Snow and Other Stuff

I love to post pictures of the girls in snow.  Everything is such a stark contrast against the white snow.  People look happy and carefree.  So, even though I know we have some snow pictures, each set reminds me of the beauty of the snow and why I like living where there are seasons.So, here are some from our snow day on Wednesday.  Which was awesome!  Our previous snow days found me exhausted, sick, and loaded down with work from school that needed done.  This one, I was able to just enjoy, relax, and refresh.

         

Some other things I have neglected to post from the past few weeks…

We went to Game Night at Lehman’s Hardware.  The attendance that night was low, but we had a blast.  We played Tenzi, a new dice game.  We tossed some bean bags to try and learn cornhole. 

We indulged in hot chocolate and snacks.  We played a rocking game of UNO.  And we played some rounds of BINGO.  Madison and I even won a prize!  Ellie received a consolation prize, which was unexpected and very nice of those in charge.  And we posed behind some cut-outs.

    

Jeremy has to do these balloon tests for work sometimes.  My understanding is he sends helium-filled balloons 250 ft up in the air and takes pictures from a distance of them.  It is supposed to simulate a cell tower, and the effect on the visuals in that area.  (You may want to ask him about it in case I am totally off on my understanding.)  He brought a balloon home for the girls to play with, look at, and admire. (It was cold out, so we didn’t have as much fun as we could have with it.)

    

Finally, Madison has been taking informal sewing lessons with a friend from church.  She has really enjoyed learning.  We are planning on getting a sewing machine for her, but we wanted to test her interest level.  I would say “very interested” at this point.  She is planning on sewing a pillow as her first project.

Family Fun at SkyMax

One gift Grandma and Grandpa Ediger gave all the cousins and kids for Christmas was a trip to Sky Max Trampoline Park.  So the first Saturday in February, we all made plans to meet up to jump.  There was plenty of room to move from place to place in there.  We could jump from sky ball to sky ball – or in most cases we crawled, clung, and hoisted ourselves.

  

We could play dodge ball – adults against kids… the kids were pretty good, the adults administered only a little mercy.

We could aim for the bulls eye – easier said than done.  Notice the two approaches to try to get there.

We could simply jump, flip, twirl, rebound off of, and toe touch our way around a string of trampolines.

We could try our hand at slam dunks.  Sorry that they are dark and kinda fast, but you can still see it.

     

It was a good time.  Some of us felt our age by the end! 
We finished our day with CiCi’s Pizza Buffet where we celebrated Sophie’s brithday with a donut cake!