Oh man is it winter again?

Braxton woke up this morning to find snow outside and very sadly said "oh man is it winter again?" I told him it wouldn't last long. I hope it warms up again soon! I love letting the kids wear themselves out by playing outside all day!!

Natasha and Nitchele have shared a room pretty much their whole lives.When we finished the basement. They had their own rooms. They were so excited!! Then the crazy girls, I mean all 4 girls decided to get a wild hair and switch bedrooms. So for the past year we have traded rooms and room companions 2 or 3 times.The straw that broke the camels back was when Nitchele and Mikayla shared a room for about 2 weeks. Mikayla needs her sleep and Nitchele likes to read late and can handle a shortage on sleep. So after 2 weeks of a very tired, emotional, and frazzled Mikayla I made them all go back to the way I need and want it. So Natasha and Nitchele are back down stairs in their own rooms again. But you wouldn't know it from the picture. They both sleep in the same bed. It must be a twin thing. And they are not very happy I took this picture. But I am the mom and I will do what I want and what I need !!
About a week ago Christy was snowed out of going home to Tetonia so she stayed the night at our house. She was helping me with some stuff to help me get things ready to go do our taxes. We sent the kids to bed and the boys were playing on the stairs.(they didn't listen very well) after about 30 minutes. They got very quiet and Brian went looking for them. This is how he found Braxton sound asleep. We looked for Boone for about 20 minutes everywhere!! I mean everywhere!! We were getting really worried and Brian went outside to see if he had wandered out there at 10:00 at night he looked in the suburban to see if he had climbed in there to find some gum, he looked in his pickup, he went around the whole house yelling his name and couldn't find him anywhere. Christy asked me if we loose him very often. I gave her my worried giggle and said no this doesn't happen often. I called Stephanie in tears. Boone loves to escape to Stephy's house. But he wasn't there either. We have a "blanket tree" that I fold and throw all the blankets over,i had looked there twice and he was not there. I was outside in my socks standing in the snow crying and talking to Stephanie when Brian opened the door and said he had found him. That little stinker had crawled under all those blankets right in the middle of them and fallen asleep. When we went in the front bathroom to turn off the light, I discovered why he had hidden. He had taken a laundry basket in the bathroom and peed in the basket.I can just hear what he would have said if I found him and the basket at the same time. "Don't spank my bum" I was so happy to find him that I gave him a kiss and tucked him in bed.




This ones for you Grandma!! Do you recognize the cups our dessert is in? We have been trying really hard to have family home evening. We do a short lesson or read sctiptures and do our treat. Our new Stake President told us at Ward Conference that "Simplicity invites Spirituallity" so we have been tring to keep it short and sweet. While I was growing up I remember the treats most of all (well i do remeber a little more) but as a young child I loved it when my mom made something special for FHE. So here are our pretty little dirt cups.