Fun At School & Valentines

The school held a family Bingo night which was really fun. Anton was out of town, so we had Nana come with. She can't turn down a game of Bingo! It's her favorite!

The week of Parent Teacher Conferences they had Grandparent lunch. It just so happened that Claire's was at 11:30, and Lilly had hers at 12:00, so it worked out perfectly! It was really cute because I guess my Dad had a really fancy lunch that day with work and he told my Mom he was going to cancel it because "there was nowhere else he would rather be, than having lunch with his granddaughters". And, if you know my Dad, you know that is the truth. These two love their grandkids more than they love their own kids! And for that, I am so grateful! These little girlies loooove their Nana and Pops!

The little Kindergarteners had their "100th day of School", so they got to dress up like they were 100 years old. Oh man, Claire was so excited! We sprayed her hair white, I let her use some of my old glasses, and we used Lilly's ice skating tights and she was set! It was a fun day for her.

Valentines Day this year was a fun one! They kids didn't have school the Friday before, so they had their parties on Thursday. They were excited to give their teachers and friends their Valentines, especially Claire (since this was her first Valentines at the school). I helped out in Claire's class this time, since the last party I helped in Lilly's class. They got a grundle of candy and had a lot of fun playing games and doing crafts. The one down side...we have had the worst inversion, so they haven't let the kids go out to recess for a week. You combine that with two days off school, and loads of Valentines candy and you get totally insanely hyper kids! Thankfully the weather has cleared up, and they are back to playing outside!

How cute are these? The school put a heart out with every students name on one. I thought that was such a cute thing!

The girls were so excited to see each other during school!! It was really cute. Lilly came down to Claire's class with me and got to say Hi. Claire was so happy to see Lilly. Warms my heart to know how much they love each other.

Anton and I very rarely do anything for Valentines because it is a busy month for us (Birthday, Valentines and Anniversary) so I was surprised when I came home to these gorgeous flowers, chocolate covered strawberries and a sweet card with a gift certificate for a massage. I can't think of many things I love more than a massage! It's a dang good thing I bought something for him. It wasn't much, but at least it was something!

Pictures from January

We got blasted with snow - which you can't really tell here. It had been a couple years since we had a big snow storm, and we finally got a pretty good one. The girls loved playing out in the snow and building a snowman. Anton did NOT love shoveling and snow-blowing constantly.

Random Claire in primary.

Random Claire eating dessert with her favorite mask on. I tell ya what, I love how quirky and funny this girl is!

What is it about boxes? My kids still love them. We were at our friends house, and they saw this box and really really really wanted to take it home. Perfect! Keeps them busy, happy and doesn't cost any money! My kind of toy.

Claire is loving her tennis!

Maddy is still #1 in this house. I laid her on the bed while I was petting her, and then I walked away to go to something. I came back like 10 minutes later and she was still sitting like this. We love that chunk.

New Floors & Midway

We had been tossing around the idea of resurfacing our hardwood floors. Anton had done it on the floors in our old house, and they turned out really well. This time around we decided to hire it done. That's a big deal around here. Anton is such a "do-it-yourself" kinda guy, that we very rarely hire things done. We had gone up to Midway and seen my parents new floors, and couldn't get over how beautiful they were so we asked for the number of the guy who did them, and we had him come and give us a bid. We were really surprised at how reasonable the bid came back, and so we went ahead and did it. Anton was out of town the week they did it, and so was my dad...so I spent a lot of time with my mom at her house. We were able to be home when the sanding was taking place, but had to be out as soon as they put the final coats on. Anton was getting home from Montana on Friday, and right when he got home, we headed up to Midway for the weekend...which was perfect because that's when they were going to be applying the stain. Both of us couldn't believe how much fun and relaxing it was in Midway. We became babies about going up there because it seemed like so much work for such a short weekend - but now that the girls are older, and we don't have as much "gear", the weekend was a dream. We went sledding at Soldier Hollow - and that was a BLAST! We all loved it. Anton also got to eat at his very favorite restaurant while we were there...which always makes him happy! We played games, watched movies, relaxed...it was such a great weekend. We can't wait to go back. When we got back home, we were really pleased with how the floors turned out! It is amazing how floors can change the look and feel of your house. Not many people would notice a difference because we went with a similar stain, but we can tell a huge difference in them. We are super happy we did it!