March celebrations

As you can guess, March in our house means a whole lot of March Madness. And boy was this year a great March for us :) I decided a giant bracket to sit on our hearth was a must, and we hosted people game after game. Our lives pretty much revolved around basketball...and it was so fun!

We also celebrated St. Patricks Day! We had a little scavenger hunt for the kids with clover clues leading to a box of Lucky Charms. And of course some new green nail polish was in order.

That night one of our very favorite friends, Ian, visited us all the way from Korea! He was in Dallas for work for just one night, so we chatted it up, tasted funky korean candy, and remembered just how much we miss living by the Millers.

I hosted a Bachelor finale party. Some of us girls out here had been watching it, so we all brought treats and enjoyed the "final rose". Heres a pic before everyone brought their different treats.

And a big celebration: Deacon going to nursery! He went in without hesitation the first day, but now he's not so sure. Still a very exciting day in our house!

Snow in Texas!?!

We were shocked (and as you can see by the looks of our pathetic "snow gear", slightly unprepared) to get snow here in Texas! As you can imagine, it was a major deal here! Schools were cancelled, Microsoft closed, and everyone was scared to drive.  To Ben coming from Minnesota, and us having lived in Illinois, this was pretty amusing. But I will say, the snow here is like part snow, part ice, and there are no plows, so the streets did get pretty slick. The first day of snow, we barely made it out before the majority had melted. But the second time we created a sled out of cardboard and went to the park in search of a "hill" (more like a slight slope...) Ghetto, yes, but the kids had a blast!

Grandma Jo

Ben's mom was sweet enough to come down and watch the kids while we went to Cozumel. She had to put up with 2 kids with nasty colds, Deacon who mainly communicated by screaming or nodding, and Paige who told her "that's not what my mom does", but thankfully that woman can handle anything! She truly is like Mary Poppins and comes in with so many creative, fun ideas to do with the kids. She even brought a tent for them to play in! And she had homemade cinnamon rolls waiting for us when we got home...she's amazing. Our kids adore her and had a fabulous time!