January and February

The more it snows, the more Mt. Crumpit (the snow plow pile in front on our house) grows.

The kids have been pretty fond of the snow. The cold, not as much.

To get away form the cold, James and I went to visit the Middle East (Hi Brenda!!). The science museum was having a really cool exhibit about 'The Silk Road'. I learned so much!

 Christian and I went to the science museum for a work party. It was fun to go to the museum without kids and the food was really good. Not to mention I had a pretty cute date!

We got the kids a dresser from Ikea. Poor James had never had a dresser, just a fabric stacker in the closet. This one is big enough for all the kids clothes, even sweatshirts! James loves having drawers of his own.

I let the kids take apart the old dresser. 

 James was apparently so excited about the new dresser, he tried to sleep closer to it.

Speaking of new things, a friend gave Kate a pair of hand-me-down boots. James decided that since she got new boots, he got to wear her pink snow boots. He wore them everywhere for about a week. Then he decided to switch to firefighter rain boots. 

 There were days it wasn't snowy. A friend invited us to Star K Ranch. They have a class about nature and then all the kids go on a hike. It was so fun!

We also had some beautiful park days.

There was one day that was even so nice we went out to ice cream in short sleeves! Denver weather is so fickle, but I enjoy it.

We drove up to Boulder and went to a Utah basketball game. 

When we walked in and saw the court, James let out a loud, "WOWWWWWWW!!!!!"

Kate has been making all sorts of art projects. One of my favorites was this robot costume.

Right after Valentine's, Christian got ridiculously sick. He had me scared there for a while! It turned out to be strep. After about a 5 days and some antibiotics, he finally started to feel better. While he was sick he kept falling asleep sitting up.

Kate's school did a 'for the love of engineering' day. The director made sure that James got a chance to play with them to. I love how she looks out for the little guys.

This is a building the high schoolers made.

One of the moms from Kate's school put together a chess club for the kids. There were about 15 kids there. Kate was the youngest playing, but she held her own!

Finally, Kate and James went to the most adorable tea party and their friend Ana's house for her birthday. They came home with these hats. Aren't they cute?