Snowed In (and Broken Camera Update!)

So, we got snowed in for an extra day at French Lick. Yes, the kids were bummed...or not....another day of chillin' at the pool and hitting up the bowling alley - they were in heaven. :) We finally got home last night. Here are a few pictures of us bowling the day away. :)

Reeva and Rylee showin' their skills

They ain't got nothin' on Reegan and Reece ;)

I loved watching Reegan wait in anticipation. Aren't you lovin' her stylin' outfit? I guess she decided to go with one sock 'in' and one sock 'out' today. Crazy girl :)

She got so excited when she knocked over the pins.

She kept jumping but this one was posed cuz' I kept missing all the original ones...

On the way back up to our room the kids wanted to climb to the top of the stairs. Randy and I opted to wait on our floor for them. ;)

Ah yes, the camera update....

You might remember my boo-hooing about my broken camera lense. Well, I took it in and am happy to say that it was only the protective filter that got broken. So, fifty bucks and a new filter later I have happily been snappin' away - much to the kids' dismay. ;)

Better run for now. Reegan has dance tonight and we've got to leave early so I can stop by and get my cell phone transfered. Hope you all are stayin' warm!

FWD:Hi Rylee! We miss you! (and Happy Valentine's Day!)

I first have to say Happy Valentine's Day! Check out the roses Randy surprised me with...what girl doesn't love to get some flowers and a sweet note from her guy?! Thanks babe ;)

Since the kids don't have school on Monday due to President's Day we decided to take a little mini-vacation to French Lick for a couple of days. The kids love staying in a hotel and eating and swimming and just hanging out.

Here is a text pic of the kids taking a swim. Yep, that's right, there are only three...notice the caption..

Hi Rylee! We miss you!

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Where is Rylee you ask??

Here she is...in bed...sick...poor thing..while the kids are swimming with their dad and hanging out in the outdoor hot tub. They were loving being in the hot tub while it was snowing. :)

Rylee did finally get to feeling better this afternoon so we went to the movies and watched Percy Jones and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. It was good. Actually, according to Reece it was AWESOME! Then we went to dinner and back to our room to watch movies and hang out. Reegan had fun trying on her new valentine sunglasses and posing for a few pictures. She told me I had to keep this one. She is so fun! and what a cutie :)

After Randy got us settled in he decided to take off for his favorite part of French Lick - the Black Jack table...see ya babe...bring back some cash!!

So, how was your Valentine's Day? Hope it was a special one spent with the ones you love...

Valentine's Day Cards

Finally, tonight we finished Valentine cards for the kids' classmates. This year I was on it...had ideas and even got started in January! Why?! is it not possible for me to actually get something finished early?! I don't know...the intentions were good and actually I think they are finished earlier than usual but, still, the week of?? Oh well...the kids worked really hard on them and this way we didn't have to cram them all into a night or two - they've been working on them on and off for about a month now. And, having a snow day today didn't hurt matters either. :)

I found all of these ideas and more over at familyfun.com - I always like for it to be pretty simple so that the kids can do their own Valentine's without it getting too frustrating. They were all excited about what they chose this year. For their teachers, they made a popcorn containers out of cardstock and then attached individual packets of microwave popcorn on the back. They wrote either "You're a Pop! Pop! Pop!-ular Teacher!" or "I don't mean to be corny, but you're the greatest!"


Here's Rylee - she made heart crayons by melting broken crayons and then attached them to cardstock circles. She wrote around the outside of the circle, "Valentine, you color my world!" or "Have a happy Valentine's Day for crayon out loud!" We had to take like 12 pictures of her to get one with her eyes at least slightly open. :0) Goofy girl!



Reeva chose this owl sitting on a (pencil) branch for her card. They turned out really cute too. :) She wrote things like, "Valentine, you're a Hoot!" and "Owl always be your friend!" She actually finished hers yesterday. So, she got to spend a lot of her day reading today while Reece and Rylee worked on theirs. :)



And here is Reece with his heart Aliens...they turned out great too! He did a great job cutting out the hearts, bending the pipe cleaners, and coloring the faces...not to mention signing his name 25 times and writing each one of his classmates names! The inside reads, "Valentine, you are out of this world!"



So there they are...another year down. Altogether, we did 71 valentines this year (plus a few extra counting the mess-ups:) Next year should be fun with Reegan added to the mix!

Hopefully, I'll get back here before then but if not I hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day!