SNOW!! (just 2 feet of it)

We have about 2 feet of snow on the ground right now. It is so beautiful. The schools have been closed for three days and Tyler has stayed home from work for three days. It has been great! Tyler has caught up on some much needed sleep. Maren lost her front tooth. Sam and Maren helped make some witch hat cupcakes. And I have just bummed around the house enjoying every second with the kids and Tyler home. What a great week. Monday is going to come too soon. But, good things must always come to an end.

Don't you just LOVE Halloween!

The kids are out of school for fall break. They wanted to decorate pumpkins this week. Of course we couldn't just carve them, right? These pumpkins took most of the day on Monday. What a great day it was. Maren and I had so much fun. Sam mostly followed us around playing with his legos. But Maren really got into it with me.
The orange pumpkins have vinyl stickers on them. The white pumpkin is painted and the "bat-o-lantern" is also painted. We added bat wings, ears and crazy eyes.

Scaredy Cats!

Sam and Maren are totally afraid of going anywhere in the house by themselves. They must have someone on the same level as they are, even if it is daytime. I just figured out why. Maren told us tonight, she is "afraid of the BOOGER MAN"! Well, I would be afraid of the booger man as well. It all makes sense now!

Barn Dance

We went to a barn dance the other night. It was really fun. The kids played in the hay, had a tractor ride and ran around until they were exhausted. Their matching red shirts were all by accident. How lucky am I they matched for the pictures!

New Fireplace!

We finally tore out the bad, bad hunter green marble on the fireplace and replaced it with brick. Tyler did a great job. It is almost finished. But here is what we have done so far.

How I Decorated with the Halloween Topiary

So I finally got the Halloween decorations out. Here is what I did with the topiary I showed a while back.

Crazy Heart Quilt

I have always wanted to make a real quilt, but didn't know how. A lovely friend of mine offered to help a group of us (thanks Carol) and after only a year and a half, this is what I made. I love it, but I now know, I will never make a quilt again. It is just not my thing. I backed it with corduroy and tied it with random buttons.