February 2026

 It's one of my favorite months because I love to show my favorite people how much they are loved. We have been posting these hearts full of reasons we love on Rose's door from February 1-14 since she was little, and we will continue to do so as long as she lives with us...which we are planning on forever :) 

Here is also a rare moment when Rose was all cuddly with her momma, I don't get so many of these anymore, so I hold on tight. 

We took a family trip on Valentine's Day because we love road tripping! 

And nothing makes our girl happier than a car wash :)

Since the weather was almost 50 degress we went to Washington DC for some history.

We visited the Natural History Musuem 

And the botanical gardens

Back at homeRose is doing stage crew for the middle school play this year, and luckily she has a very handy parent! Justin and Rose spent a lot of evenings at school this month to get ready and we can't wait to see the play next month :)

Since most days I don't get home until around 7pm, Rose has taken over making dinner a lot of nights. 

She's amazing at it!  

We ended the month with a musical night for all of the Fleetwood Music participants. Rose got to play each of her instruments and we loved listening to her. 

AND in maybe a record setting move, we had our first campfire of the year! Bring on warm weather :)

January 2026

 Here goes 2026!!

We started the year by welcoming three cute friends to their furever home :)

This is the first time we have adopted siblings and love that they are always hanging out together :)

Rose introduced them to snow....they were curious

But mostly they like to take naps

And be cuddled :)

Rose and Justin took a trip to IKEA

This furniture makes my child look like a giant...but really, she is now like a solid 2 inches past me :(

We took a trip out to Pittsburg for our first roadtrip of 2026

We started the day with some yummy food at a brewery

Visited the Natural History Museum

found another Parthenon ;)

And dinosaurs!

Bugs...

And a Monet :)

We also made a quick trip back to Fiesta because I love that place

And finished the trip off with another brewery

We followed that trip up with a visit to Virginia to see the cousins :)

On the way we had some fun stops:

Including our first Rural King

Playing some Pinball

And lots of yummy food :)

We made the trip to help finish up a bathroom, so while the guys worked... 

The girls had some fun :)

Rose loves seeing her cousins...and I can't believe how they've all grown up :)

Another stop at Bucc-ee's :)

And then our favorite brewery before heading home to snow.

Since I've started a new schedule at work, Rose has been helping out more with meals. AND she's great at it :)

January had lots of fun, more snow than we needed, and we're off to a year full of memories!!

Here's our must do list for 2026:

Adopt kittens
Disney World
4 National Parks
House siding
6 amusement parks
Beach
Fly somewhere
Go to a concert
Plant a tree
New Camper Cabinets
Take a class
New State Park