Thursday, February 7, 2008

Red in the morning . . .

The mountains behind our house were RED this morning! It was amazing! We were eating breakfast and I noticed the sun was coming out ever so slightly. The kids were mesmerized.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Ice and such

We had a pretty wicked ice storm last week. The kids even got out for a day. I've included some cool pictures of the trees next to the house. The ice was about a 1/4 inch thick. Fun!

We spent the day off from school at an indoor amusement spot in town. We had the place to ourselves most of the time we were there! Very surprising.

Today is Mardi Gras. I'm so wishing I were in New Orleans! What fun! We've been feasting on King Cake the past few days. Soooo yummy! Tonight we might have pancakes for dinner. Clare and I talked about Lent and what we might "do" rather than what we might "give up" for Lent - she said the only thing she could give up would be chocolate and she definitely couldn't do that! :) We'll think of something tonight.

Still getting ready for the big birthday this weekend - ice skating with her buddies, tacos, slumber party. All good stuff. Can't wait! We're going to be exhausted!