Ode to Sparky.....Sparky was our beloved family pet for almost 3 years. After a tragic encounter with a neighborhood Great Dane, Sparky made his final residence with Grandpa Backes in heaven. We will miss you, Sparky!

MILES & MACY...3 mos old on the 14th

wide open grin

RANDOM WINTER FUN PICS

Thanks to all the Christmas money we all received from loved Grandparents and Great-grandma Veek, we decided to take the kids ice skating. The kids had a blast with Matt!

my uncle....the photographer

aunt susy, the baby whisperer

gotta love snow babies

I'm so blessed to have such an amazing, supportive husband. Happy 32nd birthday Matt!!

Emsky turned 3!! We're a little late on the post, but I've been working a lot lately. Anyway, Em had a great Bday and we had the pleasure of having the Crowsons with us. I can't believe she's so big!


As usual this is what I'm doing! I love 'em though :)

OK, so I have to be the meanest Mom on the planet. This next series was Emily's actual birthday morning and, of course, she got breakfast in bed. These pictures are so funny. I just hope she doesn't hate me too much when she's 16!

Sledding in Vail

Christmas morning memories

I love it when my kids love each other

I love Em's morning hair! She's going to kill me someday

Outside our house on

Sunday

I love Christmas babies!!

We spent Christmas eve at Shelly's house. She made amazing clam chowder in bread bowls and then we enjoyed a great music program. Shelly read a Christmas story as part of the program. We loved having Aunt Amelia with us. A good time for all, however, made me miss Dad a lot. He loved holiday traditional stuff like that.