my funny valentines

God gave me the desire, the strength, the joy - to love on my sweet little family He has so graciously blessed me with this valentines day. I Praise Him for this.

Down side? Boden couldn't understand why I didn't plan anything like this for Presidents' Day ;) ahhh, if only he had a parent who was into history stuff..... There is always next year?

Vday cards

Kids wanted to make their own valentine cards this year. For the most part, we had a lot of fun.

Money bags

Boden set up his first bank account today. It is pretty exciting!

Heidi's favorite things

~At age 4~

Food: cheese pizza
Drink: milk
Toy: dolls
Doll: Sammy
Color: pink
Book: Disney
Vegetable: mushrooms
Fruit: oranges
State: Florida

Boden's favorite things

~at age 6.5~

Food: noodles
Drink: milk
Toy: crafts
Craft: craft with paper
Color: silver
Book: fiction
Veggie: corn
Fruit: banana
State: Colorado

Diving

Check out Heidi's diving board and pool! If you look hard you can see
Boden with his marble run.

luggage cart fun

Post Thanksgiving (notice boden's hat he made), kids waiting as we pack up to leave our place on Fort Myers Beach, Florida.

UNO

best part of my day....

One of the strong memories I have of childhood and my grandma Mary was playing hand over hand of UNO with her. Those of you that know me, I'm not what you'd call a "game person".  ;). This is in my top two of games I like to play. Second time we've played this week (ever with Heidi). She LOVES playing it!  She calls it "the game you get rid of all your cards".  :). She's really pretty decent at it!

Atlantic!

This first photo shows Boden's first view of the Atlantic. The second
two is from their first swim. What a lot of fun!