Happy Valentines Day!

We had a great Valentines Day!  It was full of awesome homemade Valentines made by the kiddos and fun colorful food.  My mom used to make food colored for the appropriate holiday when we were kids and I couldn't wait to do that for my babies!  Ya know stuff like pink scrambled eggs... yummy huh? :)

One of the highlights for me was something Cody did.  Far outweighing the beautiful flowers he got  me was what he did for Taylor.  Sweetest Daddy Award!  He gave Tay a beautiful pink Rose and she was so excited, she loved it so much and it just warmed my heart and made my day.  What a lucky girl I am, I feel like I am blessed beyond belief with my sweet little family!

(Ignore Tays pained look here, I promise she is ecstatic she just refuses to cooperate for pics!)

 

On Friday I got out a bunch of my craft/scrapbook stuff and let them cut, glue, paint and create Valentines for Daddy to their hearts content.  It was awesome - it kept them entertained for hours!  And they are some priceless pieces of art, let me tell you :)

We have been continuing to enjoy this awesome Spring-ish weather!  Today after church we went for a walk and the Little People melted my heart when they decided to hold hands and walk down the road giggling together.  I am one lucky mama!!!!

So Happy Valentines Day from our crew!  We hope that you guys all had a great week!

Audios Winter, We Will Not Miss You!!

We are absolutely loving this weather!  It is ridiculous, delightful and amazing and we hope it doesn't go away.  To celebrate while we were outside the other day the Little People decided to get muddy and then sandy and.... mostly just get super dirty but they had a blast!  I was picking up after months of Gizmo potty breaks (and it was so delightfully fun, let me tell you) and they were just running around screaming, giggling, and enjoying the sunshine.

 After awhile I realized it was sort of quiet and I looked over and see them both sitting underneath the swingset.  "How cute!"  I say to myself, "They are just playing together and entertaining themselves".  So I didn't go over right away.  Oh self.  You are so naive.  When I did wander over I saw that they had found sticks and had dug up a mud puddle and were making "Mud Soup".  At first when I saw the mud all over their sweatshirts and boots I wasn't happy.  That lasted about 5 seconds, because then Wyatt let out the purest happiest little giggle and I said Good job babies!  Make a mess and have fun!  And they sure did!

 

   

 

Then we got to go to Declo for the weekend and the kids had a BLAST!! Seriously a great weekend, the weather was great and it's calving season and our newest little niece Laycie was born! She is so tiny, perfect, beautiful and holding her made us so anxious to meet our little one!

The kids played outside the whole time.  They ran on the grass, played on the swingset and their favorite part was going on the fourwheeler to check on the new calves and help feed all the cows. 

 

 We also made a giant batch of pumpkin bread that ended in a tiny bit of disaster.  But just for a moment, it was an easy fix.  I hauled the mixer over to the bar so the Littles could help me dump in all the ingredients, as I was reaching across awkwardly to turn it on after adding the flour.... I turned it on full speed instead of low speed and we had flour everywhere!  Wyatt thought it was hilarious and Tay was mildly mad at me for a min and then we all giggled and vacuumed it right up :)