The Ward Family

Monday, January 19, 2015

Clara's Holiday Concert

Now that Clara is a big kindergartner, she participated in the annual Holiday Concert at school. She did a great job. I swear I could hear her voice from the back of the school gym.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

A Thankful Thanksgiving

Winter Storm Cato dropped 16-inches of wet snow on Thanksgiving Eve. We lost power for about 48 hours. Luckily, I prepped a lot of our Thanksgiving dinner in advance!

While Jared and the kids cleared the snow on Thanksgiving morning...

I rearranged the fridge...

and cooked the rest of our feast on the wood stove...

and the grill...

It was delicious. We took advantage of the fresh snow and worked off some of our dinner with some backyard sledding.

When the sun went down, we stoked the fire in the wood stove, played card games by headlamp and camped out in our bedroom loft.

It was a perfect Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Clara and Charlie transformed in to Elsa and a shark this Halloween. Clara's kindergarten class showed off their costumes during a parade through town. Then we trick-or-treated with our friend's Anna (as Dorothy) and Jack (as a Firefighter). The kids took home a lot of loot!!

Monday, November 17, 2014

Charlie Turns 3!

Charlie turned three this October! We celebrated his birthday the weekend before the actual date with some close friends at our house.

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On his actual birthday, we went out to dinner at a restaurant of Charlie's choosing. His only criteria was that the restaurant serve macaroni and cheese. After dinner, we celebrated again with some leftover cupcakes, and Charlie blew out his candle with his new leaf blower!