Heading into February with smiles.

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January has finally ended and the Harding - Wheeler's are ready for some fun. In two weeks we have some cool adventures planned during vacation week, the annual Griffith Academy Ceili and Kim's wedding shower to look forward to. Ellie joined the drama club in town so she has a big performance in April that she'll be practicing for and Molly has a ton of Senior year activities! Life is good and life is busy! Here are a few highlights from last week.
We finally got around to holding the Mack Christmas in January but unfortunately lots of people were terribly sick and couldn't make it. That didn't stop Auntie Ann from spoiling all the kids with pillowcases of books. The kids loved everything they got and a few were even seen reading under the table immediately after opening them. 

Auntie Ann  and Ellie Bean enjoying a thank you hug after opening her awesome books. 
I stopped over at my parents house to visit and got a treat when I got to spend some time with Graham. After a while he begged me to leave so that he and Papa could clean out the garage. Turns out my Dad goes into the garage and creates a mess when he knows Graham is coming so that they can clean together. 

Ellie Bean had Disney Day at school and desperately wanted to be a White Queen - this was the best I could come up with and she loved it. 
Scoops and Sprinkles had an event for National Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day and the Harding - Wheeler's came out in force. Waffle Sundaes and Donut Sandwiches all around. The kids had a blast but no one more than Sierra who could not get over her good fortune to get a donut and ice cream all in one meal. She was thrilled. 
My girls are such good little Mama's. They loved being with Sierra and sometimes I feel kind of useless when they are around. Here they are leading Sierra in to Lizzie's game. 

Another Milestone for Molly as she finishes out the last semester of her Senior Year at Mercy. This was the Senior Valentine's Day Dance and she looked just beautiful. 

Molly even agreed to one quick picture with her sisters! So proud of my girls. 

Molly and Liam have been friends for a few years now and it was nice to see them all dressed up and ready to go have some fun. Liam is also funny and kind so it made us feel good to send them off together knowing they would take care of each other and have a blast. 


Molly and her BFF's! Grace is a junior so can't go to the dance but she was there for support anyways! Hard to believe that next year at this time Molly and Vanessa will be heading back to their second semester in college. Yikes!



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