Wordless Wednesday: Valentine's Day (just a little late)

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Just a quick addition to my WW post:

Eli is having tubes put in tomorrow morning bright and early, so if you would, please say a little prayer for Eli and his doctors and nurses! I am feeling very comfortable with the surgery, and I am hopeful that this will help his little ears feel better. He has been battling ear infections since this summer, and I am a little worried that his hearing and speech may have been affected. We will be doing a follow up hearing test after the surgery to check. But for tomorrow, we are just praying for a quick, easy, and successful surgery! Thanks in advance for your prayers:)

I Heart Faces: Hands-On Fun

I haven't entered an i heart faces contest in a while. Mainly because I either haven't had a picture that fit the theme or I knew that my picture wasn't up to par with all the great pics that get submitted ever week. This week was different though.As soon as I saw the theme I knew I had a great picture to submit.

I took this picture last summer while the boys were outside playing, just being boys. This is Henry showing off some seeds that he found! I love you can see every crease and wrinkle in his hand and I love the blurred waterhose in the background too:)

Go check out i heart faces this week and see all the great Hands-On Fun pictures!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
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I did NOT act like a kid in a candy store when I walked into Target and saw that their dollar section stuff was 75% off! I did NOT get excited because of all the pretty good dollar items that only cost 25 cents! I did NOT end up leaving with four bags full of stuff that I only spent a little over $20 on:)

We did NOT have an awesome time on our mini vacation that we got back from on Wednesday of last week. We have NOT been back for almost five days, and there is NOT still a huge pile of vacation laundry sitting in the breakfast room waiting for my attention. I have NOT been simply ignoring the dirty clothes until I know the boys are completely out of clean underwear, pants, and school uniforms! I am NOT so lazy that I just let the laundry go until the VERY LAST minute:)

What have you NOT been up to this week?

Things I Learned on Vacation

1. Driving down a snowy mountain road is beautiful and a little scary.

2. Snow tubing is a TON of fun.3. Grant is a typical goofy middle child:) 4. Eli is an adorable snow bunny...red cheeks and all!5. My boys are growing up and doing a lot more without help from Mom or Dad.6. Well, some of them:) 7. Someone always has to go to the bathroom and/or get their diaper changed.

8. Playing in the snow makes you very, very, very tired!9. Pushing a stroller in the snow is actually not as hard as you would think!

10. Riding up is much easier than skiing up or walking up. 11. Eli is an adorable snow bunny!

12. Always take a change of clothes for your kiddos. Ski pants are made to go OVER regular pants...they are not a very good substitute for regular pants.

13. Snowflakes and camera lens don't always get along!

14. Eli is the easiest child to take a picture with because it is hard for him to run away while you are holding him! 15. We are going to have some very interesting video footage. {That is Jason on the left videoing Henry and Grant coming down the hill.}16. I take way too many pictures.

17. Henry got pretty good in just three hours of skiing.18.Grant will sometimes be sweet and pose for pictures.

19. It is nearly impossible to get everyone to look at the camera!20. Nine hours in the car with three little kids is about eight hours too long. Thank goodness for DVDs!

21. I LOVE vacation!

Sneak Peek

We are on vacation this week. So far we have explored Asheville and played in what little bit of snow is still on the ground here.

The view of the North Carolina mountains from our hotel. Playing in the snow near the {closed} Blue Ridge Parkway. Eli sampling the yummy snow:)

All suited up and trying to stay warm!
Tomorrow we are heading to a ski resort to try some tubing and skiing!

Happy Valentine's Day!

SNOW DAY!

UPDATE: IT IS SNOWING:)

School is cancelled today.

Our first {that I can remember} ever SNOW DAY!

Yesterday the weather was promising us 2-4 inches of snow....it was supposed to snow here from about 8 am until noon.

That is a big deal, when we haven't seen snow here in at least 12 years.

But guess what we woke up to?!?

YEP!

Lots of cold and rain, but NO snow!

The forecast has officially changed to just rain, with the chance of {one} flurry around noon today!

The boys are a little disappointed.

Grant said, "I thought we were going to wake up when it was snowing?"

The worst part of it, is that there is snow about an hour north of us....but for some reason it just won't come down far enough south to blanket us with a little bit of the fun white stuff!

So I guess we will be spending our SNOW DAY {with no snow} watching cartoons and packing for our vacation.

At least I know for sure that we will see snow in North Carolina....even if it is made by a machine at the ski resort:)

Henry's Lunch

This was one of Henry's homework assignments last week. He had to write the sentence and illustrate it. He was very specific about what he had eaten for lunch that day. He even included his sandwich holder and the ziplock bag his carrots were in! I added the labels, just in case you aren't quite sure what everything is!

Henry's Drawing:

Henry's actually lunch: What do your kiddos normally eat for lunch?!?

Wordless Wednesday: Sweet Treats Are Good To Eat