Basketball season

Landon and I headed to Aurora to watch one of my brother's basketball games with my parents.  

It is so fun to watch my brother coach.  He has built such a strong relationship with each one of these boys and it can definitely be seen on the court.  

Landon getting in on some of the action.  

After halftime my brother asked Landon to sit on the bench with the team.  Landon was on cloud 9!  He absolutely loved it!  

Landon loves going to Aurora for games because after they are over he gets to hang out and play on the court for awhile.  

Scott and his sweet little girl!  

We are so proud of my brother this season as they only lost one game the entire season!  That's awesome! 

Snow Day

Prior to these pictures it was in the 50's and 60's the week before.  I even wore sandals one day to school it was so nice. However, winter was not done spreading the love.  We ended up getting probably a foot of snow which cancelled school on Monday and then again on Wednesday.  

Let's just say we enjoyed our time in our pi's, spent lots of time playing, made cookies and caught up on homework.  

(Living room destroyed)

Kurtis and Landon built a snowman Tuesday after school.  Then him and Landon went sledding Wednesday when he got home from work. (You can tell who always takes the pictures as Kurtis didn't come home with even one)

Cocco Puffs and a baby carrot for a nose!  

Uh oh!  

Avery helping me tweak my lesson plans for the week after missing two days.  

Photo Dump

A bunch of random pics on my phone!  

The kids had all Christmas break to get sick yet Landon decided to come down with Influenza A the weekend I had to go back to school.  He had the basic runny nose and cough a few days prior so I didn't think anything of it.  Then the night of the 3rd he woke up with a fever and ended up getting sick in the middle of the night.  (That evening before going to bed I read an article on Facebook about a little girl that had died in Iowa from the flu)  So then of course I started to panic.  Kurtis took him to Immediate Care the next day and waited for 2 hours to find out that he did indeed have Influenza A.  Luckily we caught it soon enough that he was only out of commission for 4 days.  We were prepared though and got Tamaflu for the entire family.  Bad news is though, Kurtis' insurance was having issues so we ended up paying over $700 for 4 prescriptions.  At that time we really didn't care as we didn't all want to catch it and be out of work for a week.  Our insurance did get it figured out and we ended up only paying $100.  So thankful for insurance!  

It's crazy watching your baby girl play with her own baby.

We headed to the Fausett's house to watch the National Championship game!  

Mikki was closed a random Thursday-Friday so the kids stayed at my Grandparent's house with my mom.  Kurtis and I were kid free so we went on a date to Olive Garden and then out to the Chocolate Bar for dessert!  

I recruited another thirty-one consultant and headed to Kearney to help her with her launch party.  Look at these adorable cookies she had made.  

Daddy daughter time playing video games.  :)  Avery was sick so she was enjoying the cuddles more than anything.  

If Influenza wasn't enough, Landon decided to get the stomach flu which he then passed onto Avery, then me and Kurtis had a slight touch of it.  

My dishwasher helper!  

Mommy and Me day at preschool.

We listened to a devotional, decorated a picture frame, ate muffins and checked out the book fair. 

Such a fun day with just Landon!  

New Years!

For New Year's Eve we actually had no plans this year. We felt really lame, but yet enjoyed our time home as a family.  We decided to have a little dance party.  

Not sure what this look means…..

Landon is a crazy dancer. 

Then Avery got into it.  

Happy New Year-- 2015!  

On New Year's Day we headed to the Monroe E Free Church to Celebrate Taylin's 1st birthday with family!

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Carissa's decorations were adorable!  

I absolutely adore my niece!  

She was not interested in her cake at all.  Instead she was distracted by Landon dribbling a basketball. 

Gymnastics

This summer we decided to put Landon in gymnastics.  I really wanted him to do some organized activity where he had to listen to another adult and thought it would be a great way to release some of his energy.  Plus, he is in love with Ninja Warrior so it's fun to watch his moves.  Landon loved it so much this summer that we decided to continue it throughout the school year.  

Every few weeks they head down to the "big" gym and they get to jump on the trampolines and into the foam pit.  I was able to catch a video of him running and jumping. 

Landon also loves the zip line!  

First Day of Preschool

So as I was cleaning out the pictures on my phone I realized I never blogged about Landon's first day of preschool.  Landon started his first year of preschool at Peace Lutheran Preschool on Monday, August 18th.  His first day was supposed to be Friday the 15th but he went to bed that night with a fever.  :(  We had lots of sore tummies and fevers that first week so I think his nerves were running pretty high.  However, now he absolutely LOVES preschool and asks to go everyday.  Such a great feeling as a mom/teacher that he loves it so much. 

I was able to switch my schedule around that morning so I was able to take him.  

His turtle backpack that Aunt Beth bought him.  It was perfect timing!  

His best friend Monroe is in the same class.  

Now that Landon has been in preschool for almost 7 months we are so thankful he loves it as much as he does.  He is always sharing with us what he's learning along with telling us stories of things that happened throughout the day.  We are also thankful that he has such an amazing teacher for his first school experience.  Mrs. Brown has made the transition so easy for all of us.  

We had a snow day in February and they canceled school.  His first comment was, "what?  I just want to go to school, it's my favorite place…then Texas Roadhouse!"  Gotta love him!