Wordless Wednesday

 I am ready for Spring!

Winter, snowmen, fun times!

It's been a long winter for us, seems like a week doesn't go by that we don't have winter storm warnings.  Some are blown out of proportion, but then sometimes they turn out worse than expected.
Here's a cute meme I've been seeing from friends.

There are things to enjoy about winter though.  It can be so beautiful!  And then there are fun things like sledding and snowmen.
When we dropped the girls off on Saturday, they wanted us to see their snowmen.

It's hard to really see them, because they were snowed on so their features aren't very visible.  However, they said this is Mr and Mrs Snowman, and Mrs Snowman is pregnant.  You can see she has a larger stomach!  They said they next time they make snowmen, or snow people, there will be a baby snowperson out there too.  :)

Near their house is this house which builds a huge snowman every winter. The sign next to him says "Receive Jesus and have eternal life".

Those things make me smile in the middle of winter!

On another note, I'll be missing from your blogs today, as I have to have a colonoscopy and an endoscopy Tuesday morning.  Nothing serious, just a check but it will probably have me away from my computer for most of the day.

Valentines Day and the weekend

I hope you all had a nice Valentines Day and a good weekend.
Since we were having Alaina and Ruby overnight on Friday, we went out for a Valentines Breakfast which was a nice treat.

Bob brought me these beautiful roses.

We picked Alaina and Ruby up after school and then went out for supper.  We went to Culvers - their favorite place!

When we got home, they said they had a Valentine present for us. They made these tiny envelopes, and each one has a message in it.

We can open one every morning for a while.  Here's our first message.  We'll so enjoy this!

We decided to make a valentines treat, so we made Hershey Kiss cookies, rolled in red sugar.  Here's my helpers opening the kisses, and maybe eating a few!

Don't they look festive?

After cookie making we watched a movie.  We watched The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - a classic by CS Lewis.  We all loved it but in the middle of watching we had to stop for a few minutes for this:

Ruby had a tooth that was loose and she was totally focused on it. Grandma gave a tiny tug and it was out!  Then we went back to the movie.

After breakfast on Saturday, they got out Mario Kart Wii which is always a favorite.

Then they went downstairs and helped Bob a little bit with this hard puzzle.  It's all black, white and gray.  When finished it's showing the golden spike - finishing the intercontinental railway. Bob said he was telling them how hard this puzzle was, and they started picking up pieces and putting them in without much difficulty...  Oh well!  My friend Karen, from Life is Good is always working on puzzles, so seeing them do this, made me think of her.

I had been making soup, and when I came down, they were playing in the playhouse Bob made for our kids when they were young.  Alaina and Ruby don't play in it much anymore, but Cassie loves it!

Then it was time for our craft.  We made macrame bracelets.

Here's Ruby helping Alaina.

and Bob helping Ruby.

Some finished bracelets!  They did really good once they figured out the macrame knots.

They were happy with their projects!

We had lunch and then played Wahoo which they love.  Last time I posted a picture of this, lots of people asked about it.  I think it's an old fashioned version of Aggravation.  Bob's family used this board when he was young.

Then it was time to go home.  They took home the tooth that came out, cookies and bracelets! It was another fun sleepover!