Nothin' happenin'

You're probably assuming I haven't blogged much this winter because we've been really busy. On the contrary, we haven't done much of anything. Every day is about the same: breakfast, exercise, homeschool, play outside (now that it's nice) or upstairs, make dinner, eat, read scriptures, tuck the kids in bed, scrapbook or talk to Nathan until 11. The kids have been having a blast playing with their dolls or skating outside. They love playing and don't want to go anywhere. I've gotten lots of projects done and just trying to wrap them up in the next week or two. It's been great staying home so much this winter. We generally just go out once a week for homeschool get-togethers (park days or book clubs) and do the grocery shopping while we're out. We've all been really happy and things are going well. Nathan is still working on securing a job come July, but is also doing really well. We have been quite blessed.

Could it Be?

Last week we got another 3 inches of snow and 2 weeks before that we got 6 inches. This week I'm seeing this on our plants and trees:

Could it be that spring is on its way???

In talking with the natives I've learned that this is the coldest winter they remember. I haven't minded too much. We've enjoyed all the snow and I've enjoyed staying indoors and getting lots of projects done. I've been scrapbooking a lot, sewing, reading, and watching the Olympics.:) I started cross-stitching Alexis a stocking and she begs me to sew on it every chance I get. If she sees me sitting down she says, "You could sew on my stocking." While I'm standing in the bathroom waiting for her to brush her teeth she says, "You could sew on my stocking while you wait." I have to sew on it while she reads to me during school time, while we are at the park with our homeschool group, and while I wait in the doctor's office (which is never very long--I'm usually in and out in 30 minutes, but I still must be productive the whole time.:)) I've been enjoying it though and hope to finish it before the baby comes. We're all doing great, learning a lot in our homeschool, and playing at home most days. It's been a very relaxing winter.

Here are some pictures of the snow we got Valentine's Weekend when our regional stake conference was cancelled due to the large amounts of snow in the East.

Madalyn and her snowwoman

Daddy is a lot of fun in the snow. We're glad he had the day off.

Alexis and Thomas making snow mazes.

Six inches!