We are mastering the art of homeschooling here.
Hallah's first catch of the season!
Showing the chicks a little love!
This photo is self explanatory!
Jumping on the tramp in the snow!
I've always been a sucker for lace. Steve and I took a trip to so. Cal and cleaned out his grandmas house. Everywhere, I mean everywhere there was lace. On the couches, on the beds, nightstands, tables everywhere you looked there was lace. I brought it home, washed it and hung it out to dry. A beautiful sight indeed!! The lace is amazing. With tears in my eyes I am packing it up and sending it to Steves mom to enjoy, so sad to see it go. 
How cute are these?? The tops flip down to a nice camo reveal.
Totally adorable rainboots from Hospice. What ? New ? Yes! Yes! Yes! my lovely darlings! Eat your heart out, you just are not visiting your local thriftshop often enough.
What? Another pair from Hospice! I tell you, I don't know why I would ever set foot in a mall.
A little too high, and a couple of scuffs but I have embraced them as my own!
Here we are, the hostesses, when it was all over, tired and pink! 
How cute Cheree and Gayle look in their proper attire (gloves included).
Rio trying to be the hostess with the mostess, not realizing that this was Oskars job!
Rio and Hallah made us some cinnamon buns for our Swedish St Lucia Day. They were delicious! They love this tradition. ( We even found a wreath for Hallahs doll at hospice.) If you look closely you can see the candles in their wreaths. They dont wear these wreaths long because they are so itchy. 
I cut out a new shape this year, the kids were very resistant. They like tradition.
This should be a requirement for Christmas holiday team building. I used to let the kids go wild, anything goes. But in my wisdom, I've decided it's too much work to have a shoddy lookin' shack. So now I make them plan it out a bit. 
Just as much gets eaten as goes onto the house!
When it snows, the state shuts down! With kids in 3 different schools, we had 2, 3, and 5, snow days! This is our last snow day. (we're tired of sledding at this point!)
Boones famous funnel cakes!
What is a snow day without hot cocoa!
Not a sled to be found in this place, so we're making do, sledding down on snowboards and boogie boards!
You would think that with almost a week of being snowed in, we would have time to crochet, sew and just get nice and rested. Wrong..... we just play, play, sled, eat, watch movies, go moonlight sledding, come in and make cookies at 11:oo p.m. We then pop some corn and watch more movies til the wee hours of the morning. Then wake up the next morning--totally exhausted.
I must say, this is the most beautiful place in the world!!!
I walked in Cole and Boones room and found a pleuthera of words to live by!! Cole and Boone (and Soren, of course) spent hours using the sharpies to write quotes all over their walls- (famous ones as well as their own.) So now when I need a little inspiration I will go and wander about their room (even as smelly and dirty as it gets.) I love what the boredom of summer inspires us to do!
I'm coming up. (One breast at a time)patience please
Lay back on the boat!
Oh yah!!!!
Who's your Mama boys!!!
