Playing in the Snow and 7th Anniversary

These pictures are very unorganized as blogger wasn't cooperating while trying to upload pictures yesterday.. sorry.  We had a fun, last minute trip to Twin Lakes to see Grandma & Grandpa Mrnak this past weekend and play in the snow they got Thursday night! We were all very excited to get to sled and build a snowman, since we've only been sledding once this year and haven't had much snow by us.

Uncle Jon came to sled with us too so that was lots of fun; Hailey & Uncle Jon are walking up the hill after their sled down in this picture. (see-unorganized! oh well)

This one is after the guys and Taylor slid down this cliff.. the guys on their sleds and Taylor on her rear!

trying to climb back up

Taylor needed a little help! lol, cute anyway

Hailey was happy to just play in the snow and taste it while they played on the cliff

Grandma climbing up the steep hill

Aiden crashed on the way back from sledding so I laid him in the snow for a little while and we built a snowman :)  It was so warm out and he was snuggly in there, woke up the second I brought him inside. I should've stayed out there and let him sleep another half hour :P

Ben and I celebrated our 7th anniversary on Sunday and we headed to Lake Geneva out to eat and pictures on the beach. It was very nice!

Here's the sledding picture that should've been before the one of them walking up the hill :)

Aiden and Daddy going down, he loved it and said "weeeeeee" the whole way down every time and then a minute or so after that.. wanted to go again :)

Taylor and Jon

Grandma and Hailey warming up and playing games

We went to Gurnee Mills since Ben wanted to hit up bass pro shop, they were having some fishing extravaganza going on too. Aiden kept migrating to this fishing pole, he wanted it so badly. A little big for him yet! His Daddy is proud though, he can't wait to have a little fishing buddy.

checking out the fish at Bass Pro shop.

standing by the big giraffe by rainforest cafe.

oh, here's some more sledding pictures... lol. walking back to the house after sledding. Hailey, Grandma & Grandpa

Ben pulling Taylor back through the woods, pretty!

Aiden trying on his sock monkey hat, cute!

Aiden dove off the sled about 5 seconds after this picture, lol

Me and Aiden going down the hill

the cute little kids by the stone wall

Grandpa & Taylor

Grandma & Hailey

Thanks for letting us crash your weekend, Ben only wishes he could've snowmobiled but needs something fixed. 

First wiggly tooth!

Just a few pictures of what we've been up to the past couple of weeks.

Lots of playing of course and messes, since that's what kids do and they have fun making them :) Not so much cleaning them up but they are getting better at that part!

Here are the beautiful tulips I got for Valentine's Day :)

Taylor wanted to dress up for school one day last week just because.. also it was one of her friend's birthdays, not sure if that played into it at all ;)

Aiden loves stealing sips of my coffee, it was all gone at this point so I let him "drink" it himself.

yum!

Hailey got a new horsey like her sister's so she was purely delighted :)

this little stinker gets so excited when I catch him on the couch, he just giggles and giggles..lol

and he still likes helping me sweep!

Hailey has broke out a few spring dresses and now we just need some spring weather.. yes, I know it's still winter and we'll probably get a snow storm or two yet before actual spring!

love this :) cutie.

How big is Aiden?!

our 3 cute kiddos :)

This big girl has her first "wiggly" tooth! She is so proud!! and so are we, she is getting so grown up acting.. sometimes :P

sweet sisters

Bennett was so excited to see Ben home "early" yesterday.. early enough to play catch for a bit before his mom came!

Aiden's been walking around his "doggy" Applebee's balloon this morning..lol

:)

Love these kids.

Flooring Weekend

We finally decided to tackle the living room and kitchen floors with some laminate flooring, yay! Notice the rip in the hallway carpet, there were several of those in the hall and under this zebra carpet. We lived with it for 6 years almost so it was time!

Aiden helped Daddy take down gates and such to prepare for the new floor.

The living room before

 

The kids helped me put together a new organizer for the living room :)

Taylor had a Literacy program last week, they are cliffords :)

Ben and Dad starting the floor, Jr was cutting the wood in the garage. See my mom's blog for more pictures.

Us girls and Aiden snuck out for some fun and to get out of the way.. We went to funset Friday night, Monkey Joe's and a birthday party on Saturday!

Somewhere along the way Taylor picked up a stomach bug and got sick Saturday night/Sunday morning. She stayed home to rest Monday and is back at school today. Grandma Mrnak got sick but no one else so far, knock on wood!!

Aiden has been sweeping the floor every few hours since they finished, lol!

The living room after - need to rearrange pictures and put up my family collage I want

the hallway after

This little stinker knows how to climb on the couch now and thinks he's big stuff!! Thankfully he also knows how to get off the couch the right way.. still...

What are you doing!!?? :)  Lots of teeth! He has 4 all the way in on top and 2 on bottom, working on some others yet.  The girls didn't even have 1 tooth yet at his age.

I made these cupcakes for Taylor's V-Day party today, golden butter with milk chocolate frosting and candy hearts of course.

Sleeping beauties :)

Hailey wanted to buy me these roses when we were grocery shopping the other night :) Such a sweetie.. most of the time ;-)  Taylor took one to give to her teacher.

The kitchen after!