And more tutus.....

I don't think Sara can be stopped!  She's a tutu making lady!  Sara made rainbow tutus for the girls and they are adorable. 

Our sweet Piwi

Piwi, our K9 Belgium Malinois, was hit and killed by a car on the highway while on duty this morning.  We are very devastated by this loss.  Piwi was a wonderful drug dog and pet.  He was so sweet to everyone he met and was very gentle and playful with Holland.  Since we got Piwi (Aug 2009), Holland learned all the czech commands and Piwi would mind her.  The loss of a drug dog is very different for me as compared to losing a pet.  Drug dogs are highly intelligent, very protective, and work for a living.  K9 dogs are considered a deputy/officer of the department they work for.  Piwi took an oath to protect and was assigned a call number.  I always felt safe and secure when Piwi was home because I knew he would protect us.  He wasn't an aggressive dog unless you gave him the commands to be aggressive.  I didn't realize how attached I had become with Piwi until now.  Piwi was buried where Precious and Prissy (Mom's chihuahua) were buried.  We lost Precious, my chihuahua, last August.   

Sister love

Holland finally asked to hold Britton the other day.  Kirk and I were both shocked.  Kirk and I are both so happy that the girls love each other.  They will just look at each other and smile.  If Britton isn't around, Holland will search the house and ask where she is.  Britton smiles and laughs when Holland just looks at her.  It's so sweet!  Well, I took several pictures but of course, it's hard to get a decent one of both of them.

Dancing tutus

Holland loves going to dance class with Molly.  They are preparing for their tap and ballet routines for recital in June.  Here are a few more pictures of Holland and Molly in their tutus and preparing for dance class.  This week, Holland put her leg warmers and ballet shoes on all by herself. 

Kate's wedding

On February 26th, my baby sister, Kate, was married to Matt!  The wedding service was at St. Paul and was beautiful.  I was Kate's matron of honor, Holland was the flower girl, Britton was an honorary flower girl, and Kirk was an usher.  The reception/dance was held at the Hamilton Ballroom.  Fun was had by all who attended.  I was so happy to see aunts, uncles, and cousins I haven't seen in a very long time.  The happy couple is honeymooning in Aruba. 

Once the happy couple is back home, Kate immediately leaves for Navy officer development school (ODS).  Kate has been commissioned in the Navy as a Lieutenant and will be a Professor at the Naval Academy in Annapolis!  We are so excited and happy for Kate and Matt as they begin their life together and start such an amazing journey.

Will post pictures from the wedding when I get some.  I can't believe I didn't take any! :(

3 month photos

We went to Dixie's yesterday for Britton's 3 month photos.  We didn't have any outfits picked out, just took some hats with flowers, bloomers, and a skirt.  Britton was fabulous!  It was like she was posing for some of the pictures.  Britton has the prettiest eyelashes.  They are so dainty.  I have to say Dixie is fabulous!  We all love her!

3 months old

Britton is three months old!  She is doing so good.  Britton is so happy all the time and is gaining weight like a champ.  We put her in the bumbo seat today for the first time.  She sat there and just took everything in.  What is crazy is that we had this bumbo seat for Holland when she was a baby, but Holland hated it.  The first time we sat Holland in it, she cried and maneuvered herself out it.  We tried a few weeks later on, and she was able to get herself out of it immediately. Britton got more use out of it today than Holland did the whole time she was a baby.  Britton laughs and actually said "momma" the other night.  It wasn't intentional but it shocked us to hear her say that. 

Yummy-goodness

I've gotten into a cooking rut and am making a valiant effort to get out of it.  Every weekend, we are going to try a new recipe and hopefully keep that recipe in our rotation of meals.  We technically started last weekend when I cooked smothered steak, but this weekend we really kicked things off with two new recipes.  We made pizza puffs for lunch and tavern chicken with cellentani (pasta) alfredo.  A shout out to plainchicken.com for the recipes and to Anne M. for telling people about the site.  We loved the meals!!

Tutus... tutus.... and more tutus!

We had dance class this week and Holland wore the tutu I made.  After long discussion and contemplation, Sara instructed me on how to make a tutu.  I made Holland and Molly both a brown and pink tutu and they turned out pretty cute.  Molly was sick this week so she couldn't make it to dance.  Holland was sad that Molly wasn't going to be at dance class.  Next week, I think the girls will wear the black with white polka dots with black/white zebra flower tutu Sara made.  The next tutu I make will be black, white, and hot pink. 



CRC Jewelry Party

A high school friend of mine owns Cadillac Ranch Creations and has Ladies Night Out jewelry parties.  A group of us wanted to make our own necklaces so we scheduled a party for last night.  We had a great time!  We showed up, picked out our beads, strung them up and then Anita helps put the clasp on.  We already have our monthly party scheduled for March.