February Catch Up

February was a blur for us.  We have been so busy in 2013 its crazy.  I am ready to slow down but I do not see that happening until July.  Our weekends have been packed and life is flying by.  At least we are having a fun time with it!

Here is a first half of February catch up (and a little of January too)....

We went to my mawmaw's end of January and in early March too and did a clean up around her house.  Since my pawpaw died things aren't kept up as easy as they used to be - so we went down there and had a family clean up day and got the house ready for spring and summer.  We were so thankful to be able to serve mawmaw - and get a fantastic lunch out of it too ;)!

Most everyone from our family was there - even Brandon & Ella got in on the cleanup

 Happy Birthday to...

Uncle Murl!

Our family gathered together for a party for my Uncle Murl.  He is in the fight of his life right now with lung/liver cancer so it was a special time for us to get together as a family and celebrate him!

Chase

   

 Ella and Nicole

Our family is so large now we have birthdays almost every month in the year.  So, we do monthly parties.  February was for Chase, Nicole and Ella. 

Ella's birthday present from Michael and I - she loves to help in the kitchen

  

Ella is a kindergartner this year - so she was able to participate in her first daddy/daughter dance at school.  My sister (one of the bravest people I know) adopted Brandon and Ella as a single mom.  So she relies on my dad and all the men in our family to step in as father figures for them.  My dad was out of town and could not go to the dance so Michael stepped in and took her to the uncle/niece dance!

Like any gentleman would, he brought his date flowers

 

They had a fun time and it made her year to show off her uncle to her friends.  I have the sweetest husband in the world!