If life were easy, It wouldn't be so much fun!: Snow Days

The new year has brought lots of changes for our family. Some good and some bad. We moved; the old house had mold and was making me sick. Yep, this is 9 houses in 9 1/2 yrs. But, we do love this house! Rufio moved in with my sister Bethany, this was a sad day for all of us, but better for him. Lastly, my little brother Johnny needed a place to stay for a while so he moved in with us.

This winter has been a lot colder then last winter. I'm not sure how long I will last here if this doesn't get warmer. But, we have been making the most of it. With the cold we have had snow and with the snow we have had lots of snow days. It has been fun having the kids around more.

There is a great sledding hill at the golf course down the street. We have been there a few times.

The second time we went there, some previous sledders had built a jump. Of course Marcus and Katie had to try it out. They were pretty proud of themselves when they could take the jump without letting go of the sled.

Jaxon loved going down the hill with me

One Saturday, we took Mark sledding with us. The hills had completely iced over, which turned the whole outing into a very bumpy adventure (that didn't stop my 4 big kids, Jaxon hung with me).

The snow days kept pushing back the 100th day of school, but the kids finally got to celebrate and I was invited to hang with Addy's class. Jax had more fun then all the kids because he kept sneaking the m&ms and other 100 candies.

With the first big snow, the kids and I went out and build a super big snowwoman. But, with each new snow, followed by rain, poor 'Olaf's girlfriend' started bending backwards and turned into a frozen mess.

Once we got sick of being outside we just enjoyed being inside.

There was a snow day the day before Valentine's Day. The kids prepped all their cards for their friends and classmates, and then were disappointed in the morning because school was canceled again on Valentines Day--no class party.