We are back in our house now after the kitchen remodel. We spent a little more than a month at my parents' house and it couldn't have gone more smoothly. Everyone is so thankful for having a perfect place to live while out of our home. It was challenging at times because all of our belongings were disorganized, but the kids slept well there, we had good meals there, and plenty of toys to play with! Here are a few pictures during that month that I have on my phone:

4 kids in the bathroom trying to get ready for the day...Hank loved the stool because he felt like a big kid.

We watched the NFL championships one sunday afternoon (hank was into it!) and also had friends over for the Super Bowl. 

We spent lots of time playing in the playroom.

We cuddled on the couch on most mornings to watch Sesame Street for hank or sprout channel for the girls. We had to detox a little on watching tv when we got back home ;) but it was nice to have that on the long winter days when they were out of school for snow, which happened several times during that month.

I walked down the driveway one day because the snow had come fast and I was nervous about getting my car back up the hill.

It is much smarter for me to take my shower before the Tazmanian devil wakes up. If I bring him in the bathroom with me he does things like dump the q-tips on the floor and find a way to get Daddy's day-old Pepsi and helping himself to it.

He is so cute while he's doing it though!

Science museum in Center in the Square on a day off school!

Mistake: not bringing a stroller. Jody mostly walked through the museum with the girls while I chased after Hank :)

Getting ready for Valentine's Day!

 We have begun a kitchen remodel at our house! We are excited about the finished product but unsure of when that will happen. Thankful to have a place to stay at my parents house! 

It seems like we've made a tradition of eating as a family at the Japanese steakhouse in Roanoke each New Year's Eve. Everyone was quiet about making plans this year but Joey called the day before to see if we wanted to go! The only reservation they had left was 4:30, but it worked out well anyway because we all skipped lunch and were ready to party early. We missed Mom and Dad, Stephen and Michael.