Valentine's Day - Book 1

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Now what?

We've gotten so much snow that we have to keep getting more and more creative with our activities.

Snowman? Check.

Igloo? Done.

Snow cream? Check.

Baking cookies? Check and double check!

"Meatball" in the snow? Yup.

Video games and board games? Check. Check.

Snow football? Check.

Sledding jumps? Done.

"Snowboarding" on the sled? Done. No pictures though...better try it again!

Creative sledding? Check.

Hopefully all of this new creativity doesn't lead us to the ER in the midst of the next snowstorm!

Nana's visit

Kathy braved the frigid temperatures and squeezed in a visit between (during) two of our 'blizzards'. The boys were so excited to see her!

Really? More snow?

We got another snow-whammy this weekend. This one was "mild" - only a foot or so (compared to the TWO feet before Christmas)! And the crazy thing? We have another snow predicted for tomorrow night!!

Kathy was planning to fly in for a visit this weekend. She managed to rearrange her flight to come in before the storm started.

SnowBowl

Some of our neighbors organized a touch football game yesterday. Brady was thrilled to be able to play with his dad!

Basketball game

We made it to our first ever college basketball game. I didn't get any pictures, but Brady was totally into the game. He would tense up whenever someone would take a shot, and then flail wildly if our team scored.

Rudy was less interested in the game, but enthralled with all of the music and other stuff going on. He even got his groove one during one of the songs:

Yet another snowstorm...

So, I've lost track of what number snowstorm this is for the winter. We're up to at least 3 major storms, and another one or two smaller flurries.

Our cowboy snowman:

Cindy, Bella, and Ben came up for some sledding. We added a jump to our hill this time.

Bella and Brady:

Brady and Ru:

Brady, headed for the jump:

Bella, not quite clearing the jump:

Brady getting some air:

Bella, apparently about to belly flop!

Oops...(that's Brady's face planted in the jump)

Kelly and Bella:

Rudy and Ben:

Fun in the "sun"

I ran upstairs to flip the laundry and get dressed around 10 am. I came back down and found Rudy sound asleep on the couch. I guess that's what happens after several days of sledding!

And, to make it all even more exciting, our power went out. Thankfully, it was only out during daylight hours, and only for one day.

More snow

When did we move to the arctic? This is our third winter storm of the season and the second one with a significant amount of snow! We were only supposed to get 3-6", but we're easily up to 8 or 10!

Charlie is still so NOT impressed with this cold precipitation:

James and I got the driveway cleared and then we played some football with the kids. We played through a couple of possessions before we started playing "meatball." We usually play meatball inside. James and I toss the football to the kids as they run past and then they slide across the hardwood floor. In the snow, though, they can dive for the ball. James and I even took a turn :)

It's significantly colder today than it was during the Christmas storm. We didn't last outside quite as long because the boys got really chilled!

We did manage to stay out long enough to perfect our technique on the sledding hill a bit more. Turns out the secret is to drag the hand on the inside of the turn. We even managed to pull a few "tricks" (180 degree turns) at the end of the run.