Park Day Fun!

We got together with our friends from co-op for a park day.  The weather had been beautiful, but this morning a cold winter wind came and the park was quite chilly.  The kids still played and had a blast.  They really enjoyed spending time with their friends.  We are so lucky to have great families that we get to hang out with!

Grant on the twirling thing.

Teenage girl fun

Silly Grant

Cute Bug

Teeter-totter fun!

Celebrate!

We had the family over to celebrate Tiffany and Bree's birthdays.  It is always fun to get together and celebrate... and eat yummy desserts :)

Happy birthday girls!

Chores!

Lorna loves to do chores.  I think it's because she doesn't have an official chore and she just gets to help.  She wants to be like the big kids and they do chores, so she should do chores.  I will be redoing the chore assignments and she will now be included in the list.  I love seeing her work and enjoy helping take care of our home!  She is a cute little worker bug.

She's working so hard with that vacuum!

 So proud of herself.

Curb Appeal

Our house is seriously lacking in curb appeal.  We have been steadily removing overgrown trees as we try to reclaim some sort of order to the yard.  We were debating on whether or not we should remove the trees right up at the house.  They were really big and blocked the overall view of the house.  We have lots of fun ideas of how to update the front area, but these trees seem to really take over the area.  It was time to clear them out and open up the front of the house.  

Before (actually, before we moved in)

 After!

The huge pile of trees that are now on the side of the house waiting for us to break them down for the trash.  

I have dreams of shudders and a nice paver patio with potted plants.  I'm so happy we are starting to change the look of the house and see what curb appeal we can capture!

Boy Scout Museum!

The Boy Scouts of America Museum is getting ready to relocate to Philmont Scout Camp in New Mexico.  Before they move it they are doing free admission.  We decided to take advantage of the opportunity and took a field trip with the cousins.  Everyone had a blast.  There is so much to do!  They have cave exploring, canoeing, pinewood derby racing, shooting, camping .... and more!  Here are a few pictures of the fun!

Mhari, Lorna, Bree, and Clark all ready to go into the cave!

Derby car racing!

Sandra and Ella shooting

More racing

Tiffany with the creepy statue guy.... they were a little too real looking.

 Ella and Sandra learning to canoe

The cave entrance

Sandra in the kayak!

Friday Night Lights!

Jeff's soccer season is in full swing.  This is what we do every Friday night :).  Jeff and Nathan play and Tiffany and I cheer!  I really enjoy watching Jeff play!  He does such a great job!

I need to work on getting better photos... it's hard when they move so much!

Sweet Valentine's

Talmage was so awesome and made the family chocolate covered strawberries!  He kept it a secret (as best as he could, since I bought the ingredients) and surprised us all!  They were a bit messy, but they sure tasted good!  I really enjoyed getting to eat them... and share them with the family :). 

I surprised Jeff and took him out to go-cart race on his lunch break and then out to eat.  It was fun to get him away from work for a bit and especially avoid the holiday dinner craze.  Racing was fun.  We ended up sharing the track with another couple.  The wife drove really slow, but otherwise we had a good time.  We will definitely go back and race again!

Happy Valentine's Day!