Ninjas Are Undefeated

Noah's team's final game was today. They won 55 to 18. I love watching him play (he always has his tongue sticking out).

Let's give her some noise!

Nicole went with her friend and aunt to open gym night. Aaron and I went on a date. After practicing with her cousin on the bar, Nicole got the pull over! Coach Kidd announced that she was now ready to move up to the blue class! Wow! I'm so proud of our little one. I guess we'll be back to carpooling with cousins, and I'll be sure to go to her class a little more often.

Jill's Baby Shower

I hosted a baby shower for my friend Jill this evening. I love hosting parties and helping others feel loved is one of my very favorite things. Aren't these little bags my mom found the cutest favor you've ever seen?

Nicole + Gymnastics

Besides all her tumbling and tricks around the house, I rarely watch Nicole do gymnastics. Since her cousins moved up a level to a different class time, I have no one left to carpool with. It's a good thing they did, because I have been missing out on a lot of awesomeness. She sure loves everything about gymnastics. Her form and her concentration were incredible. But my favorite part was watching her peek over in my direction to see what I thought of all her work. Lots and lots of thumbs up!

Sweet Home

Home. My favorite place on earth. Making it a special place and loving the people in it is one of the greatest joys in my life.

Today I spent time shopping for some new pillows and decor to soften the walls and make it more inviting.

I love having this space to shape and influence. I get to choose the colors, the smells, the sounds, the things I want the children to keep as a part of them forever.

I came across these two decorations that I thought were beautiful.

Making home a haven where I can do God's work, teaching His children to hear His voice and cherish truth, is my treasured and holy calling.

Home. Heaven on earth.

Sometimes, the best kind of FHE's...

are put together as you go...a church video for the lesson, ice cream, hot tubbing, running back and forth between the snowy trampoline and the hot tub (well, Aaron and the kids did that one), and catching HUGE snowflakes with our mouths.

Yes! The snow is back! It rained all day and nearly melted the ice everywhere. I got so much done around the house while the kids were at school it was awesome! We keep checking online for school delays and cancellations.

Who's Your Favorite Idiart?

My sweet 16 year old niece, Rachel, loves Twitter. I still haven't gotten in to it much. I don't prefer it to other types of social media. I will probably start figuring it all out and then young people will decide parents are liking it more than kids, so they'll switch over to something cooler.

Today Rachel tweeted a poll...Who's your favorite Idiart? with the options: Josh, Rachel, Eliza, and Ben. I laughed so hard. Their school friends were casting votes and even Eliza promised a new Elo Show Part 3 if she won (someone played her old home movies of the Elo show at school and it's a joke between a lot of people at the school now). With Eliza down a few points and it being her 16th birthday dinner with family this evening, I voted for her ALTHOUGH, I truly have NO favorites.

Then Rachel tweeted that her aunt didn't vote for her, but voted for her other niece, and she'd like out of the family. It was hilarious. I love these nieces and nephews of mine. I'm so grateful for all 39 of them. They bring a lot of joy into my life.

Uncle Justin playing games with some of my favorite Idiarts