Danielle's been home and lots of smiles:)

We have been having a blast with Danielle being home-Tucker especially.  He woke up from his nap and was running around the house yelling DD DD for awhile after he woke up...unfortunately for him, she wasn't here:( Tomorrow is our last day with D for another 6 months, which, if I actually force myself to think about it, is incredibly depressing.  It's a good thing I am very much on board with what she is doing in Tanzania, because it makes it a little bit easier to be away from her for so long.  Tucker is not going to know what to do when she's not here in person, but we start talking to her on the computer again.  We have just gotten to the point where we can open the computer without him yelling DD DD and pointing at the screen because he wants to video chat her.  He was very confused when she first came home and she was here in real life, not on the computer:)

showing her Mater and his other new cars

brayden cuddles 

we went sledding where D, Chris and I used to go when we were little at the church at the top of the hill. Max accidentally tipped Tucker out face first into the snow before he even took his first run, hence the less than thrilled face. That, and it was FREEZING and windy.  D, Max and I managed to get a few runs in on the toddler sled too:)

when he fell out:(

lots of fun times...this is about one minute before he puked from getting flipped upside down by D and before this my dad was holding tucker over his back by his ankles and running around the house...go figure

 Max has been off all week which has been awesome! He was committed to making better and better forts, despite the fact that Tucker kept destroying them.

Brayden is SUPER smilely! I have been able to capture many of my phone too-enjoy!

Two of my friends from high school have recently had their 2nd and 3rd (twins) babies and the other had her first! We were able to have a quick visit while everyone was home at Christmas.

l-r: brayden, henry, adilene, and landon

Max with the twins and Brayden

Love that our boys get to grow up with these girls!

We found this house in Easton-would love a house like this some day! The porch-just love it!

I made 5 freezer crock pot meals this week and each makes two meals-10 meals made in 2 hours! Amazing! Let's hope they taste good:)

We finally made it down to Fairfield beach to see some of the Sandy devastation.  There is still tons of sand even 2 months later.  You can also see some of the homes that were destroyed.  Such devastation!

We also had a really fun trip to Stepping Stones with D, but that will be another post because I've got to go to sleep!