Baby, it's cold outside!

Brrrr...it is SO cold outside.  We're holding steady right at 7 degrees, but they're saying the temperature is just going to keep dropping as the night goes on.  Thankfully, it's warm and toasty inside!  We don't have any place we have to be, so we're holed up inside in our sweats (well, some of us are...Kyran insists on only being in his diaper when he's home) and enjoying a nice night together.

I was working on the computer, Andy was reading, and I looked across the living room and this is what I saw.  I sat there for a minute just watching them talking to each other and giggling and then I looked down and realized my camera was right there!  What a perfect opportunity for some candid shots.  I don't think the boys even realized I was shooting!  I love it when everything just clicks and I can capture moments like this.  They're not professional, by any means, but they're perfect to me.  One day (all too soon, I'm sure), I'll miss these moments...so thankful for pictures and SO thankful for cold nights that send us all inside, together!

 

Welcome, 2016!

We started 2016 by trying to ease back into our normal routine.  The early morning wake-up calls weren't exciting, but it was nice to have a routine again.  It's amazing what bedtimes, normal supper times, and a schedule can do for us all, ha ha!

We haven't done anything exciting so far this month, but that's been kind of nice.  We've spent time playing with Christmas toys, visiting friends, watching Netflix, catching up on house projects, and just enjoying time as a family after all the hub-bub of Christmas and New Years has past.  We're looking forward to one last Christmas celebration this weekend at Andy's Grandma's house.  It will be nice to get together with the family.  It seems like Thanksgiving was forever ago, so it will be nice to catch up!

Here are some pictures from January, so far.  I'm sure I'll several to post after our Christmas celebration this weekend.  I'm sure you're all on the edge of your seats in anticipation, ha ha!

Getting some snuggles on the last days of break.  Love this boy and his brother so much!

These blocks were such a hit with the boys.  Santa brought them for Kyran, but Ben has been having just as much fun with them!  Their favorite thing seems to be to build them up and then knock them down...lots of fun!

 Ben got K'NEX for Christmas, but they're hard to play with when little brother is around.  So, we finally found some time during Kyran's nap that Ben could use to build this pretty cool truck.  We've got enough K'NEX designs left to build, that I think we could fill up several nap times!

 I found some time this month to finish up some long overdue projects, as well.  I've had pieces of trim that have needed to go up since we moved in (over 8 years ago, but who's counting).  I also got some window trim scraped and repainted that needed it, and I found this "HOME" idea on Pottery Barn and thought it might look good in the living room.  So, with the help of Hobby Lobby, we also got it done this month!  I can't take all the credit for this motivation, I decided to host a baby shower for a good friend of ours, and that definitely helped motivate me to get things spruced up a bit...that, and January cabin fever, lol!