PF Chang's Marathon

This past weekend, Mike ran the PF Chang's marathon. He has been training for months, getting up even earlier than he normally does to run. I am so proud of him for doing it!!

Somewhere there is a picture of him crossing the finish line. I'm trying to get it to post it!

Amazing Girls

As I sat in the living room trying to put something together, I heard MaClay yelling "Shhh, Don't tell mom!". Of course I called out, "Don't tell me what?" And then I hear in unison, "Nothing!" I was too engrossed in what I was doing to worry about what mischief they were getting into. A few minutes later they walked in with these awesome pictures for Mike and I!! Here I am thinking they were tearing something up but instead they both made mom and dad a present. Included with the pictures were a Sharpay doll from HSM and a sun catcher that MaClay had painted. Neither present was scan-able so here are their pictures!

Snow Bears Play

MaClay was in a play at school last week. She was one of the narrators. The kids did such a great job. Her teacher is amazing!!!! The way she teaches the kids is so fun and they learn so much. MaClay loves her teacher and we are so grateful she has her this year. I only wish the teacher moves with you as you go up a grade in school.
(Don't forget to mute my playlist so you can hear the play)

Snow Bear Play from Noelle Downs on Vimeo.

100th Day

MaClay's teacher ordered 100 balloons for the kids on Tuesday for the 100th day of school as a surprise. The kids had so much fun using the balloons for math problems. MaClay loves school and you can see why with all the fun stuff they do in class. Later that day the kids were treated to pizza as well.

We also went as a family that night to see Broadway's The Lion King. The show was great but the costumes were unbelieveable! It didn't end until after 10pm. Mallory made it to almost the very end and then fell asleep. The girls both loved it and had fun singing along to the songs. It was so much fun!

Happy Anniversary!

Wow! I can't believe it has been 9 years that we've been married! It has gone by in a blink. I can't believe how lucky I am to be married to Mike and that we have 2 amazing kids! He is an awesome husband and devoted dad! I couldn't ask for anything better!

Easy Bake

I find it truly amazing that a 100 watt light bulb will cook something that's actually edible! MaClay got an Easy Bake Oven for Christmas. We found some recipes online and decided to try one. They chose to make a cake. Instead of regular sugar we used colored sugar crystals. The cakes were bright green and they frosted them with chocolate frosting. I didn't try one but the girls enjoyed them for dessert tonight.

Happy New Year!

On Tuesday we took the kids miniature golfing! They had never been before and they had so much fun. MaClay was determined to get it right each time and in the end she had at least one Hole in One! Mallory tried hard too. She was more concerned with if she were standing right before she took her swing.