Winter Work

I feel like every single one of our blogs has something to do with winter. Everything in our lives revolves around whether or not we can/should go outside at any given time. We are school cancelled again today for dangerous wind chills, and the longer this weather stays, the closer we get to spring.

Funny story for today—our little housing complex has four wells, some shared, some independent. The big church next to us is on a separate well from us, which we really didn't care about until this morning 

when our up-the-hill neighbor came to our door to let us know that the spigot had BURST off the outside tap at the church and was now a churning fountain. I checked it out; it was awesome. Our high today is 0˚, so I'm sure if I headed down to see it now, it would be a beautiful fountain of ice forms. It's been fixed, but I thought maybe you'd all enjoy a taste of how really really cold it is here. It's burst the top off your well, freeze your boogers in one second kind of cold.

So, we spent the weekend getting to know our storage room. We bought some massive big boy shelves at Costco and went to town on it. It was fun, and we are so grateful for the storage. Plus, it keeps things off the ground in case we encounter some spring dampness. Photos!

They are so study and so strong and they make Liz SO happy. You know how she likes order. :)  Then, as a celebration before we start our Healthy Eating Challenge, we made Cannoli last night. They were TO DIE FOR. They are officially on the list for the reunion, fair warning.

Winter Fun

We have been having lot of fun at home together after spending our first week of break apart.  For Christmas we focused on family centered activities.  For example, the boys took cake decorating classes with James.  They have fun practicing decorating with frosting and then tackled fondant.  Their cake turned out pretty good.  We enjoyed it on New Years Eve.  

Then, we enjoyed a great snow storm and record low temperatures, so we couldn't go outside and enjoy all of that snow.  We learned that those beautiful windows in the front of our house while  beautiful but don't get along well with super cold weather.  We covered them up and learned quickly which rooms stayed warmest.  The basement became our new best friend.  But it was great spending time together and had fun watching movies, playing games and just hanging out.  

Then, finally we saw double digits, let me clarify that we saw positive double digit temperatures and headed outside.  The boys had a blast checking out the neighborhood to figure out where the best places to sled were.  They found some pretty impressive spots.  Then, they moved onto making a snowman.  I was very impressed by their new skills.  

Hyrum also needed to get outside after days of being stuck inside, so we bundled him up and he headed out.  All of his brothers were excited to take him out and play with him.   He never lasted very long but long enough to let him know he wasn't stuck inside and that can make all the difference in the world.