January Random

Here is some randomness from our January.

Not sure why she was crying, but still a funny pic

Emmy and Mommy

Ella's birthday

Dawson's Birthday

     So, we blinked and Dawson turned 9 years old!  I can't believe he is 9 years old already.  He is my special son and I am so blessed that God blessed us with a son with all these girls.  I am a little bias, but he is honestly the best son a mother could ask for.  He simply has the coolest personality ever.  He is so laid back and easy going.  His sisters can be a wee bit dramatic at times, and Dawson never is.  He is also so well behaved.  If we ask him to do something, he just does it.  He never talks back or gives us attitude.  He makes being his parents very easy.
   Dawson is all boy.  His current new favorite thing is Nerf guns.  He has some pretty epic battles with Jameson and our neighbor Collin.  I swear I find Nerf bullets everywhere!!!  He enjoys sports and plays basketball and soccer.  He is a huge Nuggets fan and loves watching the games with Joey and I.  Every night after Gracie and Emmy go to bed, he comes and cuddles on the couch with me and we watch t.v.  It is one of my favorite parts of my entire day.  He is such a sweet boy.  He is also very, very smart.  He does really well in school and math is definitely his strongest subject.  He really excels in math.
   As always, it's really difficult to describe a child in a few words on a blog. Suffice to say, we are so lucky he is ours and we love him so very much.
     We made Dawson's birthday as special as possible even though he had to go to school that day.  When we woke up, we saw that the elf had come and left the Lego cake and some candy.  I brought Dawson lunch at school that day and ate lunch with him.  His request was a double cheeseburger from McDonald's.  After school, we went to dinner at Red Robin.  Dawson requested Red Robin because he likes playing the games at the table and he also likes they sing to you.  He wanted to be sung to, but he acted very embarrassed when they came out to sing to him.  After dinner, we went back home for cake and presents.  Dawson requested that I make him another ice cream cake.  He chose his favorite ice cream flavor: butterfinger.  He was showered with lots of presents from family.  He had his heart set on this very expensive Nerf gun, and I decided to get it for him.  He said he had a great birthday.

At lunch

Crazy boys

His reaction when they were singing to him.  

His sundae

What the elf left

Our special boy

His ice cream cake topped with butterfingers.  

Anniversary

  Joey and I celebrated our thirteenth anniversary this year.  I can't believe it has been thirteen years!  Four kids, and four houses later, we have definitely come a long way!  To celebrate we went to the same restaurant we went to last year.  It is a restaurant owned by a chef that was on Top Chef and did really well on the show.  It is pretty fancy food, but it is always delicious and a great way for us to celebrate. 

Hotel

   We had a three day weekend for Martin Luther King Day.  We decided it would be a great weekend to do a little "staycation" and go to a local hotel.  There is a hotel nearby that we just love.  They have really big suites and a great pool that the kids love swimming in.  We had such a great time even if it was just for a night. 

Axe Throwing

  Our favorite babysitter is home for Christmas break.  We always try to take advantage of having a babysitter and go on some date nights.  Joey and I invited Katy along for dinner and some ax throwing.  Joey had been before and he told Katy and I that he thought that we would really like it.  I honestly did not think I would find it to be very fun.  I was so surprised how fun it actually was.  We had a blast!  We played for an hour and I picked it up pretty quickly and even managed to beat Katy and Joey.  What a fun and different date night we had!