Snow!!!

We got a bunch of snow on Feb 13-14th. It was a lot more than we expected and we had a lot of fun playing in it!

Kenzie was in the snow as soon as she could on Saturday. She went by the pond and was throwing snow at it.

So much snow!

Kenzie and Jordan

The snow was so powdery that they couldn't make a big snowman easily. Kenzie made this little guy.

Sleeping in their snow beds.

Jordan was so excited to use his snowball maker. It worked really well. 

Doug snuck up on Kenzie and tackled her.

Doug played football with the kids.

The snow was so powdery that it got into the shed even with the doors closed. That's never happened before.

Kenzie made another snowbed.

They were playing tackle football.

The powdery snow also got in between the screen and glass. It also got into the crawl spaces so Doug went in there and cleaned it up.

It was also pretty windy when it was snowing so there were places that were really deep and some that had barely any snow. This is next to our neighbors house. There was a really deep pile at the bottom of the steps next to the fence. We did notice after the snow melted that there was a bucket there that helped to make it taller.

Doug and Kenzie making snow angels.

It was so deep in some places!

Doug and the kids went sledding and snowboarding down the road. A few neighbors came out, but we were surprised at how few neighbors played in the snow. Most of the yards didn't even have footprints in them.

Jackson

Jordan

Jackson

Jordan

Coleman stopping for a snack.

Doug shoveling the snow.

Kenzie made a tiny snowman.

More tackle football.

They were able to make a snowman with Doug's help and by using a shovel.

Jordan

Kenzie and I went on a walk around the neighborhood and found another hill to sled on. 

She went lot of times trying to go over a little jump we made at the bottom of the hill. I ended up needing to push her, but she finally did it.

Jordan was with us for a little bit.

She found a long icicle.

Super Bowl and Konrad's Birthday

We went to the Crabtree's house to watch the super bowl and celebrate Konrad's birthday. We had yummy food and a great time!

We brought a huge present for Konrad...

4 boxes of Mt. Dew!

Craft Time

Kenzie and Coleman participated in a craft zoom activity put on by the relief society. It was a Valentine's Day decoration. This is Kenzie's, but they both turned out so cute!

 

The Zoo!

We went to the zoo last week! It was so fun to be out on a field trip again. It was our first time in Seattle in over a year. I don't even remember the last time we went there. Usually we go every couple months to the Science Center or the Mariners' games or a play or something else. We had to pay more for parking than we used to. And we had to follow the signs around the zoo. We couldn't go in whichever direction we wanted. We missed seeing the tigers and sun bears because we missed the path and couldn't back without going around the zoo again or breaking the rules. We also had to wait in lines sometimes to see the animals. And we couldn't stay at the animals as long as we wanted sometimes because other people came and we had to be polite and let them have a look. Because of this (and because all the play areas were closed) we were only there about 2 and a half hours. That zoo usually takes us at least 4-5 hours to see everything. And there was only a tiny amount of traffic so we got there and back much faster than we ever have before.

The jaguar was right up by the glass.

Look at the savannah.

The lioness. Kenzie wanted me to take a picture and send it to Kenzie.

The orangutan was really entertaining. He went into the outside part of his habitat and started collecting blankets and putting them over himself.

This is him. After he walked to the other side, he just laid down and we decided most people didn't even know he was there, they probably just thought he was a rock with blankets on him.

Kenzie and the wolf.

Coleman and the wolf. He wanted his picture without his mask on :)

Sunday Funday

Jordan was supposed to wear a white shirt and tie for his young men meeting last week.

Cam stayed with us Saturday-Sunday. We love having her here!

Sam and Alli came over for dinner (Ash and Konrad were out of town). After a exciting game of Balderdash (I'm really horrible at Balderdash, I lose by a lot every time) we went down stairs to see the dance the little kids made up. It was to the Duck Song and some acting in it too. 

The finale

Then these kids decided to do the Monroe dance. They all remembered it really well. It was fun to see again:) When they did it in Monroe, Jordan was shorter than Sam, but now he's taller(even if he doesn't look it in this picture... he's actually taller than me now too! (and I'm still taller than Sam, although she seemed to be getting closer. Hopefully she doesn't get any taller. I'd like to keep hold of the title for the tallest female in the family)). He's really sprouted over the last couple months!

Then these two put on an interesting play which involved block food and temper tantrums.

Quixx

We've been playing a lot of Quixx lately.

Jordan laminated some of our sheets because we were almost out. They work great!

I was the first to get 12 in was section! We were really excited. I also have the record for the highest and lowest scores :)

A few days later Coleman got 12 in one row too!