Our Aweful Beautiful Life

Jason and I were adamant about not spending too much money on each other this year at Christmas. I found that we'd racked up enough points on our debit card to redeem for a gift card, one of which was a $100 Ruth's Chris gift card. Fancy. We'd never been there and probably wouldn't ever, without some kind of financial assistance like a gift card! :) Between that lure and the fact that I still have free stays via points at Hyatt...we opted to "give" each other a weekend away. It was a GLORIOUS weekend. We dropped the kids at my parents about 9:30am Saturday morning and took off to Lafayette to get Jason's hair cut, hit the post office, and get a car wash before we left. Long lines at the post office, added stop to make an amazon return, loss of a wiper while going through Mike's Carwash, trip to Autozone to replace said wiper and itchy hair on his back from his haircut helped us not make it out of Lafayette until 11am. I was ANTSY! We finally get to I...

It's been such a cold, snowy, unpredictable start to the new year, I'm a little bit concerned for what this year might hold for us! Adventure and unknowns, to say the least! We rang in the New Year by hosting a last minute party at our house. Our friends Nathan & Jenni, who always host, came up sick the day before, so we decided to pinch hit. It was a great, low key evening. Everyone Jason invited was informed that they could come over, but had to leave by 12:02. He's not what you'd call a night owl. Even on special occasions. Thankfully, our friends are kind of like us, and have small kids...so by 12:30, we'd ALL had enough fun. It was a great night! We wrapped up the rest of my 2 weeks home with the kids with some fun activities, including some roller skating with the Wieses & fun & games at home. On Sunday, January 5th, we prepared to get back into routine. Ha. Routine? What's a routine? Just as we packed our backpacks and re-found our school ...