8 years!

Molly turned eight years old today. She celebrated with some snow play, a couple of races with Walter's sled (she let him win), and a couple of birthday tater tots - a real treat for a dog who never gets fed from the table.



Happy birthday, silly puppy!

Front-yard sledding

Our front yard is a hill. Steep enough that it's impossible to get a car up the driveway on snowy days. And steep enough to make a pretty great sledding hill. I love that we can walk right out the front door and get to it. And walk right back in to mugs of hot cocoa when we're done. We've been taking full advantage of the convenience this winter - on days when the temps are above zero anyway.

LEGO Sunday

It's become a little Sunday morning ritual. Nate gets up early and goes for a run. Walter and I roll out of bed around 7, make some coffee and a bowl of cereal, and build with LEGOs. I help sort and find the pieces he needs. And then I noodle around taking photos of LEGO men, often invading my coffee cup, while he builds. It's LEGO Sunday. It's a good way to start the day.



(These are Instagram photos, #legosunday.)

Happy New Year!

I have a couple of things for you on this second day of 2014. 
Thing #1: My Instagram feed. Rather than putting together a recap of last year, I invite you to browse through my Instagram photos. It's a pretty good overview of how we spent 2013. I love looking back and remembering all the awesomeness of the past year. Vacations, new bedrooms, delicious food, and good times. You are welcome to follow me on Instagram if you'd like.

Thing #2: It's resolution time, and while I haven't exactly made any resolutions this year, I am sort of constantly striving to be more organized and on top of things. One change we made this past year was putting together a dinner menu each week. We've been sticking with it for about 6 months or so and it makes our weeknights so much easier. It also really cuts down on our last-minute, fast food dinners, which I am very happy about. So today I'm sharing my printable menu/grocery list with you. Because it's more fun to be organized when being organized is cute and colorful. 

Just click on this link  to download and print out the pdf on letter-size paper. Cut or fold in half and you are ready to go.

We wish you a very happy 2014!