Neighborhood snow fun

Matthew, Jacob, Elliot

Matthew, Elliot

Alexi, Elliot eating icicles from under the car....should I be worried?

Elliot & Alexi

It has been snowing nonstop for like 2 weeks now. We're so sick of the cold...unless...we get to play outside with the neighbor kids! We got all geared up and had a blast riding on the sled, making snow balls and eating icicles. I pulled Elliot around on the sled in the snow covered roads till my knees were absolutely aching. It was worth it though to see him smile and hear him laugh so much!

Valentines Party

Elliot's Valentine - although I'm sure she has many. What a cutie pie!

The kids had a great time playing together. They got to exchange v-day cards and look for hidden chocolate kisses. What a fun way to celebrate Valentines Day!

Residency is not for the faint of heart

I was excited to be planning our Valentine date this year. J.R. has been on call every other day this month so finding time to see him at all, let alone go on a date has been nearly impossible. Eventually we found a window and decided to go for it.

I was going to do the usual dinner and a movie, but decided we needed something more to boost our moral and release some good endorphins. So, I scheduled a private dance lesson at the Fred Astaire dance studio at 6:15pm SHARP. It was so fun digging through our boxes to find my dust covered T-straps and J.R.'s black dance kicks. I got a call from J.R. around 4:30pm saying he had one more patient to see and he'd be on his way. A quick half hour. Around 5:45 I still hadn't heard from him and due to the terrible reception at the hospital was unable to reach him, and so reluctantly had to call the studio and cancel at the last minute. Our babysitter got here at 6:00 and still no word from J.R. If this was any other time in our lives I'd be worried by now and wondering if he got in a wreck or something, but my heart new better. He's a resident (period.) So we waited and I considered using the babysitter while I had her and running pointless errands or spoiling myself at the mall to try to boost my spirits. But then, around 6:30pm my phone finally rang. He was alive, just got caught up helping with an incoming emergency. Where was the guy who was supposed to be on call? Who knows.

Needless to say we ended up going to dinner and a movie. I wish I was better at disappointments because I know it wasn't J.R's fault, I just hate that we really have no control over our lives. We are slaves to a legal contract called residency. I'm exhausted!

I love Indiana, but I'm ready to be done with this part of our lives. I want my husband back. I don't want to be so independent. I want to be able to depend on him, but that's impossible when he has no control.

Poor J.R. As hard as I think it is, it is about 100 times worse for him. I can't believe what he has to experience! Only 1 more week till he gets a much needed week vacation! WE CAN'T WAIT!

At the end of the night with or without a dance lesson, it was nice to spend time with him and joke about random stuff and talk about nothing in particular!

I LOVE YOU J.R. Thanks for your strength, love and patience in me!

Happy Valentines Day!

SUPERBOWL 2010

COLTS FEVER!

We went from being fans of the best college football team - GO BUCKS! To being a fan of the best NFL team - GO COLTS!

I had no idea I'd become such a football fan during these school years. It's kinda fun, especially when you're cheering for a winning team!

SNOW DAY

I love how smooth the snow is in our back yard.

The snow was sparkling like crystals. So pretty!

It is a white out. This poor little bush is trying its best to bring color to our yard.

Cool wind carved slope at our back steps

Our hidden mailbox.

It felt like we were in Utah today. It snowed all day yesterday, leaving us with mounds of piled snow along the roads. Usually after a big snow like that it's cloudy and dull, but today the sun was shining so bright and the wind was calm....it felt like a Utah snow day.

I shoveled our walks (with our neighbors help) around 5pm. J.R. shoveled again when he got home around midnight, then he shoveled again this morning. YIKES! If I didn't hate the cold so much I probably would have built a snow man with Elliot today. Hummm....maybe tomorrow.

BouncerTown

Elliot really wanted a dinosaur that was in there, but even daddy couldn't get it out.

Looks like he ready to play baseball...too bad it's actually skee ball he's trying to play.

Just preparing for the big game tomorrow. GO COLTS!

Another fun find here in Indy. This place has a bunch of blow up slides and things for the kids to crawl on. They also have games to play. Elliot loved running, jumping and getting out all that bottled up energy!

It's always fun when J.R. gets to play with us!!