The Return of Frosty

Like everyone else in the country we have had some pretty cold weather this winter. 
This was our second really big snow - and much prettier than the first.  You know, the kind where the snow is really sticky and when you wake up every little branch and surface is covered with snow.  My favorite!

And good for making snowmen!

Dad helped and it was quite a success!  Complete with charcoal eyes a carrot nose and buttons!

 

(if you look close at Dakota's finger you may think that he he slit his finger to get the rosy cheek effect.  no worries though, he just didn't realize that red food coloring is so vicous!)

Yum (and a half!)

Spinach Pasta

(Thank you Krista - it was delicous!)

1 lb. multigrain pasta

2-4 cloves of garlic

4 oz. goat cheese (chevre - not feta)
6-8 oz. Cream cheese

1 1/2 t. salt

1 t. pepper

6-12 oz. spinach leaves (I used frozen spinach and it was fine)

2 T. parmesan

Half and Half (or cream, or milk) to taste

Cook pasta to al dente.  Then mix garlic, goat cheese, cream cheese, salt, pepper, and spinach leaves in food processor.  Ad milk until desired consistency and then mix with pasta.

SO SO YUMMY!

PS  -  Sorry you missed this Ben - we made it the afternoon you left, and it was even better than Cook-Out.

And that is saying a lot!

So Excited

that this is what our car and home will look like for the next few days!
Full of children that I love.


It's gonna rock!
(in who knows what ways but it will - i can promise that!)

Mr. Whiskers We Love You

But I'm not sure we should be responsible for you.

Last time you stayed with us you went missing for SIX HOURS!  I was a mess.

Keira told me that you just needed a little break and were walking around. 

She assured me that everything was fine.  You just needed some exercise.

Mr. Whiskers, in the future please use your ball for exercise instead of the vast openess of our home.

 

Second of all - I'm not so sure rodents should be at the table with us.

But thanks for all the smiles and giggles you provide ..... and for cleaning up breakfast.

We Have SNOW

Our winter stormhas come!  And left us with a few inhe of snow - and a little ice underneath!  So exciting until we reaized that our heater was done for - and that the ENTIRE city was litrally shut down. 

Still, good times to be had by all (especially since Ben was in town!)

Our neighbor let us borrow his dream sled from Poland - I'm thinking we need to make a trip there!

I love this pctre because you can see all the neighborhood kids playing out in the street.

 Church was cancelled on Sunday (so sad - hee hee), so we went to Aimee and Steve's house for some fun!

They have a great downhill driveway, that continues downhill to the edge of the forest.

Oh yes - and a warm house!

Yes kids, this is hat happens to your toys after you go to bed!

So the town shut down (really and truly - even REI......closed).

Then church was cancelled!

Of course no school on Monday - although it was in the high 30's.

No school on Tuesday.   I did however see a snowplow with the plow pointed in the wrong directon so that the snow piled up into he middle of the road!

No school on Wednesday - temperature now in the 40's with lots of sun!

2 Hour delay on Thursday. 

I think we might be back to normal by Friday!