Valentine's Day Party!

I threw a Valentine's Day party and invited over some friends! They have 7 kids in their family, 6 girls and one boy, ages 5-13! So we had thirteen children from ages 2-15! Of course with 13 children and lots of food, fun, and games there are plenty of opportunities to take pictures! We had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...cut into heart shapes, cherry Jello made in a heart shape mold, strawberry smoothies with bits of chocolate sprinkled on top, and pretzels...the kids said the pretzels were close to heart shaped! We played Valentine's Bingo and gave away prizes to the winner. (Then everyone that did not win got to pick something out of the bag when we were done with the game.) We also made candy necklaces, decorated bags, and exchanged Valentine's cards! The kids and I had a blast!
All of the kids loved that balloons! Surprisingly there was enough balloons that did not get popped at the end of the party that our friends were each able to take one home.

My tablescape!






He decorated his and baby girl's bag!
She was reaching for candy pieces! She can snatch the candy pieces lightning fast!
YUM!! She totally knows how to eat a candy necklace!

Reading their Valentine's cards!

Making candy necklaces!
Decorating their bags!

My beautiful daughter is 6 years old!

Baby girl loved the strawberry ice cream cone cakes!

Baby girl is 2 years old!

We celebrated by having cake and ice cream at my mom's house.

Zombie Face!

My 8 yo calls this his Zombie Face!

He used his Zombie Face to scare his sisters and they were so scared their hair stood up!

I think the smile on her face says she was having fun and was not scared! LOL!

They were actually having fun with the fan from the bounce around! Even baby girl thought it was fun!

Wild Haired Child!

Baby girl is totally going through a wild hair stage! It is so fine that it just sticks up and has a mind of its own!
I think her hair is having a party in this picture!

Snow day!

I think we ended up with two feet of snow up here on the hill! This is my 11 yo standing by the hot tub right outside my bedroom window.
The snow on the van is just from last night after I got home at 6PM. This is 13 yo sitting in the snow drift in front of the van.
This drift over the garage roof is huge and looks like a strong wind would make it all come down!


13 yo was trying to knock all of the overhanging snow down!
5 yo DD is standing up in the drift! It is up to her waist!

11 yo nearly disappeared when he laid down!
11 yo standing in the snow!! It is only a few inches from his hands!

First Deer!

Major celebrating going on in our house tonight! My oldest got his first deer! He shot a 10 point buck with a bow! The neighbor said it was 13 points but I was not counting little nubs...I know I am a mean mom!

I am super proud of him!

My oldest with the neighbor who has been helping him and taking him out hunting.

Loved and Missed!

Please pray for my mom and family because my step dad has gone to be with Jesus today! He is the only dad I have ever known! He will be loved and missed!