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Happy 1st Birthday Isaac and Sophia!

Our sweet babies turned one on February 23. What a journey this has been. We are reminded of all the prayers that were sent up on behalf of our family and these precious babies. God is so good and our family of six is continuing to "figure ourselves out!" THANK YOU! Enjoy these pictures from their first birthday parties. They have one more celebration in a couple of weeks when we are in Michigan.

Our kiddos...

Just some pictures of our kiddos from a couple of months ago.

My absolute favorite

Christmas with my parents

My parents weren't able to make it on Christmas Eve due to weather, so they made a trip in early January and we celebrated Christmas with them. Elizabeth got a HUGE tub of legos and it turned out to be a favorite present of everyone's, including my biggest kid, Matt!

Great-Grandpa Williams meets the twins

Last week, my grandpa and my uncle were on their way back from Arizona. They stopped by for dinner and we were so glad they did. It was their first time meeting Isaac and Sophia. Thanks so much Grandpa and Uncle Dan for making Iowa one of your resting points!

More Pictures from Snow Days...

Was having trouble posting all of them, so here goes the rest (hopefully).

Snow Days

So, last week the girls got out of school early on Tuesday and had no school on Wednesday or Thursday. We tried to make the best of it with a few bumps in the road...the girls played in the snow on the upper deck on Wednesday and than on Thursday we snuck out for a bit while Isaac and Sophia were napping (though it was terribly cold with the wind chill I only let them stay out for a few minutes). I think by Thursday afternoon I had lost my mind...I let the girls make "snow cream"...yes, I usually am telling them "don't eat the snow" and that day, I encouraged it. You take 8 c. of snow, one can of sweetened condensed milk and a tsp. of vanilla and you end up with GREAT ice cream. We made ours into sundaes with caramel and cherries on top!:) The girls really thought I had lost it. We also made cookies...we had about 100 cookies cut out, the girls helped to frosting about 20 of them and than got bored with it. However, they did continue to add the sprinkles. I have included a picture of the "special" cookie Elizabeth made for Matt. A little cookie with your sprinkles? We also tried to have a little photo shoot with Isaac and Sophia in their Christmas outfits from Nana and Papa.