Some Dollar Tree fun

Magnifying glass for Parker-$1
Magnifying glass for Cole-$1
entertainment and the belly laughs provided by the magnifying glasses- PRICELESS!!!!

Long time no blogging=randomness

Yet another snow day today...oh and tomorrow too!

Made some Valentine cookies today...so yummy! I'm finding it hard to say NO when I see them just sitting there on the counter.
Busy at work on their masterpieces.

Sledding yesterday afternoon when Daddy got home. School was dismissed 2 hours early because of the snow. The roads were super slick. Luckily, Parker's bus got him home safely and nearly on time. Some buses didn't make it in other neighborhoods.
On Thursday we celebrated 8 years of marriage! Spent the day together doing much of nothing, but we were together. Finished the day with dinner at Longhorn as a family and then came home for cake and ice cream. Thanks to Cole or Parker who took this photo to document our day.
Last weekend Parker had his first pine wood derby race for Boy Scouts. Here he is working on his car. Silly Mom forgot the camera for the derby and had to use my cell for pics.
Chloe's first outing in the snow...a week or so ago. Again another snow day, but this time we were able to go play out in it as it was more than an inch or two. She loves the snow! Especially sledding down the street!

She's a silly girl!

Our Christmas

Decorating sugar cookies! So much fun this year and so less messy now that they are older. Chloe was napping while we decorated.
Parker's gift from Santa!
Cole's gift from Santa!
Some of the loot.
My favorite! Daddy put the Dart Tag target vest on Chloe and was shooting her as she would run around! It made my day.
All set for Christmas dinner! "Looks like Christmas threw up on the table!" said by Steffen as we sat down to eat. We had hickory smoked ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green beans, cherry fluff, homemade mac n cheese, and Hawaiian sweet rolls. It was so yummy!
All dressed up for church Sunday morning! She had a headband on for .092 seconds! At least she wore them when she was a baby!
A pic with Gramma Patty and Papa Paul.
We have progress! It's being built. This is what it will some what look
like. I love it and it will be even more amazing when my builder aka
hubby gets it all done. There will be another shelf at the very top with
crown molding at the top and it will all be painted white.

Merry Christmas from our home to yours!

New "digs"

Super comfy chair with a little directors style table...love this little gem.
New rug...so plush and comfy found for a heck of a deal at HomeGoods in Nashville. LOVE
that store. The end table we bought will go where the tree is after Christmas. I love it, but it
didn't photograph very well.
It's amazing how adding curtain panels warmed up the room. I was going to say simply, but it
was all but simple putting the rods up!
We have stuff on the walls too! I found the windows at our Habitat ReStore and knew
I had to have them. I knew I wanted them over the couch, but they just weren't going
with the old red couch so they stayed put in the garage for a few months. The pics in the
middle were added by my husband. Super idea and they look AWESOME! I think he enjoys
decorating as much as I do! ;) However, he doesn't like the part where I want him to build a built in bookcase to the left of the couch in the above picture. I think he'll do great...he's pretty handy dandy like that once he gets started! A new coffee table and painting the fireplace walls a darker brown are all that need to be done yet! So there ya have it and there you are!

First snow day

Started out the morning watching some cartoons. Love how they all chose the same cushion to sit on when we have 2 couches and a chair to choose from. ;) This my friends is a rarity especially for P ad C.
Then we decorated our gingerbread house. Chloe was around to eat the candy...not too much of a help.
Our finished creation....they had fun and it took up about 30 minutes of the day!
Eating lunch and then right after this picture she DUMPED it all over the floor. Nice.
Our other creations we made today...aren't they cute!

Another snow day tomorrow...if I'm brave we'll leave the house. If I'm not we'll bake some cookies.