More of what we did over our break!

Let me take you on a tour of the kid's snow fort. Of course, the snow is gone now (I actually think it all went into my friend's newly finished basement...sorry Mary O.) but while it was here...Andy (my first child) made an awesome snow fort for the kids. Check it out!




My kids are big fans of the show "MythBusters" and when Santa found this little gadget, I guess he thought that my kids just had to have it. It was a big hit!



The fun is now over...Mags just left to go back to school.

Family ski day!

Andy took the day off yesterday so we could take the kids skiing before school starts back up tomorrow! We went to a little hill in northern Illinois, only about 1 1/2 away. Not a lot a people (the kids up there are already back to school) and a nice sunny day. Maggie and Max both went down blue diamond hills and Maggie even went down part of a black diamond. WOW! The kids had a blast.

We started on the little bunny hill and rode the magic carpet up to the top!

You can check them out here!

By the end of the day...Mags was doing jumps! Way to go girlie!

What we've been doing....

over our Christmas break.

Andy did a little sewing! (More on that later!) Can't wait to hear the comments from Tim!

Visited old friends....no pun intended...but this sweet lady will turn 99 in March. She was our neighbor in our first house, and it's been too long since we've seen her. She is such a delight and sharp as a tack! We will be seeing her again soon!

We spent New Year's Eve with friends (and kids) for our 2nd annual trip to a total dive restaurant, where we ate great salad, greasy onion rings and yummy pizza. We then went back to our friends house and played a few games and laughed a lot at the kids new fart machine. Thanks Aunt Jodi!

Both big boys grew out the facial hair over the break. I guess that's a manly thing to do!

We went roller skating a few times....I was along for this trip taking a few pictures!

We also have been working on this monster. A 1000 piece puzzle is taking over my living room, and I have wasted spent way too much time on it!

Oh, yeah...we also made a volcano. I had to stay away, as I was sure it was going to make a huge mess. They (Andy) promised to clean up...so I was able to snap a few pictures!

Oh the fun we have had! Andy is back to work today, the kiddos and I get a few more days at home. But getting back to a regular routine is high on my list of things to do.
But the memories we have created will continue for a lifetime!