The Russo's

The end of February is always fun because we have a few occassions to celebrate. We don't usually go out for Valentine's Day because my birthday and our anniversary are the next week. My mom offered to keep all the grandkids for us to go out.  We decided to do a sibling dinner (with spouses) and went for coffee after. Dillon was in town and he came along too. We had a fun night of talking and laughing.   Josh gave me a cookie bouquet and the kids each got a cookie.  Hudson had a Valentine's celebration at school where they exchanged valentine's. Each child made a box decorated with things they love. Hudson chose family, animals and crawfish! He was excited about getting candy from his zoo buddies He was out of school the next week for winter break. We made some winter themed crafts since it was still cold. They did an Olaf craft and we made "snow".  Fake snow was a cool idea, but it got very messy. It would make a ...

For my Dad's 60th, we threw him a surprise party. We invited him to dinner at a restaurant and brought him to the banquet room.   He was very surprised! We invited his close family and friends to celebrate. He enjoyed the night.  The grandkids helping blow out the candles

We now have four chickens at our house. Papa let the kids pick out some chickens to keep at home. Josh built a coop with a nesting box.  We went to tractor supply to get feed and supplies. Grace and Kaden were with us that night.   The kids picked out two brown and two white.  Hudson was so scared that they were going to get out and he was crying. He is still nervous about them getting out and running away.   They are set up in the backyard where we can watch them.  We picked the coldest week to get them, Their water was frozen a couple days.   Our first day (January 8th) we had 3 eggs and 23 in the first week. They lay either 3 or 4 eggs a day.  It's exciting to see how many eggs are in the box. Hudson is tall enough to see in, but we have to hold Gianna up.  Their names are Lucy, Annie, Becky and Bobbie.   The chickens started off scared when Josh put the food and water in the...