Feb. 20 - The M & M jar. At my house we have a jar (I know a big jar) that I try to keep full of M & M's. Of course the only time it stays full, is right after I fill it. My husband is a chocoholic. My addiction is coffee, his is chocolate. He gets kinda grumpy is there isn't any in the house, thus the M & M jar. Today when I was taking the picture, Rylie just happened to walk up behind the jar and ask me what I was taking a picture of. She loved the picture...she thought it looked like her head was in the jar with the M & M's.

Feb. 19- - Off to School. Days like this make me wish time could stand still. I don't really want them to grow up. I love how cute she looks all bundled up and how big she looks getting on the bus. Before I know it, she'll be asking me for the car keys and what time is my curfew. Dear Lord, please prepare me for what's to come, but let me enjoy this time now to the fullest. I don't want to miss a single second!

Feb. 18 - Rylie's portrait. Rylie was painting today and decided she wanted to try and copy Regan's picture of ET. I don't know about you, but I can see a striking resemblance. Maybe my girls will be famous artists and paint something great like Michelangelo......no, I'm sure it will be better than the Sistine Chapel!

Feb. 17 - Burgerberger Tuesday. Today was my Tuesday to have my nieces and nephew for the day. However, when they came today, Isaac had decided to stay home with Ahmed, so it was just us girls. With no where to go and nothing planned to do, we spent the day watching movies and hanging out in our jammies. Love those jammie days!!

Feb. 16 - President's Day. Since Regan had the day off school for President's weekend, and we had just returned from our first trip to Disney, she decided she wanted to paint some pictures of things from our vacation. My favorite all time ride is the ET ride at Universal Studios. My sweet Rylie, is scared to death of ET, don't know why, but we had to bribe her to ride the ride and she vowed she probably wouldn't do it again. However, Regan loves ET and loved the ride. This picture obviously was my favorite. Rylie thought the picture was pretty good too.

Feb. 15 - Thank you!! Remember back in January, my girls went to their first sleepover at the White house. Well, my good friend, Crystal, had already gone above and beyond on her sleepover and we knew the bar was set very high. Today we got this Thank You card from Olivia for attending her party. The girls opened it and brought it down to show me their feet. Their feet you say....yes, my good friend, Crystal, took a picture of all the girls in their slippers and socks with their flashlights and made it into a Thank You card. What a great keepsake of their first slumber party!! Thanks again Crystal for making their first slumber party great!!

Feb. 14 - Plane Ride home. The girls thought it would nice to draw pictures for the pilots thanking them for flying them home safely. As we disembarked the plane, the girls went to give the pictures to the flight attendant to give to the pilot, when the flight attendant told them to go ahead and they could personally deliver them to the pilots. They got to meet Captain Tom and personally thank him for doing such a good job flying. They thought the cockpit was really little but really cool!

Feb. 13 - Cocoa Beach, FL. My girls absolutely loved playing at the ocean. Rylie spent the entire day, collecting shells while Regan thought she had to jump every wave. Regan was quite surprised the first time she fell in...she said that the water didn't taste like the water at Lake Michigan. She wasn't too crazy about all the salt. We took a long walk down the beach and on the way back, Rylie thought it was cool for us to be following our shadows. Of course, I thought it warranted a picture. (Not much doesn't warrant a picture from me!)

Feb. 12 - Epcot. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who isn't afraid to show public affection to his children. I love to just hang back and watch them interact as they are walking. It makes me so proud to be a wife and mom...these are the kind of moments that cancel out all the bad ones. (Not that we have any bad moments in the Koepke house)

Feb. 11 - Swimming at the Condo Pool. After a shorter day at Hollywood Studios (formerly MGM), the girls begged us to go swimming at the pool at the condo. My wise husband had told me not to pack suits, because the weather would not be warm enough to swim anyway. Lucky for us, he was wrong. Also, lucky for us, there was a Walmart right down the road from the condo. On the way back, we stopped by and picked up these cute little suits. I was very surprised at their lack of swimsuit selection considering its Florida. Dan quickly reminded me that it was still winter there. 80 degree weather in the winter; I could get used to that!!