February's Over?!

What?!  I didn't post in February either?  Man, I'm not doing well with this.  In my defense, I got a new cover for my phone and I can't get it off-Alan has to do it for me!  It is childproof and mommy-proof apparently-ha! 
So, what has been going on with our family?  We still were stuck inside A LOT due to the cold, snowy weather.  I can't remember another winter so terrible.  The kids have played so nice together!

I took Colson & Kendall to McDonald's to just play and burn some energy!

A little Ring-Around-the-Rosy after dinner

Cheeeeese!

 

 

 

I had been wanting to take the kids sledding all winter and we finally got the chance!  We went to Nana and Papa's house on February 8th to take advantage of the couple inches of snow.  It took us awhile to get everybody dressed, but then we were ready to go!

These kids LOVED sledding!  Each time Alyvia and Colson went down the hill without Kendall, she would dive for the ground and yell, she wanted to go to!  I'm so glad that we got the chance to go sledding, the kids had so much fun....but now the snow and cold can leave :)

Valentine's day started off so quietly for us.  The kids got their Valentine's day presents that morning and Livi got all dressed up for school.

Then we decided to go out for dinner at Avanti's.  It was such a nice little family dinner and on our way home, Alyvia started screaming bloody murder out of the blue.  "I'm choking, I'm choking, it's stuck-AHHHHH!"  She was apparently chewing on a metal charm from her purse and...........swallowed it.  So we ended up at the hospital. 

Luckily the charm went straight on through.  Oh Alyvia, always keeping us on our toes!

The next weekend, we got to have a little more fun.  Since October, we have had tickets to see Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line with our friends.  The week before the concert, our plans almost got derailed.  Poor Kendall and Colson got sick.....again.  Colson got terrible croup and Kendall had a runny nose and cough too :(

I finally took Colson to the doctor.  Knowing its a virus, they are so unlikely to treat him, but I couldn't stand the thought of him being sick for another 4 weeks.  Our pediatrician said due to his history, we could go ahead and treat him with steroids.  He also had an ear infection (one of his tubes fell out) so we got an antibiotic for that.  Treatment made such a difference-he was so much better after just 3 days!  Poor Kendall ended up with an ear infection too.  Thanks to Alan's cousin Shelli and her husband Jim, who didn't mind watching our sick kiddos, we got to go to our concert!  We felt like this when we got to go....

It was such a great concert!  And it was nice to get away for an evening and be out with our friends, we've missed that!

The concert was on Friday night and on Saturday night, Alyvia danced with the Bravettes dance team at the Bradley game.

She did the camp with our friend Landrie and both girls did a great job!  The rest of February was calmer around our house, well a little.  Colson had some crazy steroid energy!

Lots of hanging out with Kendall and Colson when Livi is in school and dance or gymanstics :)

We miss Livi when she's in school, Colson especially because she always plays with him when she's home.  She's has her moments, but our Livi is usually so caring and sweet.  She is really into recognizing how hard everyone works and appreciative of that too.  She wrote Alan and I both notes one night while we were cleaning up dinner.  Love her <3

What Have The Cowsers Been Up To?!

We have apparently been very busy in 2014!  Sorry for the lack of blog posts :(  It's been a cold, nasty winter and it's making me feel like not doing much of anything.  The weather forecast is looking up though, so I'm going to try to as well!  Let's start back in January....what were we up to?

Cole and Livi are workin' on their fitness and push up form!

Livi is still being an awesome big sister, couldn't love these girls more!

Playing together after dinner <3

& Kendall is working on her cartwheels!

On January 1st, we celebrated our niece Reagan turning 6 by bowling at Uncle Buck's @ Bass Pro Shop.  We had lots of fun bowling with our family!

This pretty girl just hung out while we bowled!

This beauty was awesome!

This guy was having a rough day, but he had so much fun bowling!

Go Daddy!

Pretty Kinser, always a fashion icon :)

Go Brenner!

The birthday girl!  Happy birthday Reagan!

We also painted our main floor last month!  Good bye ugly creamy yellow, we've hated you since we painted 4 years ago!!

OLD yucky color

We kept my parents dogs while they went to St. Croix and had 5 dogs while we painted!  We might be crazy, but we got it done!  Kendall thought the yorkies kennel was a fabulous toy :)  You can see the new color of entryway in this next picture, loving it!

We also had a playdate with our friend Lizzie

Tea parties are so much fun!

And Kendall and Colson both got some sort of virus

Sickie Selfie

Lots of "jammie days" and playing tractor...which involves piling as many toys as you can on the couch!

This poor boy was sick with upper respiratory infection for almost a whole month :(
He got pretty good at doing his own albuterol treatements! 

At the end of the month, we celebrated our nephew Brooks' 1st birthday!  The kids had a great time because they got to ride their bikes around Denny's shop!

Happy 1st birthday Brookster!

Go Colson Go!  He was a madman on that bike!

Livi on the go on her new big bike!

Kinsley and Rylie

Reagan, Livi, Cole (hiding) & Brenner 

Brenner-man!

Silly Reagan!

It took quite a while, but this girl finally warmed up and played a lot!

It was a busy month!  We have been stuck inside A LOT and I think we are all a bit stir crazy.  Hopefully the weather forecast is right and next week we can get outside, even for just a little bit!  The month ended on a crazy note for me too.  I started a business, ahhh!!  I am now an independent consultant for Rodan + Fields skin care.  I'm super nervous about making this business work, but I'm giving it my all.  If you or anyone you know (for the 5 people that read my blog, lol!) need fabulous skin care, give me a shout!