February 27-March 5, 2011

Spoke in church today on Fortifying the Family... its one of my favorite talks I've prepared. After a good nap I spent the evening baking... I love baking on a Sunday evening... its calming and theraputic for me.

Rain, rain, rain... I love Texas rainstorms!

Happy National Pancake Day! Our second year of meeting at IHOP for free pancakes.

p.s. really could the waiter have taken a worse picture???

I had the opportunity to go in and help Sister J.O. today... Sister O. is dying of cancer and it was a very humbling experience to be with her. I felt overwhelmed taking the assignment... I didn't really have the time that afternoon and I felt completely inadequate. It's amazing to me how the Lord compensations... everything that I needed to do today got done and I came away feeling grateful I had been able to serve.

p.s. Out of respect I didn't take a picture of her... just her room where we spent the evening.

Working at the Just Between Friends sale on the staff this year... this is Jayme the owner of the Sherman/Denison franchise... I absolutely adore her! Working with her and her team was such a positive experience and I look forward to doing it again in the fall!

Our favorite purchase from the JBF sale... a motorized spiderman bike. Buddy loves it!

Laundry day at the Francks house... even the littlest Francks is involved in the process :)

February 20-26, 2011

Singing "Wheels on the Bus" during nursery time at Church. Buddy loooooves this song! We sing it at home at least a couple of times a day! I love this age so much.

turn my back for one minute and a dozen eggs are broken on my fabric couch... and the rag where he tried to clean up sitting by the eggs while he's in making mischief in yet another room. Seriously how can a two years cause so much mischief in less than five minutes.

A spiderman umbrella... a gift from our best friend Wexi... he even tries to take it in to the shower.

A fun idea I found to put together a sensory box with fun toys mixed in with lots of beans... always looking for fun learning ideas!

He who refuses to take a nap falls asleep on the couch at 6pm.

Cartoons and an apple for each hand... living the charmed life.

Hosting a Mardi Gras party complete with gumbo, beads and king cake!

February 13-19, 2011

A fondue party... an early Valentine's dinner with our favorite neighbors Nicole and Lex. This was my first time making fondue and it ROCKED! So fun!

Flowers delivered from Joey for Valentine's day... I was super surprised! He doesn't have flowers delivered very often.  Happy Valentine's day!

Little man sits on the counter while I get ready every morning.  It's one of my favorite parts of the day!

our internet was out so I headed to McDonald's.  Free WiFi, a strawberry shake and a big screen TV with Oprah on it.  It pretty much rocked.  I think I should make McDonald's my new home office!

Buddy wants to listen to whatever daddy is listening too.  They're best friends.

a night out on the town with my two favorite boys...a highlight of any week!

February 7-12, 2011

A fieldtrip to Yumilicious with Nicole and Lex. Fun afternoon and totally worth a drive to McKinney.

A picnic with daddy in his office... so fun to visit him during the day.

Joy's had a pretty crappy couple of weeks... pipes bursting in their house, their son being hit by a car, difficult family members... Dori called to see if I could come over and help out for a few minutes. I'm grateful for friends who help each other in times of need and happy to be able to help.

Our house all cute and festive for Valentine's day.  I love Valentine's day!!

A fun vday party at Lola's house... we had lunch and decorated sugar cookies... a fun party for the little's and their mama's.

Valentine's we made for our nursery class and little friends

February 1-6. 2011

Groundhog party with the Wexi's family complete with groundhog stew and shadow drawing.

Snow days... our little town was shut down for a week... it was so nice to not have to go anywhere! I'm so sad that hat is going to be too small next winter. I love the doggy hat!

We've been cooped up all week and decided a popcorn party for lunch was needed to life the winter blues.

Our little Musicians class at the local community college. Totally love this class. The teacher is great!

Watching soccer with Daddy on a Satruday afternoon

new calling in nursery... excited to work with Amy and be with buddy. I love seeing him learn and grow in the Gospel.

January 25-31, 2011

Craft day with our bestie Lex... I could do kids crafts for hours :)

I love his imagination and being a party of his daily life.

My Library of Memories albums... all lined up pretty makes my heart happy!!

.  He's very in to "mixing bowl" hats right now and loves having his horsey and his mama and daddy to wear mixing bowl hats too. 

This picture makes my breath catch. I love it so much.

Video chatting with Uncle Jesse who is home from his mission early for knee surgery. He's got a long recovery in front of him. Love you bud!

Is he not the cutest little prayer. Ever.

January 21-24, 2011

This is our third time to time out today... he doesn't seem very penitent does he?

Sigh.

This is how Buddy does a Sunday afternoon nap... all the blankets, pillows and animals piled on the bed (and on daddy!)

Saturday morning tradition... boys watch soccer and eat breakfast while mama gets to sleep in for a little bit!

Dinner party at the Hill's!

January 17-20, 2011

Winter crafts with our playgroup...

"Clean up, Clean Up, Everybody do your share, Clean Up, Clean Up, everybody everywhere""

(Buddy loves this song and sings it any time it applies!)

How we spend our rainy days... wearing boots the correct way is totally optional :)

He knocks over the paper plate display at Albertson's, then lines them all up (have we discussed how much he likes to line things up?) and then sings the "clean up song" while picking them up.

Every day with him is so much fun!