Chocolate Dipping Fun

I've been making some Valentine's of my own

The wood is back

Our Spring Craft the Night Away is coming up in April. So the time to be thinking of projects and getting the examples made is upon me again. The wood is back; this is just the beginning.

Homemade Valentines

Emma is so excited for Valentine's Day at school. She made all of her Valentines by hand. By the 26th card and writing out of Happy Valentine's Day her hand was feeling pretty tired. She said, "I thought this would be fun. But it isn't." I reminded her that she had just written out 26 Valentines cards and she was just tired. Her party is on Thursday. We can hardly wait!

This is the dirt.

This is the dirt.

This is the dirt in the flower bed.

This is the dirt in the flower bed
in front of our house.

This is the dirt in the flower bed
in front of our house that Paul threw.

This is the dirt in the flower bed
in front of our house that Paul threw
on Benjamin and Claire.

This is the dirt in the flower bed
in front of our house that Paul threw
on Benjamin and Claire this morning.

This is the dirt in the flower bed
in front of our house that Paul threw
on Benjamin and Claire this morning
before church.

This is the dirt in the flower bed
in front of our house that Paul threw
on Benjamin and Claire this morning
before church while they were
in their church clothes.

Worn out and Yee-haw

We made a trip to Grandma's and this is how the ride home usually looks.

Yee-Haw

reins around the neck doesn't look too safe

This is Benjamin's signature face

My sister and I used to play with this horse when we were little. The dowel that served as the ears for the horse and handle for us kids has long since been lost...or removed because it was being used as a weapon. I saw Claire rocking back and forth saying "Haw! Haw! EE-haw!" for yee-haw.

Costco Run

These were my two little helpers putting away our Costco loot. (Don't mind the messy house. That's usually always typical of a day after a Costco run.)

And like a good neighbor...

Gentrys are there!

Ours (left) Theirs (Right)

So...Friday is garbage day in our little town which means that we put the garbage out Thursday night. But we don't always remember to do it. And if we do remember, it goes out late at night. I know some of you are thinking that we miss the garbage man the next morning and that we have to stack our garbage for the next week since the can is full. Not so because we have kind neighbors who looks out for us. There have been many times that we have rushed out Friday morning to catch the garbage man and our garbage is already at the curb. There have been many Thursday nights that we come home late and find our garbage is already at the curb. This is what we came home to tonight. Thank you neighbors.

Flower Clips

Jason's schedule just changed and so I get to go to mutual again! (mutual= church youth group) Do you feel how excited I am? And my excitement was felt ten times more when I got there and realized how much I missed being with our girls on Wednesday nights.

We made the increasingly popular and ever stylish flower clips for your hair. The girls were really excited about it. I even made some for Emma.

Some of our very adorable young women showing off their creative handiwork.

Two of our very cool leaders

Emma's cute flower clips

Pockets

Benjamin found his pockets.

Paul's room

Emma's room

My brother-in-law has his own furniture business called Madera & More that you can access here. He makes quality pieces. He made us these really neat shelves for Emma and Paul's rooms. (The photos aren't all that great because it's white on white, but you get the idea.) I love that Emma's sweaters and backpack have a place now instead of on the floor and Paul loves to be able to get his own coat.

Backyard Fun

Jason played outside with the kids for a little while. It was really quite cold, but they were having so much fun they didn't care. I tried taking some motion shots. It was fun to see how they turned out.