The Phillips Family ~ Mike, Michelle, Ali, Katie, and Lauren: January 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Lauren 2 years old

Lauren will be 2 in a week, I can't believe it!! What an amazing little girl she is becoming=) Of course when you aske her how old she is going to be, she tells us four, just like Katie. She has many of Ali's qualities and many of Kate's but she is truly her own person!! She fights for what is hers, especially being the third child. She wants to do what everyone else is doing, she doesn't want to be left out of anything. She is the comedian of our family and makes us laugh every day!! At this photo session she let us know when she was done taking pictures. She took a few pictures and then told us, "I'm all done!" and walked out. We tried bribery as you can see the sucker in the last picture but that didn't last long.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Ali's Basketball League

Well it's winter and it's basketball season! We need a sign that says, "Please excuse this family for basketball season." Everything from Mike coaching the 8th grade girls team, Mike playing basketball on Sundays with a bunch of guys, the girls going to the gym with dad, Mike taking the girls to the high school girls and boys basketball games, college basketball on the TV at home a good majority of the time and Ali playing in a junior league on Saturdays. Phew!! Mike loves it and this is probably his favorite time of year next to Summer=) He's a great dad and loves getting the girls involved with everything basketball!! Ali definitely has become a basketball lover and is a very aggressive player. Our Saturday mornings we are at the gym from 9:00 - 12:00. Ali starts the morning in a basketball skills camp then plays in a league with some friends. Mike is helping coach with a few teachers/friends from our middle school building. It is fun to watch Ali and I see basketball in her future for a long time!

Snow?????

So, where is the snow this winter??? We have only had a few big snowfalls and they haven't lasted! It has been a weird winter.....rain, unusually higher temperatures and no big snowstorms. Not that I'm complaining (except I would like a snow day here and there) but the girls haven't been able to play much out in the snow. These pictures are really the only ones we have from the girls playing in the snow after a big snowfall.