Winter weather!

On February 11th, we woke up to a blanket of snow! As Texans, we never get to see much of the white stuff - so we were all thrilled to see it falling!

Nana and Pa were visiting from San Antonio - it was a treat for them too!

Little Gus and Baby Jane didn't know what to think about it!

AAAHHH!!! SNNOOOWWW!!!

Before school - it was hard to get ready to go with all of that snow calling Tim's name!

Our house on the first snowy morning - by the next morning, the green plants were solid white mounds!

Arriving home from school - an innocent walk into the backyard turned into a war - little did they know, the neighbor was lying in wait with nefarious sneak attack plans!

snow angel?

beanies are evidently for wimps

Maggie was invited to a snowball war at Scotty Meager's house

Scott and Greyson going after Haley - she just THOUGHT she was safe behind the snow barricade!

Patty fashioned Tim a warm hood with a towel and scarf after he got snow in the hood of his coat - thanks to the big kids for that one - Tim was an easy target for them!

Maggie and Haley

Tim helped Patty make the hot chocolate

Greyson, Scotty, Haley, Tim and Mags

Justin and Maggie

Tim, Riley and Ben not willing to come inside just yet!

Poor Charlie's little legs were just no match for the deep snow - he had to hop like a bunny to get through it!

I made the boys eat lunch outside - I couldn't handle anymore snow being tracked in my house!

I would never make it living in the north!

Justin's HUGE snowbomb

Tim, trying for a little payback!

Justin taking Maggie down

Maggie trying for payback - there seems to be a theme emerging!

I like how you can see Tim screaming as Justin is chasing him!

Maggie and Justin

4th grade valentine

Just like every other 4th grade kid in america, Tim had to make a valentine box for school.

Now, in our house, this is a big occasion! It's the one time of the year when the kids can actually show their creativity in school!

I wish that I could find pics of valentine boxes past - they have been amazing! We have had a giant robot, a life sized lollipop, a cool lego block and countless others.

We DO NOT approve of plain shoe boxes covered in red construction paper - we are embarrassed for those who bring paper sacks - come on people, get creative - it is super fun!!

Nana happens to be visiting right now, and Tim enlisted her help. He knew what he wanted his box to look like, but needed help making it happen... here are the results!

Awesome right?

One hour and 70 billion feet of foil later - it's done! Another successful box!

Tim, you are sure to attract tons of Valentine cards with this baby!

Great Job, Tim and Nana!!!

Raspberry Lemonade

At the high school, the choir had been selling lollipops as a fundraiser.

Maggie tried one of those lollipops and fell madly in love!

Raspberry Lemonade holds the key to her heart.

She went on line to try and buy some, and found out that she had to buy a fundraiser pack.

I told her that I was sorry - I was not going to spend big money on suckers.

So, she bought them herself and waited patiently for her order to arrive!

YAY!!! It is here -the magic box which contains her hearts desire!

(mind you, there were only four raspberry lemonades in this whole pack!)

Her screams of joy could be heard by all of our neighbors, I'm sure!

"Oh little lollipop, how I have dreamed of you. Thank you for coming to brighten my day"

YUUUUUMMMM!

Maggie is evidently a simple girl - easy to please!

I wonder if I called and begged someone of influence at the lollipop company - if they would hook me up with a box of JUST raspberry lemonade. $34.00 spent to get 4 lollipops is NOT happening again - even if it was her money!

Cupid's approach

Family Home Evening this monday was spent decorating Valentine cards for grandparents. You can tell that Tommy was THRILLED to be coloring!

the fruits of our labor

tim's v-day monster

maggie and tommy chose the same monster - whos looks better to you?

lego wars

Tim took over the kitchen last week because a Lego battle had been brewing and needed to be fought. I didn't have the use of my island for almost a week! Here are just a few pics:

this was day two or three

these were the good guys

up at the crack of dawn to begin talking strategy with his men

it is important to build strong, impenetrable (and color patterned) walls!

Still, the good guys - even though the blue one looks a little creepy!

Seriously - this one is totally looking right at you, huh?!

The alien ship has landed in Lego land

His men preparing to decimate Justin's bad guys - of course Tim's guys won - they not only had star wars troops, construction workers and alien forces on their side, but Justin's wall was not nearly as cool as Tim's!

BFF Jeremy