Day 2649 | Temperature Shift

When the temperature shifts 50 degrees in 24 hours, you appreciate the little things—like the sunshine hitting my beautiful new plants.

Thank goodness the super cold is supposed to be short-lived.

Day 2648 | Champions!

Robbe’s team won the championship game tonight to end his second season of basketball. So much excitement and fun. He even had a special fan from Cape Cod to help cheer him on. Whoop whoop!

Day 2647 | Ice Cream for a Cause

When the school is holding an ice cream fundraiser, what choice do you have, really?

Day 2646 | Soaking It In

After several days of birthday celebrations and more laughter than is safely advised (I’m assuming), sometimes you need a bit of a break to soak it all in.

Day 2645 | Turning 40!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to help me celebrate my birthday. It means more than I can say. It was a really great day.

Day 2644 | Birthday Week Begins!

Can you imagine a better way to kick off a week of birthday celebrations than a Broadway musical right down the street? I can’t!

I’ve been waiting for this one. Eek!!

Day 2643 | Hanging Out

The bun has a new favorite chair.

Day 2642 | Army of Rabbits

We 3D-printed these “armies of rabbits” today and, I have to admit, they’re pretty awesome. So many rabbits and some pretty epic catapult situations.

Day 2640 | Swim Meet

Chase had his first ever swim meet today! He’s new to competitive swimming but he’s been learning a lot and is enjoying being part of the team. It’s been very sweet to watch. Today was his first official time in the lanes and he did great!

Day 2639 | Feels Like Spring

52 degrees in January…wow!

In you’re not sure how crazy this is, the normal high temp for today in Eau Claire is 24 degrees. That’s, like, a lot different.

We soaked in the warmer temps and sunshine as much as possible. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s snow on the radar for next week. We’ll enjoy it while it lasts, though!

Day 2638 | Pinball

Yep. We’re still pretty into it.

Day 2637 | Back to Back Weekends

We got to hang out with these friends two weekends in a row! Can you believe how lucky we are?

Day 2636 | Blugolds

A family outing to the UWEC Blugold’s basketball game tonight. Anni was cheering which gave us the extra motivation we needed to leave the house. This guy even got his face painted (and ignore the temporary tattoo put on backwards by his mom).

Day 2635 | Birthday Fun

Chase and I busted out of Eau Claire today to help this sweet lady celebrate her birthday. She’s been one of my favorites for a very long time and I felt so grateful to have spent part of her big day with her.

Day 2634 | 3D Printing

Yeah. We’re getting *pretty* into 3D printing over here. You can tell by how many friends join us for a family board game.

Day 2633 | Sunshine and Puzzles

It’s far too cold to leave the house for non-essential excursions so that’s opened the door for lots of puzzling recently. Puzzles and sunshine might be my new favorite combination.

Day 2632 | Pickle

In case you’re wondering, this is what a pickle sitting on your shoulder would look like.

Day 2631 | Snow

We’ve been waiting very patiently for some snow to show up this winter. It wasn’t the 4-6 inches they forecasted but it was enough to do some sledding so we’ll call it a win. I even got to try out my new snow bibs!

Day 2630 | A Band Concert

Chase had his first-ever band concert tonight. It was so fun! With over 100 kids in the 6th grade band, that’s more kids than I had in my entire 6th grade class.

Chase did great and we enjoyed seeing him in his environment. So far, so good with middle school.

Day 2629 | Coffee Date

I haven’t been taking many photos lately so I dug this one out from last Friday—a coffee date with my sweet grandma and cousin.

What a lovely way to spend a couple of hours. And I fully realize how lucky I am.