Five Beautiful Blessings Between Heaven & Earth

Sometimes you just have to take a few mins and....  Have some family fun!  We woke up this morning to snow!  So I bundled up the kids so they could play while Dusty and I  shoveled off the driveway. I'm not sure why but Bridgett LOVES to eat snow... at least today it's as clean as it gets.  Dusty and I finished sooner than we thought we would.  So we decided to play with the kids in the snow.   We build a snow man!  Isn't he cute?  It was a warmer day so he didn't last long and Bridgett was very sad when he melted but he was fun while he lasted! We love you Mr Snowman!  

Happy Birthday Dusty! Today is Dusty's Birthday.  I made him Toffee, since he loves it and didn't really get to eat much at Christmas.   I guess I gave it all away before he got to much of it :) And I made him his traditional Brownies.  This morning I asked him if he wanted to invite his parents and Grandma's over for dinner.  I knew we were having Hawaiian Hay stacks and there would be plenty to go around.  So everyone came over for dinner and had a good time.  The kids enjoying being able to stay up late even though we have early church tomorrow.  The kids and I bought him 2 new leather bound books to add to his collection.  I think he really liked them.  It was a simple day but he seemed to enjoy himself.   I guess that's all that really matters.

Mom's Birthday Yesterday was Mom's Birthday but she had the blue and gold banquet to do the night of her birthday so today we had her over for a Birthday dinner.   We had homemade potato soup in really yummy soup bowls I bought from the bakery in town.  They have sourdough bowls and they are yummy!  While i was at the bakery I picked up a darling sugar cooked shaped and frosted like a flower.  It was darling.  I figured that since mom didn't want a cake we could put a candle in her cookie and sing her happy birthday.   Of course half way through the day Bridgett found the cooked and squished it in the bag :(  I was really upset but mom said it was still cute. Grandma Wendel came to dinner tonight.  It was a good dinner and everyone had fun.  We gave mom a basket of stationary supplies.  I think she like it.  She needed address labels and we got her lots of other matching items to go with it.  All in all it was a go...

I    Bridgett  have has a new apron! A couple of weeks ago my good friend Marcee brought over a gift she had made me,  it was her first sewing project and I think she did amazing!  She picked out and elvis pattern and a daisy pattern,  my two favorite things.   This morning Aaron was leaving with Grandma Teetah to go build something down at Home Depot, and he had his little orange apron on all ready to go when Bridgett realized that she didn't have an apron.  So I made the mistake of putting my new apron on Bridgett so she did not feel left out.  Now several hours later she still has not let me take it off.... So now you know how it came to be that   I    Bridgett  have  has a new apron! Thank you Marcee I love it!  Even if I don't get to take my own turn wearing it just yet :)