Valentine's Festivities

Cookie decorating lessons until midnight with Brooke and Erika! Brooke is amazing AND the most enthusiastic and patient teacher! We had some good laughs while we made beautiful cookies! What is Valentine's without the heart shaped cookie?

Ahhh, the Valentine boxes! Curse the boxes! I'm keeping these to hand down to Sam and Jenna! Noah's-Snowman (this picture was taken AFTER school so the carrot nose is missing) and Bailey's-a tissue flower!

Where is her coat? It was cooollldd out there!

What boy doesn't like to shoot something? Noah hit and demolished a 7 UP can that was across the yard!

The bird girl reading. She was distressed when she finished her book but didn't have another to start on! The book is called "Star Girl" and her little friend on her head is "Star."

The first catch of the day!!!!

Waiting for a bite! Kelly loves to take the kids ice fishing. This was my first time. I froze!

My nephews with the ogger.

The biggest spud I've ever seen!

Miss "Denny", my sister-in-law's sweet horse!

Bailey riding bare back.

V-day. Best seat in the house (or out of the house!) Gorgeous views! So peaceful. We sat outside in the sun all afternoon talking with Chris and Nikki and watching their lab fetch a number of things in the deep snow!

Valentine's wasn't just Sunday for us, it was really a week of celebrating that went from Valentine cookie making to a weekend in Teton Valley! My kids had 4 hours of candy eating while we drove to my brother's house in Driggs this past weekend. The bird came too of course. (Bailey wouldn't entrust her care to just anyone). Our DVD player is broken so we listened to a lot of music, boys played their DS games, Jenna sang to the bird, Bailey joined in mine and Kel's conversations and asked a lot of questions and jumped out into the freezing weather to get her picture with the "Welcome to ID" sign. We had GORGEOUS weather, blue skies and fresh snow. We enjoyed many outdoor activities such as shooting, ice fishing, horse back riding. Kelly and Bailey went snow shoeing around the 10 acre yard (which I sadly didn't get a photo of!) We stopped by Rexburg on our way home to reminisce (I graduated from Ricks in '94 and Kelly and I did A LOT of courting there! It was fun to see the new temple too! Thanks C & N! We miss you already, especially that precious baby of yours! Until spring!