Anna wearing her Valentine’s Day gift to all of us

Tuesday was Valentine’s Day and Anna was the most excited person in the house for this holiday. She had made this elaborate “paper dress” that she had hidden in the basement and she brought it out on the big day – it was a present for all of us. She has such a sweet heart and she does love her family.

Having a little picnic in the park

One afternoon this week Anna decided she wanted to have a picnic in the park. So, she packed up a basket with some snacks and headed down to the park. One of the many things we love about our new house is that it is only three doors down from the park. Anyway, she took my umbrella and had a little picnic. She was soon joined by some of the neighbor kids and they had some fun climbing the trees.

Anna with one of the DU gymnasts

On Saturday night Jude had one of his school friends over for a sleepover. I took both boys our to a local sports bar for dinner while Anna and Marcy went to the DU gymnastics meet. Anna now goes to gymnastics class there and she was really impressed by how good the DU gymnasts were. She especially liked being able to mingle with them afterwards and get their autographs.