Reality check

Oh yes, I need to balance my love of snow storms with the reality of what it takes out of dear hubby... of course, the work of the snowblower does help! I should be sure to have a cup of hot chocolate awaiting... (fortunately it is not too cold outside!)

Oh the weather outside is frightful but the...

...fire is so delightful!

I just love a good storm!

And add a cup of tea or coffee and a good book... or a sudoku puzzle... a loving hubby...

Just some reasons why I love Minnesota!

Belated Birthday Chef John

Wally and I went to Eagan this weekend to celebrate John's 30th birthday - which was 6 weeks ago! It took that long for us to coordinate our schedules. We enjoyed a good time together. We spent Saturday touring some nice homes on the Parade of Homes and settled in that evening for take-out chinese food and a funny movie. Here is one of our birthday gifts for John - a chef hat! He is a good cook, by the way. Very gourmet - and for those of you with fussy eaters, take heart! This boy wouldn't eat anything with butter on it for years, never ate cheese...and didn't eat pizza until high school. Thank you John and Sara for a nice weekend together.

Valentine Honey

Happy Valentine's Day! Here is one of my 5 little Valentine Honey's - little Preston is now 8 months old. My other little honey's are Preston's sister Brooklyn, who is 4 and then Timothy (3 3/4), Luke (1 3/4) and Hannah (3/4)...

And did I mention there is going to be another little Valentine Honey? Adam and Andrea are expecting a baby in August. Now isn't that just lovely news?

Hugs to all my Valentine's!

Ready, Set, Go Bears!!!

Here we are ready for the SuperBowl.... Wally built a riser for another couch so we could all watch together! With great homemade soup, tasty bread and warm fellowship we will root on the BEARS. Afterall, they are representing our division.

MINUS 20??? !!

Okay, - 9 seemed worthy of a picture until this morning..... here is the outdoor temperature on our thermometer.... -20.6

That is WITHOUT the windchill factor. Who needs a windchill factor with air temperature like this??