365 Project: January 2012

Sunday, January 29, 2012

January 29, 2012

Hannah, Paige and Lauryn tye dyed t-shirts at our house this afternoon. The girls swim team makes a shirt for the Metro meet each year. This year the shirts are a bright green. They tye dye them today and then add puff paint and glitter next weekend at an overnight. That won't be at our house!

January 28, 2012

Hannah and I timed for the Rich Hood Invite at Burke today. She didn't swim because she already has an individual state time. The Burke teams did well at the meet--the boys came in second and the girls won! Go Bulldogs!

January 27, 2012

I came home from work tonight and found Hannah and Joe dancing to "White and Nerdy" by Weird Al. Here they "wanna bowl with the gangstas." Hannah was doing the song pretty well and Joe was mostly just laughing. What a fun pair to come home to!

January 26, 2012

Ok, so Teddy keeps taking my slipper socks! He's gotten two of my favorites this week. Luckily I've still got the other one from each pair so I'm wearing an odd mismatched pair of socks now. I hope I can find the others around here somewhere.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

January 25, 2012

Another fun surprise that we got in the mail last week was a new griddle from Suzi. I commented on how warped mine was when she visited so she got me a new one! I tried it out tonight and it makes excellent pancakes. Thanks, Suz!

January 24, 2012

Burke swam in a meet against Westside tonight. The pool is so dark that this is the only picture that you can make out who is in the frame! Hannah swam in three early events so that she could leave and head down to the TAC building for All City reheasal from 7-9. What a long day!

January 23, 2012

Our over the stove microwave has no microwaves! Luckily we have another one for above the stove to replace it. In the meantime, we also luckily have a table top microwave to use. It takes up most of the island, but I can warm up my coffee and that's what's important.

January 22, 2012

Hannah and I drove Emma back to Grinnell today for her last semester at college. We were hoping to meet Grandma, Grandpa and Suzi for lunch, but the roads were bad on the east side of the state, so they weren't able to make it. We had an uneventful drive and a nice lunch at Perkins before heading back to Omaha.

January 21, 2012

Hannah and some of her friends from swimming went to Sempecks Bowling tonight. They did everything except bowl--laser tag, video games, dancing, go carts....

January 20, 2012

Hannah got a package in the mail today and inside was a teapot made in England. Suz had sent it to her as a souvenir of their trip. Now we'll have to have a tea party.

January 19, 2012

Believe it or not, I wasn't the one to suggest this picture. Joe brought home a giant orange (at least as big as a softball) and we all shared it tonight when I got home from B&S. They had all waited to eat it with me so we could take a picture--have I got them trained or what!

January 18, 2012

I got a rare picture of Emma upstairs tonight. She stays in the family room to let the dogs in and out while we are at work--and she claims to not like the dogs! They are going to miss her when she leaves this weekend.

January 17, 2012

We had a fun family dinner at Olive Garden tonight. We are taking Em back to Grinnell next weekend and tonight was our only night together until she leaves. I wonder why we always seem to have better conversations when we are eating out? I guess we need someone to cook for us all the time!

January 16, 2012

I was so excited to skype with Becca today after not talking to her for a month. We weren't able to use the video part of skype because we were having problems with our connection. It was still great to talk to her.

January 15, 2012

Remember on January 7th when I said that we'd pay for the tp'ing that the girls did? Yep, we paid.

January 14, 2012

Emma and I spent some quality time together today watching the Millard North Invite. We dropped off Hannah, got bagels and then settled in for six long hours of watching the girls swim. How's that for a couple of dedicated fans!

January 13, 2012

I had to call the absence hot line this morning for the first time! Hannah decided to take a mental health break (the first three class periods) after she went to morning practice and the coach didn't show up! She didn't have anything to do in the first three classes, so she took a nap and did some homework for next week before heading off for four hour.

January 12, 2012

When I got the kids off of the bus this morning this is how one of the little guys' hair looked! Seriously, who would do this to a kid!

January 11, 2012

Here's Joe ready to walk the dogs. Wonder why he likes the "You might be a Redneck if..." calendar so much?!

January 10, 2012

Hannah swam the 500 free in the meet tonight against Bellevue East. She went under 6:00 for the first time, finishing first in her heat with a 5:51.81! Woohoo!

January 9, 2012

Really cool moon tonight--it's called the "Wolf Moon." The picture doesn't do it justice but that's the best shot of the bunch.

January 8, 2012

Hannah decided to try another new recipe tonight for supper. This time she made Roasted Vegetable Bisque. How fancy! We all agreed that the roasted veggies were good, but the soup (bisque) had an odd texture. It's still good to try new things--especially if Hannah is willing to do the cooking!