Holloway Family: March 2012

Alright it is almost halfway through March and I haven't gotten to February yet. Shame on me!

February was interesting to say the least. We have lots of Birthdays in February and lots of celebrating. Unfortunately I am not the picture taker that I should be, but I have a few and a goal to do better.

Jason and I have not really been a big fan of Valentine's Day and so we have decided to make it a family holiday. I want to have a picture done with me and each child framed for them each year for Valentines Day and we decided that we would have a nice dinner and a dance as a family. So we got dinner ready for when Daddy would get home. Then after dinner we had a dance lesson by Daddy and then a sweet dance. I really wish I would have taken pictures of this because David was helping out by dancing with whomever didn't have a partner. It was ADORABLE watching him dance with his sisters. We also set up the strobe light and went to town doing some silly dancing. SO SO FUN! Definitely going to be a new tradition in this house. LOVED IT!

My Cailyn and me!

My Jessica and me!

My David and me!

My Coralee and me!

Jason, being a banker, had President's Day off and so we headed to Waco to spend the weekend. Jason ran in a trail race Saturday morning and I needed to do a long run(and better to do them with some hills since my race will have them). I ended up running about 3 miles of that in heavy rainfall. My sisters family came into town also that night and we chatted and talked, went to church together, and chatted some more. Monday was my birthday and I got to go shopping with my sister, my husband, and my son. It was honestly a GREAT birthday. Thank you Jason and Lynnae for making it a special day.

The following Saturday was David's 3rd birthday. It is so hard to believe that he is 3 years old. He keeps me insanely busy, but I wouldn't trade him for the world. He really is a sweet boy. Not to mention SOOO HANDSOME! David really wanted to go to the museum for his birthday and Jason was committed to Stake Youth Conference that day(in Waco) so we stayed there again. My brother, Kyle, was there picking up his new car and Dad was caravaning with him up to a granddaughter's baby blessing, so we got to see both of them before they left the next morning. Jason got me some round cake pans for my birthday and so I made David's cake a layered batman cake. I spent some time getting it right and looking pretty good(for my first one) and then proceeded to forget it when we headed to Waco for the weekend. I was totally disgusted with myself, but watcha gunna do? I had some fun games planned for the little birthday celebration and we had a good time, even if it was just us. I did end up getting s little package of tiny cupcakes at the grocer's bakery for the night. So the pictures you see of us eating the batman cake are on Monday night for Family Home Evening. Better late than never right ?

I love to compare old pictures to new ones. Look how they have all grown! Amazing!

The kids had to sit on a balloon filled with candy. Once it was popped they could eat their candy. So fun to watch, because they don't weigh enough to pop it easily so they had to do some serious bouncing.

Next up was the marshmallow poppers. They were so easy to make and so super fun to play with. We will be doing this again and soon. I was surprised how far we got them to go.

He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was 3 years old!

duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh etc. BATMAN!

Cheesing! and still cheesing!

Lately I have really been wanting to do some sewing. I have had some mending sitting at/in the sewing table for a long while now and thought I would tackle the how-to do that. My first attempt was this cute dress for Cailyn made out of some clothes that had either holes or paint on them. What do you think?

and lovely model too!

Jessica loved Cailyn's so much that she asked me to make her one. So I had to figure out what to use for hers. In the end I had to cut up some of my pajama pants that would probably still wear but they look much cuter as part of Jess' dress. Yes?

I have also been doing some altering of my clothes in attempt to not have to purchase new clothes. I have been pretty pleased thus far. Maybe I will take some pictures of those too.

We found out this month that Bank of America is closing the bank in which Jason works. So, Jason has been busy sending resumes and interviewing. He actually has another interview(3rd with same bank) this week. Please keep us in your prayers as we search for work. I feel confident that we will find something that will provide for our family, but the uncertainty is still unnerving a bit.

These next pictures were actually part of March, but March snuck up on me. Oh wait, that is because February is so short, even on this leap year. No wonder March seemed to "leap" at me. Anyway, I have been trying to spend more time doing what the kids want to do instead of obsessing so much about the clean house, so I had to leave the house as to not be distracted. Friday, March 2, we did just that. David and I, oh sorry, Heman and I fought the bad guys at the city park in the morning. Then we picked Jessica up and fought them some more. Then we took some naps, and picked Cailyn up and had to do some more fighting. Coralee loved being out in the sun, feeling the wind on her face, and watching the kids run to and fro. Overall it was a great day. It is fun to be carefree and only have to play for a while.