Groundhog's Day Eve Birthdays

Today is Groundhog's Day Eve, aka my mommy's BIRTHDAY!

She is a super amazing mom, and even though you are probably not reading this today Mama, I just wanted to give a little post for you.  :)

It is also Ben's mom's birthday, so if YOU are by chance reading this Pat, happy birthday to you too :)

And happy new job!

i am related to Annie Oakley

You know what really happens when you "grow up" and move out of the house??

Your parents decide to take amazing vacations with your younger siblings,

to places like this

...but the point of this post is to showcase perhaps the funniest picture of my little sister. ever.

love it.

a White Christmas in Iowa

My family traveled to my grandma's farm in eastern Iowa on Christmas day. I didn't think we would have a white Christmas since it had been pouring nasty rain up until the day of, but lo and behold windy blizzardy flakes turned into huge gently falling clumps of snow and soon the world looked like this. So I escaped the family and went for a walk.