LOVE

Happy Valentine's Day!

While I am not a fan of forced expressions of love, I do enjoy showing my friends and family how much I love and care about them. I tell myself every year that I am NOT going to go all out.... then somehow in the excitement of everything, I forget all about my little pep talk. This year is no exception.


These are valentines that the kids sent to their grandparents...I hope they have all gotten them by now....or else I just blew the surprise!



For Bostyn's class party, we made each kid an Ipod. I was inspired by these. They had their party on Friday and Bossy got a ton of compliments. Everyone thought these were just the coolest! We bagged each Ipod up and attached a little sticker that said, "YOU ROCK! Happy Valentine's Day!"


Bailee only had a handful of friends that she decided to give treats to, so we went a little more labor intensive. We decided to do marshmallow pops!

These are super delicious. We dipped jumbo marshmallows in red and pink candy melts. Then we dipped some more in chocolate. Then we dipped some MORE in caramel. THEN we rolled them in toffee, sprinkles, rice krispies and graham crackers.

The winning pops were dipped in caramel, then chocolate, then rolled in a mix of rice krispies AND toffee. I am drooling right now just thinking about them. It's ok to eat these for lunch right? With a glass of milk of course.

We put a few pops in a little bucket filled with kisses.


All bagged up and ready to go!

For Bailee's best friend, I made her an owl necklace and made a cute little box to put it in. This super cute box used to be a matchbox!

Happy Valentine's Day to all my friends and family! I hope you have a wonderful day and have plenty of sweet treats!

Check back tomorrow for one more Valentine's Day post! I'll show you what I have in store for Jake and the kids!

Hider

We all have our own feelings about winter time.

Some of us love it.....



Some of us hate it.....



And some of us simply hide from it....



I'm a hider. Here's what I do with all my inside time....

Individual Chalk Boards


B's to decorate the girls' doors...music notes for Bailee....purple words for Bostyn


Magnetic Menu Board


Felt Wreath


Fondant Cake

As much as I love my projects, I am more than ready for spring. I miss hiking, biking, and playtime at the park. I sure hope that ground hog is right! Bring on spring!

Cabin Fever

COLD!

It has been so cold out here the past few weeks, that we have basically turned into hermits. I've been working on some projects and I'll post some pictures of those later. For now, here are some pictures of what we've been up to.

Enjoying the frozen snow (I took pictures from the warmth of the house, those of you that know me well, know just how much I LOVE the snow..)

More boogie boarding on the ice/snow

Cleaning out the storage room....well, more playing than cleaning...



AND...trying to make our break into Hollywood!

The Discovery Channel came out to Chuck and Jeanette's distillery and filmed a bunch of footage. They are hoping that footage will turn into a miniseries! I just hope the next time they come out, they bring a makeup and hair team. :)

Chuck explaining the in's and out's of the pot still

Bostyn putting the corks on the bottles

Hayden and Grandpa running the line....a true family business.

January has been too quiet for us. I'm hoping February brings some warmer weather, so we can finally get out of the house finally!

94

We celebrated Jake's grandma's birthday today. She will be 94 on Thursday. She is in amazingly good health and is still quite witty. She blew out the candles on her birthday cake in one breath, then put up her hands and said, "Nothing to it!" Hilarious!

I made the cake. My first one with roses. Not to shabby I think.


Happy Birthday Grandma!