A Sunny Day!!

We had a very sunny day here on saturday so we took the kids to the lake. They love to go and explore and to throw rocks into the water. Mommy loves to take her camera. Here are a few pictures I took. They are not in the correct order on the blog, though. The last thing that happened was that my sweet Philip fell head first (of course) and got his face in the water. He's such a little trooper. He didn't cry at all. The only crying he did was when we took his shoes off and put him in the van to go bye-bye. He absolutely did not want to go home!!

We woke up to quite a bit of snow on friday morning. I had to go to work and Madeline had to go to school. So, Daddy made a snowlady for Susanna and Philip. They of course watched from the window and then got to go outside to see the finished product and to help dress her. And THEN daddy let Susanna make snow ice cream!! :) The last picture is kinda funny...I guess I put up my "Welcome Spring" decorations too soon...but I'm SO TIRED of this winter!! :)

Ice Skating

The girls have recently discovered ice skating! They had a "Daddy Daughter Date" the other night with church and went ice skating and to dinner at Primo's. Madeline LOVED ice skating so much she convinced her daddy to take her back! This time, Susanna put skates on too. I think they both really enjoyed it. Philip and I had fun watching them from the side of the rink :)

I took the girls to see The Wizard of Oz at the Civic Center on Saturday night. We all loved it. The show was great - it held the girl's attention and it was very entertaining. We had 8:00pm tickets, though, so that was a little too late. I was very tired by the end of it. The other shows were all sold out, though, so I didnt have much of a choice. I was a little upset by how high our tickets were - we were in the Mezzanine section. I thought I had bough seats lower. Especially for the price - the should've been lower. But we could see, so that was good. I wanted to take pictures of the show but there was not a single flash from the camera during the entire show. I couldn't believe it. So, I only took these two pictures before the show. Anyway, we had a lot of fun!

One of the Coolest Birthday Parties Ever!!

We took the kids to a birthday party on saturday. Logen (My cousin Christy's daughter) was having her 11th birthday party. They had someone from Extreme Animals come and bring 7 of their animals. The demonstrator showed off each animal, talked about them and let each of the kids pet or hold the animal. It was very neat. The kids LOVED it. Even Philip. Susanna was a bit nervous of the snake - but not Madeline or Philip. I'm thinking we may have to have one of these parties in the future!!

Facebook Withdrawals??

So, on a whim I decided to give up Facebook for 40 days. For Lent. No, I'm not Catholic. I was talking to my best pal Stefanie and she said she had given up Dr. Pepper for Lent. I thought - "I could give up FB!!!" So, I decided and that was that. I had been feeling a little disenchanted with FB and the feeling I had to check it everyday - multiple times a day. I just had a weird feeling - can't really explain it. Plus, I felt like it was a little impersonal and voyeuristic (Sp?) Anyway, now I feel left out. I'm out of the social loop. I don't know what's going on with anyone. I haven't seen an status updates, new pictures or even been tagged in a photo. So, I feel like a kid who wasn't invited to the birthday party or something. That sounds silly, doesn't it? Anyway - maybe this is a good thing. Maybe I was too dependent on a machine to keep me in touch with the people who are important to me. I will say, I absolutely miss seeing everyone's pictures. Since the discovery of Facebook people have stopped blogging. Even me. My last post was in Aug. And those of you who faithfully once blogged - you know who you are -when was your last update? Probably months ago like me. I mean, why post your pics in TWO places on line? So, I guess until Easter I will be using my blog as my social outlet. I wonder who even still checks these things?? If you're my friend and you're reading this, post something in the comments. Just so I know you're out there. I have some new pictures of my own to post. But not now. Later. I have to get ready for church now. And go break up the fighting amongst my three kiddos. Yep. Philip has reached the stage where he is invading Madeline and Susanna's playtime. He's taking their toys from him. Now I have three kids who fuss at each other. The noise factor around here is about to increase ;)