Birthday Week (+ snow!)

Last week was a fun one, because we got to celebrate two of our favorite people - Matt and Aunt Pea!  Matt's birthday was celebrated over several days, including a couple dinners out, a day date for skiing/snowboarding at Bolton, and lots of yummy treats!  As a bonus, we got a big snow storm on Matt's birthday, and the kids had a snow day the next day, which gave them a 3-day weekend.

Birthday boy and his faithful running buddy.  Ha ha!  

Celebrating with Grandma Karen

A special card Noah made for Matt at school in his Math Through Art program

Look at us - celebrating while the kids were at school!  Thank you for the snow, Mother Nature!

Free Starbucks b-day beverage

Time for gifts!

Instead of a cake, Matt requested homemade churros for dessert

B-day celebration #3!  Let the fun continue!

It was still very cold and windy during the weekend, so we didn't spend as much time as we normally would out playing in the fresh snow.  We snowshoed a couple times, Matt and the kids attempted to make sugar on snow, and then we adults warmed ourselves up with margaritas while we celebrated Aunt Pea's birthday on Saturday.  It was a great, laughter-filled evening!

Sugar on Snow - looks good, but it actually came out like hard candy.  We'll have to try again!

Braving the elements.  It was COLD!

Sisters, warming up with margaritas.  Let the laughter begin!

Yes, she is dabbing her eye with a garden shovel.  This just added to the laughter!

Very excited for his cherry pie filling!

Noah looks pretty good in Aunt Pea's new garden hat!

February b-day buddies

Maple Carrot Cake 

Super sleepy kiddos.  We were having too much fun to leave early!

Super sleepy pup after running in the deep snow!

This was an indoor project during the cold weather that the kids did with coins, after listening to the But Why? podcast about coins.  It kept them busy for hours!