The kids have been really enjoying the snow, especially since school was canceled for David on Thursday and Friday!

Esther, all bundled up.

David, digging like a dog, which they both find quite hilarious!

Luke enjoyed the “bundling up” process, but didn’t quite understand what was so great about the white stuff that was SOOO cold.    Mostly, he took advantage of the fact that he had the lego men(!!!) all to himself, and played quietly indoors.

Friday evening we headed to Auburn to spend the weekend.  Daddy has started doing a shift at an emergency clinic every Saturday night there, so we tagged along this time.  We planned to spend the night at Grandma S’s old house.  The only problem was this:

If you look closely, you can see the current temp is below 50 degrees inside.  This was what it was when we arrived, and an hour later, until we clued into the fact that the furnace was broken.

My genius and quite efficient method of heating the place up. 

Peter building a fire.(He’s throwing a paper ball in the pic)  I’m not sure why this didn’t keep us toasty warm…maybe because the fire burned hot and fast and we couldn’t find a vent to close to slow it down…so we were constantly putting more wood in thoughout the night to keep it around 60 degrees, which was a bit more bearable.

Enoch keeping warm.

Thankfully we were able to get the furnace repaired the next day, so Saturday evening was blissfully cozy.

On Saturday we headed to cousin Violet’s first birthday party.  Aunt RY made a yummy turkey dinner and cupcakes for dessert.

Violet seemed to enjoy the whole process.  What a cutie!

Here she is playing with one of her birthday presents.

And that wraps it up!

It’s good to be home again!  More beautiful snow is falling outside right now and since we don’t have to travel anywhere too far in the next few days, I say “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!”

My new adorable niece, Violet upon first arriving at the house.

Violet enjoying her Grandma R.

Violet enjoying the food.

Violet enjoying the hilarious old family videos…sorry about the blurriness…I was rushing to capture the smile and messed it up…..oh well, it’s still cute.

Violet dreaming happy dreams.

And now for some other pics:

Cousin Alex and Esther

Cousin Ethan, David and Uncle Unce S building some sort of motorcycle thingy.

Cousin Alex and Luke eating caramel corn.