Michelle Visit Day 1

Aunt Michelle came to visit the last 5 days and we have just had so much fun! She arrived Thursday morning. The day was busy getting ready for the church Relief Society Bunko activity that I was in charge of. It was so nice to have Michelle around to help out getting it ready.



FRIDAY we checked Caleb and Lucy out of school and headed to the beach! We visited historic Fort Macon near Atlantic Beach, NC and had fun exploring the cannons, the dungeons, the history, and the painfully accessible high drop-off edges that the kids didn't seem to be scared of at all!

The beach was quite breezy and the water was still cold. I think that the kids had fun in the water for about 10 minutes before they got out and started complaining about the cold. James and Annabelle curled up under their blankets, Caleb flew a kite for a minute, William was crying, Annabelle kept needing potty breaks. Michelle was a good sport through it all :)

(Annabelle curled up in her towel)

We called it quits around 6:30pm and stopped by a chicken and BBQ place for dinner where Michelle tried her first North Carolina BBQ. What'd she think??

Oh, and on the way home, we got a flat tire and a nice mechanic stopped by to help on his way home from work. Thank goodness. We were all so tired. It was a big adventurous day!

Crystal and Friends

It was so good to have some friends visit us this weekend! Crystal Parkinson and her 3 kids came down from Blacksburg to spend some time with us and we just had such a good time. It was so nice to have friends for the kids right here in our house the whole time! The kids just played and played. Even the new babies were excited to have a new face around! (They are so cute!)

We rode bikes, played in the corvette, watched Kayli and James play soccer together (Bryce is the coach and James had his first practice while they were here, so Kayli got to play too!), we went to the park, we played games, roasted hot dogs and marshmallows in the fire pit, played the wii. It was so great. We are so happy they came down to see us!

Basketball

We have spent the last 5 or 6 Sundays at the school basketball game watching Caleb and Lucy play basketball. It was both of their first time playing and they really tried hard. I can't believe how much they improved over the season. I think they had to kid of figure out how the game worked, and then they could focus on really playing. Annabelle, James, and William were real troopers and never complained about being there all morning!

Cute Baby and Pinewood Derby

Caleb participated in his first pinewood derby last month. I've been waiting to get a picture of him at the actual race, but that's taking a while, so here he is painting his car. He and Bryce worked together creating the car using Grandpa Jorgensen's winning car as a model. I think they had a great time doing it together. Caleb did the paint job all on his own! The picture is blurry, but it turned out really HOT! He got 3rd place at the race. Way to go!


Oh, and these pictures of William were too cute not to post. Doesn't he look handsome in this tie that Aunt Lisa gave him?! He is such a heartthrob!

Happy Valentine's Day Melanie!

Happy Valentines Day Babe! You are truly amazing...as a wife, as a mother, as a sister, as a daughter. You get more beautiful every day and I am more in love with you now than the day we were married. It is a wonderful feeling to know that we are sealed together for eternity! I love you Melanie.


I appreciate you...

Melanie…I appreciate you doing the laundry, even though you don’t have to

I appreciate you folding my clothes, even though you don’t have to

I appreciate you quickly removing my pants and shirts from the dryer to fold and hang them, even though I complain the few times you don’t

I appreciate you cooking a wonderful dinner every night, even though you don’t have to

I appreciate you cleaning up after everyone, even though you don’t have to

I appreciate you keeping the house clean, even though I complain the few times it’s not

I appreciate how you teach and take care of our children, because you want to

I appreciate how you love and take care of me, because you want to

I appreciate when you are patient with me, even though I sometimes get upset

I guess what I am trying to say, is that I LOVE you and appreciate all you do every day for our family, even though you don’t have to…but because you love us.

Love Bryce

Happy 7th Birthday, Lucy!

We celebrated Lucy's bday last week. She has been counting down the days for about 3 months now! We had a special day, starting with birthday pancakes, mom volunteering in her classroom, lunch with her (and James, Annabell, and William) at school, special lasagna birthday dinner, presents, treasure cake (yes, that is supposed to be a treasure box; see the treasures coming out??), and dance party! One of Lucy's presents was a colored disco ball and some party music. We danced the night away! Happy 7th birthday, Lucy! We love you!

Three and a Half Months

William tried out his wagon yesterday for the first time. He loved it (until Caleb ran super fast over our bumpy backyard)! Thanks goodness for a 50 degree day! I thought North Carolina had 50 degree days everyday in the winter!



William has started to sleep better during the nights. Although he is not on a consistant schedule yet, he will sleep most nights for at least 8 hours in a row. This morning when he woke up happily, I went in to get him out and found two extra kids in his crib. He surprisingly didn't seem to mind though.