A Party Fit for a Princess

 

A royal event was held this past weekend at our home....

 

(the invites)

 

for a sweet little princess who turned four!

 

 

Guests were asked to dress up like their favorite prince or princess if they wanted.

 

We enjoyed a nice lunch,

 

Opening gifts,

 

and of course eating cake!

It was a perfect day!

 



SNOW DAY

Let me tell you....

 

this whole family was ready for our SNOW DAYS this past weekend.

 

We needed an excuse to stay home and get rid of our nasty colds.

 

 

So what do you do when you are snowed in? With no school?

 

 

Play in the snow (of course!)....

drink hot chocolate...

 

 

make sweet valentines for school...

 

 

read stories and relax....

 

and enjoy the view of the beautiful 12" of new snow....

 

And when we have a little more energy around here, we (ok let's be honest.... by we I mean Joe ;) will continue working on finishing our basement. The goal is to have it done before baby arrives, which is only 2.5 months away! Eeeek! :)

 

Oh and did you know that my big girl turns 4 in 11 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where does the time go?

A Homecoming

Joe and Maria (and some family) left last Friday on a snowmobiling adventure in West Yellowstone. Maria was a trooper during the extremely long truck ride and several days of long snowmobiling rides.

 

 

 

So what did Ems and I do all week while they were on vaction you ask?

 

This is a snapshot:

 

Shopping adventures,

Hanging out with old friends,

Make-believe hot tubing (we were jealous of daddy and Maria at the pool everyday),

Em's first go at daycare (which she loved!),

Supper with my parents,

Cuddling in front of the fire (instead of being outside in the negative wind chills)

Lots of playing and reading books,

No laundry,

No washing loads of dishes,

No fighting...

 

Peace and Quiet.

 

And even though that quiet was nice for a night or so...

 

it made me realize even more that

I love our chaotic, crazy nights with my whole family home together. It may be loud, messy, and time seems rushed, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

I missed my big girl and husband and I'm ready to have a relaxing weekend with them and enjoy the time we have at home together.