Crazy Love Gamble-Style

I know I haven't been blogging much.  I'm having camera issues and life has just been a bit busy.  So here I am, back with a phone photo catch-up...We are currently in Government Camp, on Spring Break.  These pictures start today and go back to the last update... This morning Ava looked outside and saw nothing but snow.  She decided she was going to ski down the driveway.  No one else was interested in going out there, but we were all thrilled to watch her from the warmth of the indoors, through the window.  She got all geared up, all on her own, grabbed her skis and started the hike up the long driveway.  When she had made it about three quarters of the way up she jumped off the road into someone's driveway, we all tried to see why she had done that, wondering if there was a car coming or something, as there is rarely traffic on this road.  Sure enough, the very worst kind of car was coming, the snow plow!!  He breezed down and shov...

Valentines Day can be a little over the top sometimes, you know?   Just ask our local Dollar Tree, I've never seen so many balloons in one place in my life.  The entire ceiling was covered!  I couldn't get them all in this picture, crazy! We tend to keep things simple around here, nice low expectations from the kids... They are just as excited to come out and see this as they would be a huge basket full of stuff.   I made my mom these healthy ginger bread hearts .  I love them too, so I may of eaten a few... The girls enjoyed reading their cards and eating a few chocolates before breakfast.   They are  so sweet!  We attended a little surprise party for my friend Heather, then we headed to the mountain to spend the weekend celebrating grandpa John's retirement & birthday. We laughed when we arrived and found this.  Apparently they had asked Jeff to open the cupboards so the pipes woul...

We had a really great day today (Monday)!  They announced Sunday that Ava's school would remain closed so I knew we needed to get out of the house.  I wasn't quite ready to drive my car since our road hadn't melted much but I was determined to get us the heck out.   First I assembled the bike trailer stroller, thinking the girls could cozy up inside with blankets while I pushed them through the snow.  I only made it a few feet before I realized this was. not. happening.  So out they went and I grabbed the good old Bob stroller.  It was brilliant in the deep slushy terrain.  This meant Ava had to walk but she said that it really was for the best since her new jeans weren't really good for sitting.   I guess they are a little stiff, ha ha.    I was worried if we didn't leave, this may be how they spent their day.    They were pretty excited when I announced we'd be going to visit our friends.   I was im...