| the sweet notes your kiddos leave you that brighten even the darkest of days :) |
| Zoe and her friend Teagan having breakfast at Java one morning on a no school day the got to have a sleep over |
| Bella went to Missoula to visit her aunt at college. They all bundled up and went to a foot ball game. |
| look how old zo looks here! This is whileBella was in Montana. Lunch at which wich |
| zoe's wonder presentation in school |
| homemade mac'n'cheese...yum |
| As a good deed, the entire Longfellow elementary grabbed rakes and lawn bags and set out one rainy afternoon to rake up Boise's North End! |
| Louis and I go on a walk every morning pretty early- like 7 am, one morning we came to this...Zoe got us all set up :) |
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| more pics of B goofin' off at the game |
| Rachel had a violin recital. Did awesome! |
| We made a wreath for the Festival of Trees. It was Idaho theme since they study Idaho history in fourth grade. I think it turned out super cute! |
| Rikki, our Elf on the Shelf came, bringing advent calendars and suckers for the girls :) |
| i was eating it in the shape of a piece...no one in this house agrees and they all insist i was just eating the middle of the pie |
| clearly, Bella is NOT impressed :) |
| Louis' Thanksgiving leftover sandwich....more on this later!! :) |
| fruit pizza! hardly qualifies as breakfast, but in our house, its works just fine! |
| Mazzy loves Rachel! |
| Zoe built a stable for her horse spirit. Pretty cute :) |
| I took this picture and thought it turned out pretty cool. Especially if you had a better camera than my iphone and some awesome photo editing skills- you could probably make this a pretty cool photo |

