Snow Day Fun

We got lots and lots of snow on Sunday.  Everything we had scheduled was cancelled and we enjoyed a fun afternoon playing in the snow.  

After lunch Ava, Anne and I took a walk around the neighborhood.  Isn't the snow beautiful?

 

 

 

 

We met our neighbors at the CC for sledding.  The CC has the best sledding paths and we spent hours going down the hills.

 

 

Our little neighbor N built a snow fort which I thought was so cute.  

 

I love any day I can spend outside with the people I love!  It was a great day.

Xoxo

Crafty Wednesday {Snow flake garland}

I love crafting and being creative so every Wednesday I am going to share a craft project that I have done.  I hope it inspires you to be crafty too :) I A few weeks ago after I took down Christmas I wanted something festive and cute in our dining room.  I thought a snowflake garland would be perfect.

Here is my finished product.  I love how it turned out!




I used my silhouette vinyl cutting machine to make perfect snowflakes.  Folding paper and cutting snowflakes like we did in grade school would totally work too!  You just want a variety of shapes in your garland to give it some depth and interest.  



After you cut out your snowflakes you want to use jute ribbon to thread your snowflakes.  I got my jute ribbon in the craft section at Walmart.

 

 Thread all of your snowflakes on your jute ribbon. 

and hang up and enjoy!  It's a simple project and will add a touch of whimsy to your winter decor.  

 

 Happy crafting friends!
xoxo

Winter Storm Watch!

Tonight-Saturday night our area is under a winter storm watch!  It is SO cold here, it has snowed a little bit all day long.  It isn't sticking thank goodness, I just can't believe that it is ALREADY snowing, it's not even Halloween yet!  Graig was talking to some of the other baseball coaches tonight on the phone and they were talking about cancelling the baseball games scheduled for Satuday because of SNOW!  If that happens that will be a first for Brock!

When I came home for lunch today I had a TON of magazines in my mailbox, this month they all came at once.  I can't wait to read all of these over the weekend, especially if it is snowy and yucky out I will just want to stay home and relax.  I wanted a picture of all of the magazines so Ava put them all out and displayed them and took a picture of them with my iphone. 

Speaking of Ava she had a field trip today.  They visited a farm so she had to dress really warm, I love this outfit she picked out, she is such a cutie pie!

I am so glad tomorrow is Friday, we are looking forward to the weekend!!

Winter Snow!

Today we had our first big winter snow storm! I love when it snows so today was a fun day. Brock and Ava got out of school at noon and so we went home early and had a relaxing afternoon. Brock and our neighbor Joe decided to go to around our neighborhood to see if anyone wanted their driveways shoveled. He made $10, he was so happy! He takes after Graig so much, he loves making money. (ha!) He is going to go out again tomorrow morning!

While Graig was shoveling Ava and I went outside to see all the snow!

Ava making a snow angel

Look at all the snow coming down!