Valentine's Craft

Hailey and I had so much fun making special Valentine's cards this year. Part of the fun was going to the craft store and picking out fun, sparkly paper, pretty glitter and ink pads. We created cute little creatures with the kids fingerprints and then added a lot of glitter! We borrowed this idea from a friend and loved it! My mom enjoyed helping with the cards too. The glitter was fun, but I am reminded why I love glitter glue pens- a lot less messy!


Drew enjoyed making a few as well.


Here are some of the cards the kids created.

Sledding & Skating

We had a lot of outdoor time this weekend. Saturday we enjoyed some time sledding with friends and had a great time. Sunday we were in Brighton for a birthday party at my sister's house, who lives on a lake. The kids ended up going out on the lake ice skating. My brother-in-law and nieces play hockey on the ice a lot so they had a section of the ice cleared and to my surprise, had extra skates for my kids. Hailey and Drew were quite excited to try this out and the funny thing is that they have been asking me lately to go ice skating. Drew insisted on "playing hockey", so he was hauling around hockey sticks while I held him up. It was quite exhausting, but a fun experience. The only down side is that I didn't get any photos. Maybe next time.

The Blizzard of 2011

The much talked about blizzard was pretty insane. The amounts of snow we got in such a short amount of time were quite extreme. Our driveway had about 2 feet, the neighbors was closer to 3 feet (due to drifting) and the snow drifts in our yard were close to 4 feet high.

Hailey and Reese (neighbor) having so much fun in the snow.

Yup, that's Drew. He just keeps pluggin' along.

Playing in the fort with the neighbors.

Drifts in the backyard.

Crazy drifting on the side of the house.

Trying to dig out the neighbors.