The national championship game was cause for celebration in our house. Miles is completely obsessed with football these days, so we made a party out of it. We made wings and homemade french fries. Both were delicious and I'm already planning the next time we can make them.
Miles and Darrin made some homemade signs. Miles made this 100% from memory. We were so impressed...
I was the only one cheering for Clemson, and since I wasn't present when the signs were made, I was out of luck.
We've also been enjoying the NFL football playoffs. As always, the teams I want to win seem to get picked off week by week, year after year.
Miles and I drove back to our old stomping grounds to help celebrate Hannah Kate and Anna Marie's birthday. He went to daycare with these cuties and it was a great excuse to see them and some of his other buddies.
He has missed Colin so much. His face in this pic sums it up. When he walked in, they both ran to each other. I was worried about taking him back to the party b/c I was worried it would make him miss Martin even more than he does. I actually think it did him good. Hopefully we can plan to visit every now and then so he doesn't feel like he will never see his friends again. He's made some friends at school, but with the structure of school every day, it just doesn't seem that they have time to form deep bonds. I know it will come in time.
We joined a church in Jackson last fall knowing that they were going to begin a campus in Medina in January. We actually met for the first time at our local middle school last Sunday. Both Sundays that we have met, we have had over 500 people there! It has been amazing. We are finally meeting people and learning names. It has been so good for us. We are also one of five families that are hosting a small group in our home on Sunday night. We met for the first time last Sunday and had a great time. Our group could not have been nicer or more enjoyable to be around. I think everyone enjoyed themselves.
When we chose to add onto our house, having people over was one of our main motivations. We didn't know anyone, so it was almost a "if you build it they will come" type of situations. Having 17 people over for food & Bible study made my heart happy.
And now, the thing that made me laugh/cry. Miles had his 100th day of school yesterday. He had to dress like he was 100 years old. We did our best with items we had. I did have to buy suspenders, a handkerchief, and face paint for a mustache and his eye brows.
I think he turned out pretty darn cute. I can't believe he wanted to dress up, but I was glad. I showed him several pictures on Pinterest and this is the look he chose.
So, what made me completely lose it? Our first attempt left him looking Amish. I didn't even notice until Darrin walked by and casually said, "He looks Amish." The picture is probably blurry b/c I was laughing so hard.
I was doubled over laughing until tears ran down my face. Darrin said he has never seen me laugh that hard. One of Darrin's favorite things is when I laugh like that, so it was a good day for him. I was still laughing on the way to work. I could not send him to school like that, so we changed his shirt and then it was much better.
So, there's just a few glimpses of our life lately. Just chilling at home most of the time, which is the way we like it. Hope to be back here soon!
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