Band Morning...

Another early morning for band practice, but with our new band shirts!!!

Valentines...

Conner and Ben had their valentine parties today at school! This year, instead of traditional valentines, they each had to write one nice sentence about each of their classmates and use that as their valentines. I loved that idea! They got to exchange their valentines and have ice cream sundaes!

More Snow...

Yep. Another snow day... I think this makes 8... or 9... who can keep track anymore?

Update...

Today we had to go back to Iowa City for an appointment with Ben's doctor. We got more bad news... his blood platelet count is now down to 20000, which is not good. He will start a steroid treatment and go back in 2 weeks, so we will be praying that this works! Keep our little guy in your thoughts and prayers. This is hard on Ben and since Conner is our little worrier, he is taking it especially hard, too. After an almost 2 hour drive back from Iowa City in the snow storm tonight, we made it safely home just in time for Ben to have a bloody nose... this kid just can't get a break right now... luckily, he is strong and he will get through this and hopefully be back to his normal active self in the next few weeks!

Another Birthday...

Today marks yet another birthday for me! A gourmet breakfast from my husband, gifts from my guys, and another fancy meal for dinner including smoked salmon! The three guys who I get to call mine are all I could ask for! Nick, thank you for making today special! I love you so much!

Band Concert...

Alas, with all of the snow days we have had, the boys' band concert was canceled (for the second time) this week, so they gave us a little concert after school today! We really enjoyed it and Ben and Conner took it very seriously! They are never excited to practice their trombones at home, but they really are learning and progressing! 

Snow...

After 1 full day of school this week, our guys were definitely suffering from cabin fever! Luckily, today they were able to get outside and play in the snow! Conner and Ben had a little snow ball fight while Nick worked on his snowman!