Bowl Games

On Thursday, our family cheered on the Mizzou Tigers as they played Minnesota in the 2015 Citrus Bowl.  They ended up winning, which made for a fun day around the Archer house!

The next day, K-State played in the 2015 Alamo Bowl.  We were up against the UCLA Bruins, which was kind of fun because my cousin Natalie went to school there.  I say it was "kind of fun" and not "really fun" because they beat us.  And that's never FUN.

At any rate, the girls and I were decked out in our purple and cheered on the Cats until bedtime!

New Year's Eve 2014

This year, my resolution is to Choose Happy.  Instead of worrying about the little stuff or focusing on what stresses me out, I plan to truly seek out and appreciate the little things that make me happy.

And how could I not find happiness with this at my house?!

Around 7:00 (just before normal bedtime!), Sarah got to "ring" in the New Year with a ring pop sucker, silly hats, and some noise makers!

Kate was pretty interested in the noise makers but not much else.

Happy 2015!!!

34 Weeks Old

December 24 - December 30

What a week!  We started by celebrating Kate's first Christmas.  As expected, she really only enjoyed the wrapping paper and boxes, but we sure had fun helping her open her toys!

On Christmas Eve, we had dinner at our house.  Kate looked lovely in her fancy velvet dress!

She was definitely more comfortable in her Christmas jammies, though!

Kate didn't get much out of Christmas Eve dinner this year (although she DID eat a lot of mashed potatoes!), but she really enjoyed playing with the family!

She got to spend some time with my cousin, Natalie, that night, and she met my cousin, Dashiell, for the first time ever!

I think she had a pretty good first Christmas Eve!

On Christmas morning, we got up and opened stockings and family gifts. 

She played with some of her toys, and then we went to Grammie and PaPa's house for a bit.  I was really bad about taking pictures there, though!

The rest of the week was spent at home together.  We played and napped and practiced crawling!

Kate rounded out this week by turning 8 months old!