All our recent goings on...

I have been feeling like I don't have any cute Valentine's Day decorations, so I decided to fix the problem. I started with some paper crafting. I made the LOVE banner to hang on the walls.
I also found some cute picture frames in the Dollar section at Target, and added a little somethin, somthin to spruce them up. I'm happy with the results, and all three projects only cost me $2.50 since I used scraps I already had.

The wooden hearts my mom gave to me years ago and I never decorated. I found them in my craft bin during last weeks snow days, and Addie and I got to work. I painted the blue and light pink one. Addie painted the bright pink one. She did a pretty good job at it, only made a minimal paint mess. I used some foam stamps and black paint I had on hand to cute them up, and added the sparkly pink ribbon to Addie's. I love a free project!

Now this here is Elmer. The new addition to our family. We found him as a stray out at Jason's parents house this Christmas. He is a German Short hair Pointer, and a super sweet dog. We checked with the local pound to see if anyone was looking for him, and Jason took him to our local animal shelter to check for a microchip. No on both accounts, so I guess that means he's ours. Well, Jason's really. He follows Jason around like well, a lost puppy! He waits at the front window for Jason to come home from work, and whines every time Jason leaves. Except for his propensity to run away he is a great dog. We have had to chase him down 3 times now, but recently found out he will come home when he is good and ready. All we have to do is leave the front door open, and when his is done with his run, he comes right in. The girls, and our other dog Penny just love him.

We have recently been having some crazy winter weather out here in Texas. Last week we had 4, yes that's right 4, snow days in a row. It actually worked out well for us since the kids were sick for most of the week and didn't end up missing any school. But that also meant that Emilie was the only one to really enjoy the snow. On the last day, Friday, she and I finally left the house to do some picture taking.

Emilie took this one of me. Not too bad for her first time using the "big" camera.