The Olson Family: February 2011

I like having different decorations up for the holidays...here a a few pics of my favorite snowmen :)

These ones spell "let it snow alot"...maybe I should put them away...

I love his sparkle (probably my favorite, but I don't want the others to know).

These guys are thanks to Aunt Nancy (or at least she gave them to my mom and I thought they were so cute my mom went out and got them for me too).

Random....

I used to only have white Fiesta dishes, but through the years my MIL Sheila has helped me to introduce red and teal...love it!

This is my next project....removing a fireplace insert. The previous owners apparently used this contraption to heat the whole house for a winter or two...debating about it myself with the recent heating bills we've gotten!! But seriously, it just isn't our style and I have got to figure out how to get that thing out of there! (And yes, it's more complicated than just pulling it out!) Any suggestions or "friends of friends" who do this kind of thing let me know!

So, I think about adding pictures and writing an update weekly...and then I get distracted. So here I am, 2 1/2 months since my last entry- trying to figure out how to summarize what we've been up to. We'll start with Christmas...

Christmas was a lot of fun- but busy. We were with my side of the family Christmas eve (our house) and Christmas morning (at Aunt Nancy's in Apple Valley). Then made the trek to Baxter to be with Jeff's family. Felt like a lot of running around, but the boys had fun at all of their Christmases so it was worth it...

Here's Kiefer (KC) excited to open his presents.

Maybe if I'll clap they'll let me start opening....

Kel wasn't as cooperative for a 'Christmas present opening' picture...

Now this is what I'm talking about....finally!

Grandpa K helping to open, still not sure what it is yet....

Oh my word!!! Mickey Mouse! This is such a good picture- KC (in the back) is especially endearing to me ;)

Trying out the Pillow Pet...this has been a perfect fit for a pillow in their cribs (for anyone who is looking for a pillow of that size).

Daddy reading a new book....Kel doesn't like it so much in this picture.

The boys turned 2 years old on January 6th. We decided to do something a little more family fun rather than being at our house. If it was summer we could play outside, but winter Birthdays are a little trickier. So we rented a room at the YMCA for a few hours and had a swimming party. We were put in a pretty large room which ended up working out nice for the kids to run around a little bit and the adults were still able to talk and hear one another! The swimming part was a hit with the kids (especially the Birthday boys!).

The cake.

Bought the napkins and candles a year prior on clearance...had the cake made to match :)

Kel enjoying Birthday cake with Max (or Mac as he says) and Claire.

Grandpa K and KC

Nancy and Abby (my aunt and cousin)

The next set of pictures are just some random ones....but its our life! ;)
Jeff has these headphones and the boys found them and had fun running around the house with them on...no music playing- just on.

Kel

This is a face we see frequently...he has a pretty good pout!

Just waiting for a truck to drive by...

KC- always up for a picture :)

Again...waiting for the trucks to drive by. Not much traffic this day though because we got about 8 inches of snow and no one was out braving it.

Let me just explain the boots...Kel has this obsession with shoes (which I think I have mentioned in the past), now he discovered boots and wants to wear them frequently. So instead of battling a melt down about wearing shoes in the house I just let him do it- they're clean, what harm could it do?!