What do we do in the wintertime when all the world is white?

And, this just in. . . the winter continues on and on! Today I see some patches of grass here and there and that gives me hope that someday the world will be green again. It's been a while since I last posted, so I'm sharing random pictures from the last couple of weeks which tell our story.


During last week's snowstorm, Caitlin, Rachel and Courtney dressed up as ladybugs and put on a play for me. It was so cute. They wrote a script, rehearsed their lines and performed it.

I finally surpassed the 50 lb. mark in my weight loss. The last couple of months have been slower than I would like. I'm still working on it, but I've made significant progress.

Rachel's been playing a lot of basketball. It keeps her VERY busy because she also got a part in the spring musical, takes piano and violin lessons and has tons of young women activities now. In a recent game, her team was way behind, came back and tied the game with a few seconds left. Her teammate passed her the ball and Rachel swished it in for the win! It was amazing! I'm so glad she had that moment of glory, making the clutch shot. In the past, she hasn't played much but because they lost one of their players to an injury, she's had a lot more playing time the last two games. It's been fun to watch her game improving as she gets more experience.

We had another big snow storm Thursday and Friday of last week. For some reason, shoveling was more difficult for me this time. I normally don't mind but there were some very high drifts I had to shovel (3 feet in some places.) I just kept thinking of "Finding Nemo" where Dori says, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" and substituted "Just keep shoveling, just keep shoveling." I also repeatedly reminded myself to "endure to the end."

Spencer lost his other front tooth so now he's missing his two front teeth! Yesterday, he had his tonsils and adenoids removed. He did surprisingly well and was up and moving at home making lego creations and playing on the computer the same day! Last night went okay. He refused to take the pain medication because it tasted so nasty so I don't think he was feeling that great. My cousin told me that the third day was the worst one for her kids so we'll see how it goes. It's going to be a long week since he'll be home from school. Keeping him entertained may prove to be a challenge.

Our kids spent much of the snow days in their pjs chillin'.

Snuggling in blankets while watching the olympics has kept the

kids happy the last couple of weeks.

The kids love to take pictures of themselves. This picture and the next are from their own Sunday afternoon photo shoot.

Rachel's such a poser!

By the way, the snow was very beautiful!