Bowling!

The kids had a Monday off from school so Nick took the day off too. All the kids have been wanting to go bowling lately, so off we went. It was fun. Even the little girls did well and I think Aaron bowled better than me! (Not that that's hard to do.)

So Brave

"Mom! There was a booger in my nose! So, I got it out, put in a napkin, and threw it away. Isn't that so brave of me?"

Our Valentine's Day

The weekend before I took the kids outside to take pictures so we could make these super cute Valentines. They turned out perfect. I should have taken pictures of them before we gave them all away!

I also got a few group shots just for fun! It was very bright outside, but we managed get all the pictures we needed.





The night before Valentine's day I set the table and put a little suprise out for each kiddo.







Nick needed a little surprise too!



Then the next morning a few additions were placed on Nick's and my plates!





The girls filled up their new notebooks while I made breakfast.





(and I remembered how much I love chocolate chip pancakes!)





After breakfast our lens stopped working again, and of course our warranty expired last month. I played around with it and got it to work again the next day, but I'm not sure how much longer it will last.

Later that day I helped out in the kids classroom parties, then made a fancy candle-light dinner! We had a quick little FHE, lesson by Elsie, then for dessert we had chocolate covered strawberries and these cookies (which are securing their place as a valentines tradition!)
I love Valentine's Day!

A visit from the Siggy's

This weekend we had some special visitors! Nick's Grandparents came from up north to spend the day with us. Us girls had fun running errands, playing at the park and teaching Grandma how to play guess who.



The boys got to go to the shooting range. Apparently Aaron has pretty good aim. Who knew!