her almost new princess umbrella on a rainy day in January.
