It is so far and few that I am able to catch a picture of Lauren and Isabella. This is another for Russell that is living part time in Germany. I know how much he misses his girls and they miss him too. 
We are ready for St. Patricks Day coming up...when you get home we need a picture of all of us in our matching t-shirts!
Chocolate Beard!
Hey Dad wish you were here enjoying some Yummy ice cream with us tonight! It won't be long until you will help make our dinner table complete!
Sassy...hands on my hips!
She is not a little girl anymore!
We always get along like this...SIKE!
Like I said in an earlier post, I'm trying to take extra candid pictures of the girls so that Russell can see a few of the things the girls are doing...so here goes! Isabella decided she needed to hide from me in this hollow stool. 
Mommy I want to play!
Getting some snow so she can sample it!
Pretty good :)
Last year I was so lucky I had an awesome snow suit that I swore I would never use and that I lived in Texas and they are useless here...hmmm I was wrong. We used it several times and I wish I had another one from my niece Lily. I have passed it on to my friend Erin and she was able to use it for this winter season. No problem we just dressed as warm as we could and went out for a few minutes to enjoy the beautiful white snow!
We had some unusual snow this winter. We went about two weeks where we only made it in to school a couple of days. I'm not complaining...I loved the time with my girls and Russell was traveling so not having to go out and run any errand or take them to yet another activity was very nice. Here we are relaxing in our pajamas and watching another movie on a giant palet.
I'm always very nervous to turn on our gas fireplace around small children, with that said I hesitated to turn it on around our "busy" 2 year old. I explained the best I could in 2 year old language the dangers of our fireplace. She seemed to understand which was great when we were snowed in for a few days. Here she is enjoying a nice warm fire.
Fourteen years ago...January 25, 1997 Russell and I decided to become Mr. and Mrs. Scott. I am sitting here thinking about our wedding vows that we recited to one another....I, Michelle, take you Russell to be my husband.I promise I will love you and honor you all the days of my life. I take you to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. Wow!! Those are amazing and strong words...none the less I meant every word of them. Now looking back I don't see anywhere that it talks about business travel....is that better or worse? Hmmm?? Well On February 21st Russell will be taking on a one year assignment in Germany. This will allow him to grow and have amazing opportunity in his career with his current company. One year, that does sound like a long time...think about it like this 365 days or just a mere 52 weeks. I was not excited about making the move with him and relocating our family so the girls and I will still reside here in the great state of Texas, I was also not happy not seeing him but once every 3 months...that is not fair to the kids, so we have a compromise. Russell will come home every 5 weeks for one or two weeks at a time. We know he will be here for the most important holidays and family events. We will even make the trip to Germany this summer for a couple of weeks! I know that we have an amazing support system from family and friends. Will this work? I don't know but we will never know unless we try. I'm hoping to update our blog more often so that Russell won't miss a lot of our daily lives. Keep your fingers crossed or say an extra prayer or whatever you do to make those wishes and dreams come true...we only need it for 365 days or a mere 52 weeks! 
The Trio
All of her toys and she is wearing her new Buzz and Woody pajamas.
Such a happy little girl with her toys and pajamas.
Lauren was so excited that she waited to open gifts so that her sister could be the center of attention...thanks big sister. :)
Wow!!!
New Bitty Baby things...so exciting.
Lauren gave her Toy story III!
I really do love taking pictures, but sometimes I just get wrapped up in the reality of it all that I choose to leave the camera behind and take mental pictures, ones I hope to hold in my mind and my heart forever. Now with that said, I only took a few pictures of my girls...and here are a few.
Isabella is a bit excited and she sure does look cute in those Christmas pj's!
Tearing into her first gift...
A girl can never have too many purses.
Now Lauren's turn...she received some stationary that came with a great story. Aunt Kelly always encourages writing letters...we appreciate that about her ;) We are both all about picking up a pen and some paper...there is nothing better than a hand written note to one another. Thanks guys for the gifts...they opened the rest Christmas morning.
