Making Snow from Scratch!

Ok, well obviously I'm behind AGAIN!  Grrrr!  Well, we have missed some days of school lately because it was too cold  at 25 degrees but were allowed to go to school at 16 below!.. hmmmm.  So, on the 16 below day, we decided we would make snow from scratch!  It was so much fun!  I boiled water in a cup and each kiddo got to throw it in the air outside and watch snow come down!  Even Superman got in on it and I have to say I think I caught him giggle...Ahhhh Love it when my crew giggles!  So I have some pics of the process and although I'm far behind on the other pics I'm posting these now!

Last night, VALENTINE'S DAY- we all went to the Justin Beiber movie!  Ok, Mateo thought it was gonna be soooo stupid and Isa was being cool about it, but the twins were SO excited!  You know, their birthday is the same day as Justin's so they're buds!  Ok, I'm getting better at this cause I brought my camera to the movie so I could take pics of the kids hopefully standing next to a Justin Beiber cutout stand-up thingy...but, there wasn't one....ugh...so, they all had to stand there in front of everyone and pose for me anyway! The movie was great and of course the girl cried!...ME, being THAT girl! lol, the kids kept looking at me during the movie.  Just waiting for me to break down I guess...they know me sooo well.

After the movie we went to Orange leaf for some ice cream and I stepped in two blobs of stuff in front of the counter..when I told the girl at the counter that there was stuff on the floor and we stepped in it, she looked out at it and said "ohhh, yaaa".  Then just stood there and watched us..  I wanted to reach across the counter and pull her thru the sprinkles so that she would wake up, but...there WERE little kids watching! For V-Day,
Superman got me a whole bag of 3 musketeers and a wonderful card so I was alittle sugared up already!...

Gabi is stuffy in the nose today with a little cough so she's home and BORED!  She's already made a craft, tuned her 3 string guitar, done exercises on a ball, played with the barbie house and written a song on the piano!  Now, after her medicine is kicking in....I think I can say she might be ready to chill...ahhhh.

Isabella printed out a nice flyer that we have hanging on our cabinet in the kitchen.  I don't know where she got it but i love it.  "God Speaks In The Silence Of The Heart..Listening Is The Beginning Of Prayer."

God blesses me everyday by being ignorant enuff to let His words of wisdom come from my Smart Children.
U gotta love how He works!

Good Day!

Home-made Snow!

Isabella

Gabi

Mateo

Grace

SuperMan...Giggling!

Snow Day!

Snow Days are going to cause our kids to be in school thru the summer if they keep going like this!  My kids were bored by 10:00am yesterday so we had to drag out the Spin-Art machine...THAT was fun...lasted about 10 minutes and I vowed to seriously think about throwing it out!  Now, today, I'm thinking the kids should take it outside in the snow and let it rip with the paint flying into the snow!  Later in the day, after searching ALOT of recipes to find the same exact one I had made the week before, I came across my Duncan Hines crinkle cookie recipe!  I was in Heaven!  Probly the only thing I have baked that my kids loved!  So, I whipped a batch up for small group and had it done in 15 min!  Such a fast recipe:  1 duncan hines fudgy chewy brownie mix and 2 eggs, 1/3 cup oil, and 1 cup semi sweet choc chips!  That's it!  Bake at 350 for 11 min. and woo-hoo! cookies!  plop em in a plate of powdered sugar and yum yum yum!

The kids went out side this morning to play and dig igloos!  But first-they had to work together and scrape off the sidewalk..the expressions on their faces were not very exciting but they worked together and got it done in no time! lol

Tanner came over to say HI and I just LOVE his visits!  He didn't stay long but enough time for me to smother him!

Superman played raquetball for the first time in ..like 15 years a couple of days ago and was out scooping snow yesterday!  He's not too sore ...yet! lol  So glad that he has a sport that he can go let off some steam with now!  Yay!

Ok, we have been fortunate enough to continue the Karate with Grace and Mateo right now and just take it month to month.  I know that Karate is so important to them and we will continue as long as we can. 
Our family life has sure hit some bumps in the last couple of years and we try to deal with them as they come.
Some days you feel like your life is crumbling and others can make you feel like you've just started a great new chapter.  I never looked back much to see the plan that God was laying out for my life but now I can see that everything that I faced, whether crazy, good, bad, sad or even evil - was another door that led me to a closer walk with God.  Every door made me want more, search harder and love deeper.  What God has put in my heart...that DESIRE to keep searching for more...is my so called skeleton key.  The key that will open every door that he puts me in front of and I am starting to look forward to the doors now, with a little less fear and alittle more hope and excitement.