Beads

The girls love doing beads. They had a dilemma because they wanted to do beads while they are allowed to have screen time. Beads in front of the tv...problem solved!

Twins Birthday

We had Josh's family over to celebrate Rachel and Jacob's birthday. Rachel invited a few friends so it turned out to be a fun party. We had dinner and hung out...and of course the girls put on a show for everyone.

Cabin Trip

Josh has been wanting to get up to the cabin ALL winter long, so we finally made the trek up there. It's always so much work to get up there with a baby, so I haven't been wanting to go. But we went. My brother and his family came and it turned out to be a lot of fun. The part I hate the most is getting up there...which took over 2 hrs. Not fun when it is late, cold, and the baby was WAY past tired. The sled kept breaking and there was 4 ft of snow they had to dig through to get to the cabin. But we finally made it, put the kids to bed, and enjoyed staying up playing games. On Saturday we spent the majority of the day outside. It was beautiful weather and the kids loved it. The baby...not so much. 

 We spent a lot of time sledding down the hill and building snow forts. We did a little bit of snowmobiling as well. Saturday night we put the kids down early and enjoyed another night of games and talking. I was afraid how the baby would sleep, but she did great! Sunday we woke up and started packing and hauling everything down to the cars. I had choir practice at 1, so we rushed out. And of course we were 45 minutes late pulling out of the parking lot which made the trip home an ornery one. We made it only because Josh went faster than he really should have. I had 13 minutes to shower and get over to choir. Besides that, it was a ton of fun even though it was super quick!

Valentine's Day

We didn't do a whole lot on Valentine's Day because we were getting ready to go to the cabin. I spent the day cleaning and packing while the kids were at school. They had fun parties at school and came home with plenty of candy and goodies.

 Brayden had to make his Valentine box, so we came up with a basketball hoop:

 Brooklyn made her heart envelope at school:

 We were ready to head out pretty early, but of course Josh still had stuff to do. So I made the kids stay outside so they didn't mess up the house. They took the baby for a walk for a bit and had a great time.

Making Valentines

I got a late start to the kids Valentine's this year. I roamed around Walmart trying to come up with something creative and ended up with S'mores. They put graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate chips in a little bag and put a label on the front that said, "I wish I had S'MORE friends like you!" They turned out super cute and the kids spent over an hour putting them all together. So fun!

Valentine Dinner

The weekend before Valentine's Day we got together with our friends for a nice dinner and games. We had steak for dinner, played the funnest (and slightly inappropriate :) game, and had a chocolate fondue bar. It was a lot of fun!

Last Game

Brayden was sad to have his last game. He did great and has had a fun season.