life lately, according to my iphone

My new personal goal: always get my face-painted when we offer it at work. This time, I texted Meg and asked her what I should get, and she came back with the best idea ever: "Narwhal!" I asked for some additional hearts because it was around Valentine's Day, of course. :)

R3 and Emily giggling while he plays his Nintendo DS.

A movie date with the littles! (Meg was invited, but ceremoniously declined... teenagers!) We went to the Alamo Drafthouse to see "The Lego Movie," and it was every bit as awesome as we imagined it would be. (And then there's the Drafthouse popcorn, too, which is amazing!)

Plenty of picture-taking opportunities inside the movie theatre... the girls will never pass that up! 

My cuties cleaning our cars one beautiful Sunday morning. :)

Studying for my first final exam for my license... whiskey was necessary... and I got an A in the class! Grades don't really matter, but they matter to me, plus it's kinda awesome to have the kittens see me study as much as I do and it pay off!

I was really kinda majorly grumpy this weekend (ugh!) and Emily took me aside to have some Emmy time, and she ended up drawing a mustache on my finger to make me giggle. Then I returned the favor (I was going for "French stick mustache") and we took alot of selfies and texted Hilary about it. I LOVE HER.

and then came february!

I know this Wreck It Ralph song is kinda old news (hey, 2012!), but Richard will go out of his way to play this song because it makes him so super happy, so it makes me really super happy now, too. But don't tell anyone, because everyone knows R's all gruff n' tuff n' stuff, right?!

This year is just flying by! I started taking classes two nights a week to get my real estate license, so I'm pretty much exhausted all the time. All I have to do is blink and then it's Monday again! Meggie's gearing up for her last (!) semester of high-school, and on Wednesday I came home to a blue-haired Richard (just another Wednesday, you know!). I got new popsicle molds, so I've been able to make little treats for the kittens (including rainbow popsicles and a banana/chocolate/peanut-butter fudgsicle that just kinda happened!). We're all stoked for The Lego Movie and I finally got my new little car all fixed with new brakes and tires. R & I are doing really well getting all of our other annoying grown-up chores done and drinking our veggie smoothies, too, thanks to alot of love, appreciations, and extra high-fives. Hilary also came to spend a weekend with us, which was simultaneously wonderful and terrible because it made me realize just how much I miss her all the time. CJ bought me a purse reminiscent of Ulyana Sergeenko (!) and curated an entire set of "I Love Lucy" reaction-GIFs (!!!), both of which are completely perfect and amazing (just like him). Obviously, sleep is never plentiful, but Richard and I always manage to squeeze in a fun date-night, aka The Highlight of My Week, no matter how tired we are. ;)

In sum: very busy with lots of blessings. :)