My Husband is not a Wimp!

On Sunday, Chris ran a 10 mile trail race. Luckily, the ice and snow never showed up, but the wind was gusting at 40 mph! You can also see some of the mud they ran through.

SLAM!

I slammed my thumb in our van door on Valentines Day! The worst part is that it was locked, so I was literally "stuck" in our van. I somehow found the control to find the keys with my left hand and unlock the door. Luckily, I was at group where a bunch of my "mommy" friends took care of me. They kept me from passing out and they even offered to look at the damage for me.

This picture is actually the third day, so it looks MUCH better! The pictures don't do it justice. :)

Fruit Kabobs!

The kids wanted in on some of the Jamaica action,
so we have had fruit kabobs three times since Thursday!

Back to Jamaica!

Julie in her "Jamaica Dress"!

Chris with "Red Stripe", his drink of choice when we visited Jamaica last year.

For Valentines Day, I "took us back to Jamaica"! We had been lamenting how this year we don't have Jamaica to look forward to. So, I thought I'd help us relive the fun. I got Caribbean music, magazine pages of our resort (you can see them hanging on the wall), Chris's Red Stripe, smoothies with fruit kabobs and my Jamaica dress (complete with the sweater because it is colder in Kansas than in Jamaica!). It was fun to look at our pictures and remember the fun we had.

I have to admit that our supper was even better here. Chris ordered Olive Garden take-0ut that was excellent!

1/2 Birthday Party

For her half-birthday, Sydney had friends over for a real tea party. The girls had lots of fun eating cucumber sandwiches, cheese and crackers, fruit, chocolate dip and gingerbread cheesecakes! Yummy! (We celebrated the 1/2 birthday since we'll be in Alaska for her 8th birthday.)