Our weekend started out great with Friday Family Fun Night.
The kiddos were geared up for pizza and a movie but poor Lukey didn't quite make it . . .
The little guy zonked while snuggling Mommy on the couch, and slept right through to the morning!
The bigs, however, loved watching a Care Bear movie :-)
Saturday was fabulous and so much fun!
We started out that morning at the Y for Alli's swim lessons and Eli's sports class.
Before we left home, Alli asked us to bring swim suits for everyone and we did.
After their lessons were over, all five of us had a blast swimming for an hour.
It's amazing to see how much the bigs are learning and Luke, though hesitant at first,
was jumping in and wiggling all over by the end of our pool time.
We went to Costco for lunch before heading home for naps and reading.
After dinner, we decided to go to Ducky Gramma and Papa's house to see their new kitchen.
It is GORGEOUS!!!! WOW!!!
We were there under two hours but when we went to leave, we saw it was snowing.
No big deal, we have All Wheel Drive ~ HA!
We couldn't get home. Our neighborhood is up a hill no matter which way you go.
We tried every way but no dice. It was a mess and cars were everywhere on the road.
Alli was terrified, so we said lots of prayers and sang "When I am afraid, I will trust in God"
We also called Barbie Pop Pop, who assured our frightened girl that he would come get us if necessary in his huge four wheel truck. That helped a little.
We were finally able to make it back to Ducky Gramma and Papa's house,
where we all stayed the night. We were so grateful to have family to joyfully take us in.
Thank you so much Mom and Dad. We love and appreciate you to pieces!!!!
We finally made it home around 8am this morning. Roads were still challenging, many cars lined both sides of the road and two of the three roads to get to our neighborhood were closed.
Kiddos were so excited to put on their snowsuits and play, so we did.
They had so much fun on their new sleds from Barbie Gramma ~ they were awesome!
Alli especially loved it when Mommy ran up and down the street pulling her :-)
The also learned the fun of a snowball fight . . .
Mommy and Daddy may have had better aim but the kiddos sure were good at sneak attacks!
They tried to build a snowman but the snow was still too powdery.
Luckily, after church, the snow was perfect for building a snowman, and the bigs did just that.
Actually, they build a "Snow Princess" complete with Tootsie Pop eyes and a sucker nose :-)
A & E played outside for over an hour and giggled nonstop.
Sliding in the snow is apparently loads of fun . . .
As is making snow angels.
Poor Lukey missed this snow playtime as he crashed during the 5 minute drive home from church,
and didn't wake up until the bigs had come inside and were enjoying a late lunch.
He didn't seem to care too much about missing out and just enjoyed looking at the snowman.
Given that it was a cold day, we decided to watch another family movie ~
the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
The kiddos LOVED it, calling it the candy movie.
We were thrilled when they were pointing out the rotten "inappropriate" behavior of the
golden ticket children, especially Veruka Salt, thank goodness they didn't think it was okay.
Lukey though the Oompa Loompas were the funniest ever and kept singing the song :-)
Our fun weekend wore them out and they crashed hard tonight, very early.
The snow is melting and life will go back to busyness tomorrow, but it was a perfect family weekend.
