Snowball Fight

This winter wasn't all that impressive as far as snow (or cold for that matter) goes.  A couple weekends ago we went for a little walk at a nearby state park and the snow just happened to be perfect "snowball snow".

It was absolutely the most delightful sight watching Felicity and Aidan have a good old fashioned snowball fight!

Deck Party

It's not every day when we get to hang out on the deck in the middle of winter for any extended amount of time.

This isn't on our deck, but is just too cool not to include. Aidan has more artistic talent than I could ever hope to have.  A lion out of snow?  Seriously?  Who does that?

The tongue!  Killer.

Okay, so maybe it wasn't exactly warm.  

It's good for teenagers to have their ridiculousness posted all over the interwebs, no?  Character building I tell ya.

Growing up way too fast!

Oh Marci!  

She was trying to avoid having her picture taken.

Gotcha!

Just Blog Already

I will admit to getting a tad bit offended whenever any of my favorite bloggers would be silent for some time and then come to her page and reflect that now her children are older she finds it harder to blog.  I would feel a little betrayed even.  I found so much encouragement on those pages and was hoping to gain more and more wisdom from these ladies who are a few steps ahead of me. 

I now have "older" kids.  I now get it.  Not that I'm a big name blog-all-the-time blogger to begin with, but I do struggle somewhat with what to share and how exactly to have an honest portrayal of our family without including all the lovely "big kid" moments (teenagers!!!!).  What I don't want to have happen though is to stop altogether.  I love coming here and documenting our days, even if I am the only one who comes back and reads it.  

Without further ado....may I present to you some family life snapshots!  

Large Family Livin'- Illness

I have a houseful of sick kids.  The end.  Well, not the real end, but gracious sakes alive am I happy that I will have a husband to help me this weekend because this is not fun.  

I was going to write down all of my reflections of having a lot of sick kids, but in the end I just don't have the energy.  I'm tired.  My baby has only slept for a couple of hours for two nights in a row.

The good news?  Gianna just informed me that she finished her book, ran the highest temperature she remembers ever having, and beat her highest score on the Perplexus Ball.  So, I guess not all is lost.  

The pictures below have nothing to do with the current situation in the house.  Your welcome.

Cute baby walking.

A crib is set up in our room for the first time in 15 years.  It remains vacant just as we suspected it would.  

Brett got a new tux so Aidan tried on his old one.  Makes him look way too grown up.  

I just love this girl!

Pictured-November

November was full to the brim!  So much fun with these crazy kids!