Youer than You

Addy's words

Here is a clip with some of Addy's new words and her playing with dOg. They are good buddies!

Happy Valentine's Day!

It is the day Sydney & Hayley have been looking forward to since Christmas. But Mother Nature threw a little wrench in cupid's plans by shooting us with snow and wind and cold temps. Enough that today is the first snow day of the year. School was canceled. Luckily they were happy to hear that I was sure their teachers would have their Valentine's Day party another day.

If you don't like the weather, stick around a minute- it'll change!

Wow, those words really ring true this time of year. WE were enjoying 40° temperatures all weekend through yesterday. Now today, with the windchill it is -22°. When I went to bed last night the clock we got for Christmas (thanks Dan & Mary) said it was 39° then when we got up it was 5°.

I was looking on one of the local news channels' website to see what they had to say about the "lovely" weather today and found out that South Dakota holds the record for the largest temperature swing ever recorded in North America.

It happened in Spearfish, on January 22, 1943. The temperature at 7:30 a.m. was –4°F. Suddenly, a blast of hot air hit, and two minutes later, the temperature had risen to 45°F, the fastest warmup ever recorded in the U.S. By 8:45 a.m., the temp reached 55°F — before plummeting back to 0°F 45 minutes later.

So I guess we really can say "if you don't like the weather, stick around a minute (or two) and it'll change!

The girls' bathroom

We have color now in THREE rooms in our house (sad huh). We painted the girls' bathroom this weekend a nice sunny yellow.

I am DYING at the poses the girls pick for these pictures.

We picked out paint for our bathroom too, but decided to wait to paint until we can buy a new light fixture.

More fun in the snow

The girls used the hill that formed from our shoveling to sled down. Actually it was more like Jeremy PUSHING them down the hill, but they still had fun.


Here is Addy out in the snow for the first time wearing a snow suit Grandpa & Grandma Mc bought Sydney when she was Addy's age.

Snow Day!

The forecast called for 3-5 inches of snow, but I think we ended up with 10-12 inches instead. It was above 10 degrees, so I sent Sydney & Hayley out to play (and burn off some energy).

Addy enjoyed watching from the window. As soon as the girls would look away she'd pound on the window for their attention. When they'd look she'd wave and laugh.

Hayley kept throwing more snow in the air to fall down on her.

Here is addy watching from the inside of our front door.

Sydney & Hayley on top of their snow pile. They were digging a tunnel under this for dOg to hide when he's outside.