What a busy start to our year here in the barrel! Just looking around the corner it is almost March. Spring may show herself soon, although lately Winter has come back to remind us he is still here.
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| Celebrating Mama's birthday at a Colt's playoff win! |
The boys had their annual hemophilia comprehensive clinic day. They are healthy and bleed-free!
The mystery of Bowie's ancestory has finally been solved!
He is Beagle (where he gets his coloring), Chinook, and Boston Terrier mix.
We got the best quality of each breed. He is really a special dog!
The monkeys wanted to do a little baking for their Grammy's 92nd birthday! They made a chocolate cake decorated with love and rainbows!
Elias has been having a good time at school. Getting back into the swing of things has been challenging but in the end, he really enjoys his school.
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| Singing for MLK celebration at Community Meeting |
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100th Day Project. He counted out, glued, and melted 100 crayons!
Math, Science and Art Project. |
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| His favorite after school club is Chess. In fact, Elias loves games! |
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| Sending magical Valentines to his friends |
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| And chocolate golden snitches |
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| No uniform day for the big Friendship Dance! |
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| Love. |
Every day is filled with Emmett's silliness....
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| "I Emmett. I Master Builder" |
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| Always horizon' around... |
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| And your moment of zen.... |
Mama and Daddy got all glitzed up for the Hemophilia Gala in true Gatsby style...
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| Hey look! It's #27 Josh Gordy from the Colts! |
For Valentine's Day, Daddy took Mama to the Scandinavian Paradise.
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| Success! And it all fits in the wagon! |
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| Mama, IKEA is like LEGOs for big people! |
A big step for our boys! They now have a shared room!
The first night was SO exciting, that it tool over an hour and a half to fall asleep!
Daddy also took Mama for some sushi and then to their alma mater for a little basketball on Valentines Day...
So far Winter has been really mild. But in true Indiana fashion, we have been hit with temperatures and snow that have been quite miserable in February.
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| At least we have been able to get a couple of sledding days! |
Emmett has really grown into a big boy monkey! Even though the rest of us were not ready for it, this boy has been really excited about wearing underpants!
Another BIG milestone this past week has been the losing of the first tooth!
The tooth fairy brought an golden dollar!
Mama and Daddy won a very special tour at the Colts' complex! This was quite the highlight of our week! Josh Gordy and his family took us around to see where he practices. The boys even got a signed ball! Mr. Gordy has a nephew with hemophilia and is very involved in our community.
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| Mr. Irsay's museum |
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| The Super Bowl trophy! Its the real deal. |
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| #18 will forever be a Colt in our hearts |
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| Mama's all-time favorite #21 |
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| The locker room. That's a Lucky chair over there. |
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| We even got great goody bags! |
As you can see, we have been very busy in our barrel with much more in store in the next year. Stay tuned...
