Welcome Spring---Wait, WHAT?

March 21st is the first day of Spring right? Well apparently Mother Nature got confused because she dumped a load of snow on us last night (March 21st). We woke up this morning (the 22nd) to about 4 inches of snow covering the ground. Considering only a week earlier it had been almost 80- it was crazy to see the world covered in white.

So, as strange and annoying as it was to have the weather turn cold just as I thought we were getting into Spring, we tried our best to make the most out of our snow day.
We loaded up and headed to my parent's house. They were at work but they had a sled at their house and we really wanted to go sledding, so we drove over there and played at their house all day.
(Don't worry, the roads were fine. Any chance our snow plows get, they plow the roads repeatedly...)

We actually had a really fun day in the snow. We went sledding, made a snowman and snow angels and had countless snowball fights. Halfway through our playtime, we went inside to warm up, dry our clothes and have some lunch. Just as our mac-n-cheese was done, Papa got home. We ate lunch and then headed back outside to play with him. My little nephew Clark came over too with his momma. The kids loved having Papa home. The sledding and snowball fights would have never ended if it wasn't for me eventually bribing the kids to come inside with warm chocolate chip cookies. Their little hands were so cold, but they were too busy playing to notice.

We had so much fun playing. After coming in and getting in warm clothes, we packed up and headed back to our house. The kids napped and then we watched a movie. Later that night we made "snow ice cream" with Daddy. That was a huge hit with the kiddos.

It was such a fun snow day. Here are some pics of our fun in the snow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So now that we've had our big snow storm, maybe we can move onto the nice weather that Spring usually promises us. So ready!

March and Such

I turned 26 last week and it seems so weird that I'm that old. For some reason 25 didn't seem that old, but 26 just sounds older. Luckily I feel the same, so I'm going to pretend I'm not getting older.

The weather was incredible last week. My kids were actually wearing shorts and everything. One day we just went outside and sat on a blanket and enjoyed the beautifully warm weather.

 This little face cracks me up!

 You can't tell in this picture, but Bailey loves me too.....really she does.

 Doesn't this just melt your heart. I just looked over and saw Tanner huggin on Bailey, just for fun! I LOVE my kids!

I had so much fun capturing my kids' sweet personalities. I'm so obsessed with pictures. I know its bad, but I can't help it.

 

Anyways, The weather was so nice that on Friday (my birthday) Chris took me to Silver Dollar City for the afternoon. It was just him and I and it was blissful. My mom watched our kids for a half day so Chris and I could spend some much need time together. We went to SDC and played until we were too tired and hungry to move. Then we went to "Red Lobster" and when they told us there was a 90 minute wait, we decided to head over to the outlet mall. We shopped during our wait time and made it back just in time for our table to be ready.  We literally stuffed ourselves on lobster, because it was "lobster fest" and then decided we should probably head home to relieve my mom.

But it was such an awesome day. My big present is a 3-day getaway with my best friend, Christie, in Springfield. We are going April 25-27th and I can hardly wait. Three whole days without kids or a husband. Just some girl time and we are going to run a 5K. It's going to be "legend-wait for it-dary!!!"

I'm also looking forward to many more fun days at Silver Dollar city and can't wait to have more beautiful weather!!! Comon Spring!

Herb Family Bowling League

After trying to go bowling twice at "Driftwood Lanes" in Mtn Home, we finally gave up on that stupid place and went over to Bull Shoals to go bowling.

The kids loved it and we all had a blast.

Bailey loved crawling on the wood floor and slipping every two seconds.

Bailey thinks she's so big holding her own bowling ball

Bailey was pretty much as good as her parents. Chris and I were painfully pathetic.

My little man ready to bowl.

I love this picture of Tanner waiting for his ball to come back.

Granny bowler!

Our pathetic scores. As you can see, Tanner wasn't that much worse than his parents.

We had alot of fun and we look forward to going back soon. The kids can't wait, but mostly because they really want to play the arcade games. haha. Either way, it was fun to have some family time together!

Valentine's Day Fun and Pics

To start with, here are the kids' valentine's day pics. I had so much fun taking these. I know they look ridiculous, but I can't help myself. Seriously- I can't resist these kids.

 

Oh and this is Bailey's "Please no more pictures" face. Priceless!

 Valentine's day was pretty low key this year. It was our year to stay in and that made planning it alot easier. Chris was actually off work and so I was able to spoil him all day long. However, he spoiled me too. I woke up to a beautiful pot of tullips and chocolates.

Here are Tanner's valentines. He LOVED them because they were star wars. Pretty cute.

Here are Bailey's valentine's this year. I love how the turned out.

My little sweethearts

 

For breakfast we had strawberry cream cheese crepes. So yummy! Even the kids enjoyed it.

 Then later we had preschool and our little preschool valentine's day party.
After preschool was over, we loaded up with Daddy and delivered valentines to Tanner's little girlfriends and a couple of Bailey's friends.

Then we ate a delicious lunch at "TaDa's Cafe". The kids were holy terrors but the food was good.
After lunch we went to visit Nanny and Papa and delivered their valentines. Then it was home for naps.

After naps we played outside and gave the kids their little valentine's day gifts. Tanner got a frisbee and Bailey got a little dolly. (She's super into dolls right now.)

 

Then we made Daddy a nice big steak dinner. It was delicious and we had salad, 4 cheese pasta and garlic bread. Then it was time for cake. I made a red velvet cheesecake poke cake.

Baths were without a doubt necessary after that and then the kids went to bed. Chris and I finished the night with a movie and it was a great valentine's day. Laid back and easy. And tons cheaper than going out. Hope everyone had a great valentine's day!