Spring is here at last!!

This winter we had an ice storm. Which is not common for this area. Even snow is not common. At least not in my experience here for the past 3 years. Anyway, the kids and I stayed nice and safe inside. Luke and I were in his room looking out the window when our tree fell over. At first we were sad to see the tree go, but it has let a lot more sun light into our house. The tree used to cover our living room windows and kept out a lot of sun light. Well, I shouldn't say a lot. We don't get a lot of sun shine here anyway. lol BUT we have had a lot of sun the past few days and we have been out and enjoying it!! I think spring is here!

What is left of our tree.
I caught the last bit of a sun set the other night. One of these days when it is clear again like this, I'm going to go out and hopefully get a picture of Rainier at sun set.



Shelby is super sweet, but at times she has an attitude like I have never seen. lol I just have to laugh at it(not to her face of course).
Blue sky, an uncommon sight, that I had to capture. I LOVE blue sky!!

I think I have way more pictures of Shelby than Luke, but that is because she sits still way more than he does.

The latest on the kiddos

Recently, Luke learned how to take showers by himself! I am beyond excited about this. It is so nice to be able to just ask him to go take a shower and not have to worry about anything else. I can just go do something else that needs done. It may sounds silly that I'm so excited about this, but oh well. It's also been great for his self confidence. Which makes me so happy! And I had to post this picture. He is so stinkin cute!!

A couple of weeks ago, Shelby had to have a tooth pulled. She woke up crying, and the gums around her tooth were huge and dark purple! It turned out she had a huge abscess under her tooth. She fell several months ago and hit her tooth. And apparently that is what caused the abscess.Yikes!! The Dentist only had to wiggle it 2 times before it pulled right out. Shelby was super brave. I was so proud of her. And she was SO excited that the tooth fairy was going to come. I woke up the next morning when I heard Luke and Shelby talking in their room. I heard a Luke and Shelby gasp, and then Luke said,"the Tooth Fairy IS real!"

I took these when Shelby came into my bed to snuggle and tell me all about the tooth fairy! It was SO much fun!!

She requested that I take a picture with her missing tooth, the empty treasure chest and the money. I love it!

I recorded a conversation I had with her about the tooth fairy, but I can't get it to post on here. Sorry! Does anyone have any tips on posting videos?

Luke at Random...

Luke is often saying the funniest things, and it occurred to me that I should write them down, so I can read them again years from now. So, here are a few from the past couple of days...

"Mom, you'll never tie me up in a tree, right?...cause that would be TOO dangerous."

"Mom, if our house was made out of Jelly, we wouldn't have to go around things. We could just go right through the walls, by eating the jelly! Cool huh?!"

"Mom, if someone pulled out one of their eye balls and tried to throw it at you, that would be pretty gross huh?"

I wish I could remember more from the past. I will try to remember and write them down. There will be more though I'm sure.