living room updates

{please don't judge based on the quality of the new pictures. we got a new camera and hopefully, it's just because we don't have it on the right setting!}

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let it SNOW, let it SNOW, let it SNOW

and it did!

it really did...even in front of our house!

in front of a neighbor's snowmen...
in front of the neighborhood...{on a side note, please disregard the dreadful purple pants i have on, i obviously was not thinking about how anyone else would be seeing these pictures!}
and we even made a miniature snowman!


i had never been in real snow before (well, except for when i was 2), so i didn't really know what to expect! not being a fan of cold weather, i was actually not at all excited for the snow thinking it would make me freeze, hah!


regardless of my lack of enthusiasm, i decided i probably should take the kids out for recess. afterall, it only happens every 20 years. i am glad to say that i actually enjoyed it and so did the kids...most of them!

hApPy HeArT dAy

over at kelly's korner, the topic of "show us your life" for this week is: special valentine's days. this valentine's was definitely special to me!

happy valentine's day to you! we definitely had a great time thanks to adam.

adam set up a scavenger hunt throughout the house. here, i am holding one of the gifts, a reese's pieces. each stop had a special gift/message like "your car will be cleaned and vacuumed." adam was so creative how he set up the scavenger hunt!

the last message said to go to the dining room. when i walked in, there was a delicious meal that adam had worked on all day. a traditional czech dinner complete with czech music. roast and dumplings. yum, yum. adam knows i love learning about different cultures and i love trying different foods, so it was perfect! why czech? we just got a czech cook book from his aunt and adam's mom's side is czech.

my gift to adam--a verse a day until march.

after dinner, we went to the movies. we saw valentine's day.

here's one more festive pic for the day! a picture of my classroom.

i'm married to a hall of famer...that's right, folks!

adam played college baseball at concordia. his team just got inducted to concordia's first ever, athletic hall of fame. it was such a fun gathering at the oasis.

adam's parents went, too. they're two proud parents.

here is his coach from the good ole' days, coach gardner. adam's a big fan of him.

the whole team on stage getting pictures taken by the "paparrazi"...well, mostly parents, but there were a few news stations there and adam was actually on one of the newsclips!

adam walking across stage to get his plaque. adam was a pitcher. his team won the american southwest conference and still is the only team from texas to make it to the ncaa division 3 college world series! pretty cool, huh?

adam catching up with baseball buddies. not too shabby of a back drop, is it?

C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S

A-D-A-M!!!