Cold temps outside=fun inside

Last week has been so bitterly cold, we tried to do some fun things inside to keep us entertained.Mitchell has been working hard with his Lego's lately and loves to come up with new inventions. He was pretty proud of himself for coming up with a new snow blade for his skid loader and carried it around with him everywhere he went. He probably asked Elden and I twenty times if we liked his new snow blade! Connor has been playing with Mr Potato Head lately and came up with a new creation with that too! He enjoys doing everything that Mitchell does as well, of course. We also made some snow ice cream together. At nap time, the kids thought it would be fun to sleep in the closet that goes between Mitchell and Connor's room, so I got a picture of them taking their "nap"! Last week Saturday, Elden watched the boys while I sent shopping, and took them sledding! Mitchell has wanted to do that for a long time. Connor wouldn't even try it, but loved to watch Mitchell fly off the sled! They had a great time with their daddy! Luckily this week it's been warmer, so the kids have got to play outside. Enjoy the pictures!

Florida

Last week, we happily left the freezing cold temps and traveled to Florida for the week! We had a great time! We left on Sunday morning and got to Florida on Monday afternoon. My sister Shari and her son Mason were both in Florida already and so we surprised Shari and brought Tim along with us to Florida! That was fun to surprise her! Then we went to my aunt and uncle's place in Cape Coral on that Monday through Wednesday evening. The kids had fun playing in their pool and Mitchell had fun with their Lego's! One of our favorite memories there was when we took Denny and Karen's boat on the Gulf ocean! As we were cruising along, we saw probably four or five families of dolphins right next to our boat! We boated along Santa Bella Island and overlooked the white sandy beaches and the crystal clear blue ocean and soaked in the 80 degree sun! It was so beautiful! We had a couple scary moments on our way back to the dock, but we made it back safe and sound! Then on Thursday and Friday we spent the day at our Grandparents condo and enjoyed listening to the ocean waves. The guys played boji ball and the kids had fun making sand castles. On Thursday night we took the kids miniature golfing! The kids love to golf and even got to keep their golf balls! We headed back home on Friday afternoon and as we slowly went home, the temperature's just kept on descending! Nothing like going from 70 degrees down to -5. This will probably be the last year we go in a while since the kids will all be in school starting next year! We had a great time together as a family and were glad we went!