The kids' first slumber party!

On Friday, the Frye's volunteered to watch our kids and Greyson all night!  And notice, I did say "volunteered."  They are such an awesome family and I don't know anyone else who volunteers to watch 5 kids under 6 years old...but they love our kids so much so we jumped at the chance (feeling slightly guilty :)).  Matt and I then had an evening to ourselves.  We went to eat at Lucchese's (a yummy Italian restaurant).  There was a 30 min. wait...I can't remember the last time we actually waited at a restaurant for 30 min. :)  Then we came home, turned up the TV, and played a little Rock Band, taking turns on guitar and vocals.  My wonderful husband even DVR'd the Purdue basketball game so we could spend time doing some things together. ;)  I then fell asleep while Matt watched the game.  In the morning, I got up and made cinammon rolls!  Then we got caught up on a few tv shows we had DVR'd and went to pick up the kiddos.
It sounds like they had a great time too.  They played outside with bubbles, used play-doh, ate supper (well Landon sort of ate :)), watched some of a movie, and went to bed without much of a fuss.  We did accidentally, well I should say "I accidentally", didn't check the diaper bag too closely because we only sent 1 diaper a piece for the kiddos.  So poor Emmy had a pretty full diaper by the time we picked her up the next morning.  Oops! :)
Thank you so much to Amos and Jess who I'm sure had a crazy night and Grace and Tyler who shared their rooms with their friends!

Winter Ups and Downs

Alright, so I've been a little absent from the blogging world.  I realized I haven't been on in about 3 weeks to even check anyone else's blog, much less blog about what's going on with us.  So, I'll try to keep it short by sharing some pictures.

Landon and Emerson got their first experience with Play-Dough.  Emmy absolutely loved it because she's all about being messy.  Landon is enjoying Hi-Ho Cherrio and Candy Land more! :)

Matt and Mikel got season tickets to PU basketball.

We built our first snowman together. (It was melted by the next afternoon!)

Em LOVES to play in the snow and she even wants to bring snow inside to play with (and eat).

It took Landon awhile, but he warmed up to the snow, too.

This is Emmy at Danny and Kayla's wedding.  She's showing off her "scary" face.

All the kids dressed up at the wedding.  Notice Landon and Tyler with their matching ensembles!

Em's first black eye.  She ran into a table at church and was knocked flat on her back.

The black eye a few days later.

We also had a bow making party where we made bows for Emerson, Grace, and new little Kenna Davis.  Jessica taught us how to make bows for pretty cheap and they were pretty easy too.  Just waiting for Em to grow a little more hair so they'll stay in! :)
I'll try to update a little more often, so stay posted!