Snow?!?!?!?!?!?!

What's it doing snowing in February?!  

Oh well, at least the kiddos had a great time playing in the snow before church.

beautiful blanket of snow

I sure hope our little grapefruit tree survives!

Snowball fight?

Sibling love

hard at work

The little ones had long since gone into the house for hot cocoa but Daniel continued on until Mr. Snowman was done.  Way to go Daniel!

Mr. Snowman

It's a Birthday Party!

 Eight happy little girls = a great birthday party!!

dancing & playing

decorating gingerbread cookies

enjoying their cookies

the birthday girl

trying on her new headband & necklace

make a wish

Happy Birthday Princess!!

Happy Birthday!

The Princess is 4!!!

Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peek at the little party favors for Sara's upcoming birthday party.  So easy and cheap!!  It just takes a little patience.  However, I'm not sure I'll be making 9 tutus in less than a week EVER again.  Although, the hair clips were pretty fun.  I might try those again!

Gingerbread Houses

Every year we have a hard time saying farewell to our gingerbread houses.  This year the houses made it until mid-February before they were tossed.  We are already looking forward to making more houses in December!

Jared ate most of the candy off his house long ago

Daniel house is full of interesting  little details

I think Sara ate more candy than she used to decorate her house.  But she sure had fun with the process!

Happy Valentine's Day!

It's Valentine's Day!!!

Crepes for dinner = Extreme Yumminess

Friday Night Pizza Night

We're getting ready for Valentine's Day!!

Dance Class

 Sara just loves her dance class!

Love, love, love that smile!!

Pinewood Derby

The church building may have had no water or heat but the

Pinewood Derby was a hit!!

Daniel with his 'futurist' pinewood derby car

Daniel telling us all about his car as Bro. Bell looks on.

Daniel working on his car.  (picture  Jan 29, 2011)

In fact, most of the families in our area didn't have heat and few didn't have water.  Don't you just love it when a huge freeze hits a desert town?   Talk about a great opportunity to test our emergency reserves.  

School Project

Sara was so excited to show off her preschool project.

Frozen paper, sugar, and paint