Hello Sunshine!!

LOOK!!!  We are outside and NOT FREEZING!!!  :)  It felt so good to get out into the sunshine today.  Unfortunately, it is suppose to snow again tomorrow, HOWEVER, we will take the sunshine today!!!!

Once there was a snowman....

That NEVER melted. . .  

This winter has been COLD with tons of snow.  The first few snowfalls were fun to play in.  Then the negative degree weather came and--not so much fun to play in anymore!  :(    We have used all our snow days at school and have had 2 'blizzard bag' days.  These are do-your-work-at-home school days.  

In the 7 years we have been in this area, I have never seen a winter like this!  I felt like I was back in Utah! :)

This week we are suppose to reach all the way up to the 60's.  We are REALLY hoping for this.  We have been in the teens, zeros, negatives, I don't even know what for WAY too long.  I'm ready for a bike ride, run, trampoline day!  :)

Z-man made this snowman ALL by himself.  He was pretty proud! :)

 J, Meg, and I made a fort... or at least part of a fort until we got tired of building it!  LOL  ;)

IS IT SPRING YET????????????????????????????

Z-man's valentine's party

Can I first say that Z-man has LOVED kindergarten this year.  He has the BEST teacher.  He loves going on the bus and has a blast learning.  He is such a fun loving kid.  :)  I was able to go to his valentine party at school this year.  I usually don't get to go because the schools won't let me bring 'younger siblings' and since we are a family with 4 kids and the youngest is not yet in school, the 'youngest sibling' is my tag-a-long and not aloud at school parties.  Bummer, huh?  Oh well.  This time I swapped babysitting with a friend though. :)  It was fun to see Z-man in his classroom with his friends.  Kindergartners are AWESOME!!! :)

It was a typical party--games, sugar cookie decorating, etc. etc.  HOWEVER, since it's kindergarten, it is all so new and fun to them.  Which makes it fun for the adults! :)  :)

Skjelse got HITCHED

New years eve is a party day!!  Mostly because Skjelse got married!!! :)  We love her so much and had such a great time celebrating with her.  Jeff is a wonderful man and they fit well together.  :)  My friend Heather and I were able to take their pictures!!  FUN times! :)

Christmas 2013

The Holiday season just keeps getting more and more fun!  ALSO more and more busy.  This year I felt I needed a master schedule for all the kids' school holiday plans, our own Christmas plans, and still making it meaningful.  It was such a fun year.  This Christmas we decided to make homemade gifts for the person we drew!  Everyone was so excited Christmas morning to watch 'their person' open the gift they made.  I love the excitement of Christmas.  I also love reading about the birth of Christ.  I feel so grateful to know what I know, to feel what I feel, and to share that with D and the kids!  :)

Merry Christmas

LOVED making gingerbread houses!!!!

 Jordyn performed in the Nutcracker this year.  She was a lemondrop and did SUCH a great job!  

LOVE HER!

 Christmas Jammies!!!!