A Small Break from Cabin Fever

This wonderful Winter weather has had the kids and I have suffering a bit from cabin fever. Matt talked me into going to Valley Worlds of Fun over the weekend. I wasn't really in the mood to go anywhere that day, but I'm glad I did. The kids love this place! They have bowling, rides, and an arcade. We bowled one and a half games, ate some pizza, let the kids ride a ride or two, and ended with a couple of arcade games. We made the mistake of going around 6:00 pm, which was entirely too late for the kids to really get to spend a lot of time playing. I didn't get many pics, but I'll share the two I got :)



Nolan watching his ball roll down the lane. This kid actually got a strike and a couple of spares (with bumper pads)!




Natalie's choice of arcade game was shooting basketball. She actually scored an 18 on her own! She's definitely an athlete :)

Snow, Snow, Go Away!

Last Friday into Saturday, we got about 14 inches of snow. It's been 11 days since the initial snowfall, and we've had an additional 6-10 inches of additional snowfall since then. The kids were all pretty excited about the first foot that fell, and enjoyed a few hours playing in it. However, since we've had cold and snowy days basically every day since, the kids are finally getting fed up with all the snow. Nolan and Natalie have only had school 5 days this month....(7 days so far have been cancelled.) We're all anxiously awaiting Spring and the big melt!

Natalie's gigantic snowball!














Nolan's HUGE snowball!

















Natalie on top of the shovelled snow getting ready to go down the "snow slide."













After 9 days, this is what my neighbor's deck furniture looks like!

Here are a couple samples of the icicles hanging from our gutters. This was a couple days ago, and they now hang even lower. I would estimate many icicles now exceed 10 feet in length as they hang as low as the bottom of the windows!

Nolan's 6th Birthday

Yesterday, on Nolan's birthday, we went to the Mexican restaurant that's minutes away from our house. Nolan loves tacos, so this was a great birthday treat for him. We ended the dinner with a serenade, sombreros and fried ice cream. It was a nice family outing for us all.