Valentin'e Scavenger Hunt

We started the day with our Valentine's Scavenger Hunt (which the kids love). 9 different clues took them all over the house. . .



and eventually they found their Valentine's!

Making Snowmen!

Saturday was spent building 2 HUGE snowmen.

Winter Sports!

Wednesday was the final day of Cambrie's Winter Sports Program, so we decided to take the whole family up to enjoy the fun. Tater even got to miss school for the day. She was so excited to go skiing with Dad again.

Here she is getting her skis on.

All ready to go.

Taking a snack break in the lodge.

Here's Cambrie.

Up on the hill. Jake and I walked up to the course and Cambrie stopped by on one of her runs to say hello.

Fred the Moose.

There is a race on the last day, here are some pics of Cambrie coming down the course (Thanks Tanya!)

Crossing the finish line.

As you can see, it was a pretty full day.

What a great place to live with so many great opportunities for the kids! They're already begging to go back up to the hill.

American Girl Photo Shoot

Cambrie received a subscription to the American Girl Magazine for her birthday and has since read it cover to cover. Actually, it has been taped page by page all around her room, but she's already made one of the recipes and the other day, she decided to take photos of her dolls in action. (There was an article with tips on how to get good shots). Here are some of the MANY photos we have.

Here, Felicity is apparently about to give Elizabeth a haircut.

And here, Coconut is getting a bath.

After the bath. Notice the items in the dolls hands and the towel on the dog.

Tatum took some of Mikayla, Haddy & Licorice too.

Sooo Big!

Sunday as we were getting ready for church, Cambrie informed me that she wanted to do her hair ALL ON HER OWN. She has been doing this occasionally for school days, but I usually prefer to do her hair myself on Sundays. I figured I would give her a try, but had no idea what ON HER OWN actually meant. She took my hair dryer, curling iron and hair spray to the bathroom upstairs and got started. I too was trying to do my hair and having a hard time without my hair dryer or hair spray, so I asked her to join me in my bathroom. She had her hair all dry and a good portion of it was curled. She really did a great job.
Here is the final result. I did not have any part in this.

We've now decided that next time we're in town, we'll stop at Target and Cambrie can use some of her Christmas gift cards to get her very own hair tools for her bathroom. I can't believe it's come to this already.

The Buffalo!

Jason bagged a buffalo yesterday!

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Now it's off to the butcher and soon will be in our freezer.
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Buffalo Steaks - just one more reason to visit~
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or maybe not if you're a vegetarian.

Sicky Sicky Jake-Man

So much for a quick 24 hour bug. Jake is FINALLY starting to feel better. Woo hoo! Still not sure exactly what he had, but he was one sick little guy.
Here he is sleeping on the floor in our room. This wall heater was put in my bedroom for Christmas (by Jason to help keep me nice and toasty during our LONG winter here). Jake pretty much demanded to sleep by it constantly. I can only imagine what our electric bill will be this month. I loved this picture. Hershey was feeling for the little guy and cuddled up next to him (that or Hershey likes the heater just as much as Jake) hard to say which one it is. Nevertheless, it's priceless.

After the puking stopped, Jake became obsessed with his drinks. (I'm guessing he felt overly thirsty or something). He had to have 5 cups, each with a different drink (apple juice, orange juice, lemonade, water and chocolate milk) and they had to go with him from one resting spot to another. Here he is on the sofa watching Tom & Jerry (I now have every episode on our DVR memorized), and eating Doritos. I rarely ever buy these, but am convinced they are coated with some sort of addictive substance because he would not eat ANYTHING, but once the Doritos came home, he was all over them. Well, I guess it's better than nothing?! We're just glad he's getting back to his usual self. I've missed his cute little smile.