Facing Fears

Mark with his wallet. He has been saving all of his money lately.

Mark is always the sweetest boy, however, last week, while he and Makenna were playing in the toy room, he walked out and shut off the light. Makenna started whining and said, "Mom, Mark shut the light off on me." He started to say, "I didn't..." and I said, "Don't even deny it, I watched you do it." So his reply was, "I was just trying to get her to face her fears Mom." I couldn't believe my ears. He never does or says things like that. That was such a Makenna thing to say. But I almost started laughing because it was pretty funny.

Curly Q - Part 2

Here is the final product of Makenna having the curlers in her hair. It was SUPER curly! Her hair is so thin though, that by the time she got out of school it was almost completely out. Oh well. We had fun. :)

Curly Q

Makenna wanted to have curly hair for school last week so I put some curlers in her hair after her shower before bed. I was surprised that she slept all night, but she did great. Check back tomorrow for her curly hair pics!

Valentine's Day in PA

Makenna and Madison lovin' on Tyler
Makenna and Madison so sweet together

Jackson wide awake

Here are some pictures of Makenna, Tyler, Madison, and Jackson on Valentine's Day. We had a great day. Madison, Makenna, and Tyler came downstairs to presents from Bethany, we took Madison to the bus stop, then went to Giant Eagle. Makenna bought a rose for her Aunt Bethany and then wanted to buy cake mix to make a cake and cupcakes for Madison. We came home and when we put Tyler down for a nap, Makenna and I baked cupcakes and a cake. When Madison came home, her and Makenna decorated the cupcakes, and Tyler helped me decorate the cake. We had a great day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Sibling Love
Man Of Your Dreams :)

My Pretty Little Valentine

So Sweet

Happy Valentine's Day from Mark and Makenna! Hope you have a Lovely Day! ;)

(P.S. I can't believe it has been warm enough to take their Valentine's Pictures Outside!)

CASS Student of the Month

CASS: Creating a Safer School: A program in which school officials and students come together to change the social culture in their school. (An anti-bullying program)

On Wednesday, Mark brought home a certificate stating that he was the CASS Student of the Month. Apparantly, there was an assembly at school and a winner was announced for each grade level where they walked up on the stage in front of the whole school, got their certificate, and then took their picture. We are SO VERY PROUD of Mark for receiving this award. He was voted for this award by his peers. He is just such a sweet, kind boy. We are so lucky to have such a great kid. For an example of just how sweet and considerate he is...we decided to take Mark out to Red Robin that night to celebrate his award. Aunt Cebra and Uncle Mike met us out there. After dinner, Aunt Cebra asked Mark which dessert he wanted, he picked out one, and Makenna picked out another, so at first he conceeded to her, then she said she wanted the other one that he wanted, and he perked up and said, "Yeah, that one." So on this dessert, there is whipped cream that comes on the top. Mark doesn't like whipped cream, but Makenna does. When ordering it, he asked the waitress for 2 cherries on top (instead of one so they could each have one) and no whipped cream on his cherry. She said, "Got it, no whipped cream" and started to walk away. Mark then turned back to get her attention and said, "Excuse me, we still need whipped cream on one half, just not the other. My sister likes whipped cream." It was so amazing that he knew the waitress didn't quite understand what he was saying, so he called her back over to make sure she got it right, so Makenna wouldn't be upset. And when she brought them out, they were even on two separate plates, one with whipped cream and one without. I think it was because he was so kind and sweet that she made it special for each of them. I just pray and pray that no matter what, he always stays this way. :)

Discount Double Check

Even though he's wearing a Packers Jersey...He's still such a cutie :)
Being a strong man like Clay Matthews...

We all know that Mark wants to be just like his daddy, so he is a big Packers Fan just like Matthew. Even though I'm not a Packers Fan, we all love the the Aaron Rodgers Discount Double Check commercials. We think they're great, so Mark and Makenna have started doing them. Here are a couple pics and videos of Mark and Makenna doing the commercials. The 2nd one of Mark is him doing the Clay Matthews move.

Sledding

We have had one decent snow fall this winter so far. Which, I am very thankful for, but not the kids. They have had one chance to go sledding, which they made the most of. Here are some pictures and videos of them having fun in the snow. They were also excited to have their Grandma and Grandpa J accompany them. I unfortunately couldn't do any sledding because of my knee and leg. Mark tried the neighbors snow board and actually did pretty well. Enjoy!