Lately...

(Special thanks to Alisa my cousin!!!! For showing me how to collage my pictures! It makes blogging so much easier and I don't have a million running down my page!! So thank you so much Alisa!!)

Since we have been home from Colorado we have been trying to have fun so we won't miss Colorado too much. It has been freezing here in the Grove and raining like crazy so outside is a never! So I was folding clothes in my room and I heard Belle tell Cash that she was going to have a surprise camp out... Fabulous idea I thought. So we bundled up and decided to head to Target to see if we could find anything fun for the night. We got Valentines stuff instead and some hot dogs and camp food! That night when Daddy came home the kids were thrilled to start the camp out. Monkey is so sweet he acted so surprised!! We roasted turkey dogs, ate tons of fruit, and then we roasted marshmallows and told not scary scary stories in the dark. We also told stories about when Monkey and I were little and went camping! I taught them how to make homemade taffy that a girl taught me when I was little camping! Then we got Thomas the train... Cash's pick... and snuggled up and watched it together! These are my favorite nights! Nothing beats it! I hope they are cheesy like me when the are teenagers and still want to do this!

The weather was finally good for a bit... so we went to find a new park! And we found the most tiny little darling park! I can't wait to see it in the summer! I will be beautiful with all the flowers and huge leaves on that huge tree! The kids loved being outside. Everything they touched seemed like it was their first time! All I could hear was them laughing or giggling! Or screaming as the flew down the slides! Today's word was PEACEFUL! I felt so at peace about everything. I can't wait for more days like these. Belle and Monkey were playing hot lava monster on the basketball court. She did not get the concept of not to touch the green... but only the white lines for a while! But when she finally did grasp it she was on fire! She was a pro! She was so dramatic when she did fall into the lava! I love watching her! Cash just kept sliding... and laughing and giggling as he ran back to the slides! I am so grateful that through the rain we still get little glimpses here and there of the sun!!