Surprise note makes me a proud mommy! Kate has really thrived in Kindergarten this year!

This is and will always be a sweet, sweet picture for me. One of the baggers at our grocery store has always been so kind and generous to the children. He especially had a great friendship with Hank (read: lots of stickers, high fives, hugs, Hank yelling for him all through the store, cookies, sharing stories together). A few weeks ago, we made sure to go by Kroger on his last day of work before retirement to give him hugs. We really do love George and will miss him so much! Hank still asks to see him every time we go in the store. 

The girls have their dance recital coming up! This past Saturday, we were busy with a rehearsal and pictures that afternoon. Love my little ballerinas! This year's story ballet is The Little Mermaid. Kate is coral in the ocean, and Vivian will be a flower girl at Ariel's wedding. They are really excited!

Back in February, the employees and spouses of Interstate Batteries all went out together to celebrate a huge milestone for my dad. 

1 million units sold! 

We had a wonderful dinner together, with memorable speeches, a fun slideshow of pictures from the past 30 years of battery work, and a presentation of an award from two men who came in from Dallas where Interstate Corporate is located. 

My dad is part of a very small percentage of distributors that has reached this milestone. We are all very, very proud of him and thankful for his hard work and commitment to provide for us and make a way for our families!

Here are a few more pictures I took from the big snow we had in the middle of February.

Hank has had many loves in his life this past year: pacis, Grover, golf, Blue's Clues, trains, raisins, George who pushes carts and bags groceries at Kroger, going in Gramme's car, and candy. But monster trucks so far have proven to be his greatest obsession.

He wants to take them in the car with us. He wants to sleep with them. He wants to play non-stop with them. He has three small ones and a few bigger trucks that aren't monster trucks but are part of his pretend play. He wants to watch monster truck videos on Aaron's phone as soon as Aaron gets home from work. He wants to crush all the cars with them and get the tires muddy. It is sometimes exhausting to hear about and endure the loud noises that he makes with them. But mostly it is hilarious and a joy to all of us to see him love something so intently.

 

At the end of January the girls were excited to dress like each other for twin day at school.

They could have partnered up with anyone in their classes to dress like a twin, but that didn't even cross their minds. When I asked who they were going to be twins with they looked at me like they were confused I was even asking. Of course each other!