Disney on Ice, Tundra Lodge resort, Valentine's Day,Super Bowl, new job

The week on January 25th was an exciting one! We are leaning closer and closer to a new job :)

Saturday, the kids and I went to meet my mom at my sister's house in the morning. Jenna was baking for her friend's engagement party, and I made a veggie pizza to bring to a birthday party that we had later that afternoon. The kids love spending time with auntie and had fun sitting on her counter top helping with the baking. My mom came with us to Bella's friend Madison's 3rd birthday party later that afternoon. The kids are so close in age and play so well together. Later that night, I had my work Christmas party, so we got ready and headed out to the boat house where it was held. One of the doctors has a band and provided great entertainment, especially for my outgoing, dancing machine husband! He is such a great dancer and everyone loved him. I love my co-workers and will truly miss them. The kids had a great night hanging out with grammy and making Valentine rice krispy treats.

On Sunday, my mom, Bella, and I did some shopping. Bella got some crafty things for making Valentine decorations and grammy bought her and Connor each a new shirt. We picked up my favorite sandwiches for lunch and headed back home.

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Wednesday February 3rd, we started to clean and sort toys to pack up. Then around 5pm, Mike got the official job offer!!!! We couldn't be happier!!!! He will be starting around February 15th, so I will be here with the kids and staying at my job until mid April. We are SO blessed :)

We are going to look for an inexpensive apartment or rental house, and buy a lot of land to build in the next couple of years.

On Saturday, we started our apartment hunting. We dropped the kids off at the in-laws and then we went and checked out a cheap one that was newly remodeled but built into a really old school. The building was awful and the space was too small, so we have decided to look further.

On our way back, we checked out a piece of land that we may be interested in buying.

Sunday, we drove back home fairly early to have our own little Super Bowl party. I made taco dip and deviled eggs, and we just hung out and watched the game while the kids played.

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Tuesday, February 9th, I did my grocery shopping since the kids and I will be alone most of the week while Mike starts his new job. Our friends John and Shanna also became parents to a new baby, Claire.

Wednesday was a really fun day. We headed to the Tundra Lodge resort and checked into our whirlpool suite room. We had a fun time playing with the kids in the tub before the waterpark opened up. Then we swam for a little while, went back to the room to get changed, and then headed to Disney on Ice. This year, my friend Mandy and her husband and daughter joined us. We let Bella get a princess light-up spin toy and she and Madison had a great time cheering on the characters. The look on their faces was priceless :) After the show, we went back to our hotel room. Daddy took the kids to the hotel restaurant for breakfast in the morning while i slept in. Then, we checked out and he and Bella drove to my parents, while Connor and I drove back home since I had to work Friday. Bella always has a great time with daddy. He took her to McDonalds for a happy meal and then they went ice fishing. She caught her first fish and brought it back so my mom could get a few pictures.

Friday, Mike went fishing while Bella had a day with grammy all to herself. She made beautiful Valentine cards for all of us and some neat heart wreathes.

Saturday morning, we went to the in-laws. We dropped the kids off and went and checked out another apartment. Again, to our dissapointment, no luck. It was perfect size but filthy and really old. Then we took Bella ice-fishing again. It was a little to dark in the ice shack for her, so daddy pulled her in the sled for a bit and then we warmed up in the truck while waiting for the tip ups to pop up. She was so patient and so excited when she finally got one. She helped daddy pull the line and mommy took pictures of course ;) I also got a really cute video that captures the excitement in both of their faces :) Then we went back and had a nice supper, and then back to my parents for the night.

Sunday, Bella and I slept in. My mom made heart pancakes for breakfast and I cleaned my room at their house. Daddy got Bella some chocolates and then he hung closet doors in my brother's room because my mom's highschool friends are coming to stay the next weekend, and although the house was built ten years ago, there are things that were never finished. The kids decorated cookies and we had a heart-shaped pizza for lunch and then relaxed for the rest of the day. He starts his new job now, so the kids and I headed back home without him :( We will be very happy to see him on Wednesday night.