Ice Day!

There is nothing like a good snow day! The kids just relax and take it as a gift! What a treat to get up and see the world blanketed in snow...and to know you can spend the entire day in your pajamas! But we don't get ice days as often...so they are extra fun! The boys loved finding the biggest ice sickles ...then eating them!

 Skating on the driveway ....as it was a solid sheet of ice, was oodles of fun until we had a fall or two...

Sliding down the driveways..giggling the whole time...over and over again!

The boys had the best ice day...the girls did too...they enjoyed making cookies in the warmth of the kitchen and watching the fun from the windows!

The backyard magic!

Oh how I adore our back yard...even with the kids still so little the memories that we have made out there are plentiful and beautiful! Today after school the boys played soccer with Braden and Ben and the backyard was filled with laughter!  I had so much to do but I was drawn to the sound of these happy, wonderful boys...so I grabbed my camera and sat and watched them for a while...lucky to be there...to be surrounded by childhood bliss! Just look at these faces!

A new member...

Tonight we had all settled down for the night...clean kids and babies and the smell of lotion lingered in the air. The children had gone downstairs for just a few more minutes of play before bed time. It was then that out the basement window they saw Ben trying to learn to ride his bike...down the same grassy hill in the Dowdy's back yard where the older court kids had gone before...Ashton, Riggs, Sarah Riley, Rollins...and now Ben. The boys were so excited for him and off they ran to get their bikes and join him to support and encourage their buddy...and it was late...and they were clean...but your buddy only learns to ride his bike once...and this was the start of a new adventure with Ben...he would now be a court bike buddy.


We stayed outside until Ben got it...and we all were proud of him!

So with dirty feet and a new member of the court kid bike club the kids sat on the curb and had a celebratory drink and then we all came in...put another memory in the Zermatt Court memory book!

I am so happy my children care about their friends and are happy to love and support them!