SnoCal 2012

Ok, i'm a little ticked off right now

my computer's running slow

as usual

my pictures are failing to upload

not usual

and Aidan has decided that she would like to be a teacher this afternoon

so she keeps interrupting with new assignments for me to complete

or checking to see if I need to go potty

 pretty cute, but she's kind of bossy too

anyway, I'll do my best to give a short recap of the holiday weekend

so here it goes

Over the last six years, every President's Day weekend our youth 

group heads up to the Pinecrest mountains for our annual SnoCal Retreat

and this year was no different

the adventure began on Saturday morning with a four hour drive up the mountains

the weather channel said there would be no snow

so i didn't bring jackets

the weather app said there would be no snow

so I didn't bring my gloves

the national weather website said that snow levels were at 0"

so I didn't bring the girl's snow suits

but when we got there, we found this

so I ran to the nearest gas station and one hundred dollars later, 

we had the minimum amount of snow gear we needed to get through the weekend

and it was pretty great

the weekend was filled with sledding

snowball fights

book clubs

board games

eating games

hunger games

messages

bible reading

worship

and

good eats 

and as quickly as it started, it ended

and then we came home

to a fridge with zero food

several loads of laundry

and two very tired children

and whole new kind of week began

the whole family woke up

put our Van's shoes on

and headed out shopping

Costco took our money

Lucky's took our money

Trader Joe's took our money

but our fridge was full again

and we didn't waste anytime on chowing down

remember Thursday is the first Thursday of the month which means

PinterTest Kitchen hosted by Jessica

and I've been PinterTesting like a madman

so, see ya Thursday!

Valentine's Day

L O V E

love this man

found this CD label in a pile of tax stuff...weird
 the picture's from our first time going to Disneyland together

And yes, those are cornrows

gotta love tax returns

pretty much the only redeeming value for this annual experience

love watching Sherlock season two with my hubby

and I love Randy for getting it for us

love these little legs

love my Valentine's Day presents

love the Valentine's Day package of goodies my Aunt sent the girls
she's always been so thoughtful like that
I remember always getting cards with stickers for Valentine's Day and St. Patricks Day

I want to be like that with my nieces and nephews

watch out, Karleigh...a card and stickers are coming your way for St. Patty's

love these two

(little brother and sister)

DONT LOVE that they sent me this picture from Space Mountain
but I'm trying to get over it


love Jello Jigglers
and am starting to resent the fact that my mom never made them

love painting mailboxes with Aidan
also love that she's now decided her painted mailbox is for Haley
so she can have the "prettier one"

love Valentine's Day parties with friends

 love my Savior

PinterTest Kitchen: tree stump ornament...why do I keep crafting?

Happy Thursday!

I woke up to a snot face and a smile from this little sick girl

Now its the first thursday of the month

which means PinterTest Kitchen!

Its been a couple months since my last PinterTest experience

So I thought I'd give a whack at crafting again

FAIL

why do I keep crafting?

but here it is

 I pinned this little baby during the month of November

Come November 29th we picked up our Christmas Tree

and I gave the tree-cutter person specific instructions to slice a 1 1/2" piece off the stump

and then the poor thing sat in the garage 

alone

in the cold

untouched

for three months

until today

SUPPLIES

STEP 1

sand down grains on the stump

STEP 2

attempt to trace desired date on stump with a pen

STEP 3

realize that will not work because stump is still too grainy

STEP 4

try to ignore the screaming child trying to break into the kitchen

STEP 5

cut out individual printed numbers

and place on stump

and paint with desired color

               

STEP 6

let dry

and decorate

STEP 7

be content

remembering this is meant to be a keepsake

not a product for my non-existent Etsy shop

Linking up with Jessica