Yay!  Step 1 is finished. 

The best snow"girl" maker in the entire world hard at work!

Little bit packing on snow with her daddy!

Snowball break!

                 Here’s sweet Anna Kate watching with anticipation from the wagon!

Noelle couldn’t wait to put the carrot on our snowgirl.

Noelle loves to get books and "read" in her bed at night, just like her Mommy.

I found her in her room reading "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" to herself the night before Valentine’s.  I was very impressed.  Noelle is so responsible!

Michele is amazing!  She’s throwing a baby shower for a friend in Japan, and she made this canvas for her.  She’s so creative and special.  I miss you, Michele!!!

Voting time is coming up – we hope you win, but if not, we are so proud of you for standing up for all that we believe in, God, family, small government.  We love you!

*The family fun snow day pictures are on the way – we’ve been really busy having fun around here, but my laundry is piling up (life, right)!?!

Sadie and Anna Kate are one month apart!  They are so cute together!

Go Amanda!  Sadie’s party rocked!

Our cute little bugs! 

Sadie greeting Anna Kate and Amanda and Sadie with her ladybug shoes!

Emily, Bailey, and Noelle looking so grown up!

The kids got to feed the fish at Cabella’s.  It was so cool!

Next they got tokens to shoot guns at this scene – fun stuff!

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

Happy Birthday, Sadie!!!

We love the Christian family and are so blessed by their friendship!

After our play date, we came home, but we got distracted along the way.  The kids in the common area in our neighborhood were building snow tunnels.  They were really cool.  They were carving windows and working together.

Noelle begged and begged to get out.  I tried to tell her but some things just have to be experienced.  She won’t want to get out of the car next time we have a snow storm that breaks every record in recorded history!  🙂

Another tunnel

And then we worked and worked on getting our cars in the garage for the night because the storm was still coming on strong. 

Man, that was a lot of snow to shovel!

Our little Valentine!

Noelle talking to Rara in the background.  Too cute!

"Where’s my food?"

Wing Stop!

Stacy had some friends over to celebrate heart day.  She was so sweet to have us and made yummy soups and hot chocolate!

The kids made cookies and Noelle got to use her rolling pin!

Trey and Emily are precious!

Noelle’s plate (couldn’t wait to take some bites)

Noelle loves "goody bags!"  She’s already talking about making them for her birthday!

Lots of yummy cookies!

Aiden’s smile in this picture just makes my heart melt.  Noelle just said, "Aiden looks cute" as I was typing this.