So far behind

Hello, it's been a while! I've got a lot to catch up on! I guess the main even in the past week was Valentine's Day. Did you have a good one? We went away for the weekend. The whole family went to Big Cedar, just south of Branson, MO.  My bro, Ian was wrestling in Branson, so Mom also came down and stayed with us. Unfortunately, we missed his actual matches, but it was nice to go and support him anyway.  Now we're back home and trying to get back into the swing of things after a long weekend.  The kids were off on Monday for President's Day.  So far, so good.  I got up and went to pilates today - trying to get back into that habit AND work off some of that Valentine chocolate.  :)  Well, I've got a lot of pics to post to catch up on Project 365 - so I better just get started.  Last Sunday, I took pictures of all the Young Women at church for an upcoming event.  Most of the girls just stood against the bricks, but this one wanted some greenery.  I had been hoping for some greenery in the pics, too, but all the trees are still bare, and the only greenery to be seen were short bushes.  So, she knelt on the muddy ground to have the bushes behind her!  Of course that meant I had to get down low, too!This is one of my fave's - the sunset on our way home from Angel's dance class last Monday.  I took this from the car as we were stopped at a red light at an intersection.  I'm so glad there weren't many wires, etc. to get in the way.

Tuesday night was D's first Pinewood Derby.  His car wasn't the fastest, but he was very excited about the design.  He designed it after the Mach 5 from Speed Racer.

Here's a close up of the car that I took Wednesday morning.  Damian did his own painting, and we didn't have very good paint, so it was difficult.  I thought it was an excellent first car.  :)
I forgot to take a photo on Thurs., so here's 2 from Friday.  Of course it was Valentine party day at school.  Hubby was kind enough to stay home w/ the little munchkins so I could go help out with the parties.  In D's class, they got to decorate their own cookies.A's class had ice cream sundaes, and everyone got a unique Beanie Baby from the teacher.  A's is an anteater  named Ants.  She loves it - even slept with it (yes, I took a pic).
On Valentine's Day, we were at our condo at Big Cedar.  I had brought everyone's gifts, and stuff to make a special breakfast.  We had pink, heart shaped pancakes topped w/ strawberries and whipped cream.  We did some of the activities at the resort - paddle boats and mini-golf, swimming, and just had a nice day.
Sunday was our last day of our mini-vacation.  We played at the arcade, then took a scenic drive.  We found this nice spot for a photo, and Hubby took a pic (several) of the kids and me.  We went on to have lunch w/ friends in the area before heading home.  
Monday night, I gave the kids haircuts.  See how shaggy they had gotten? (above)  It took way longer than it should have to do D's hair.  I am not trained in hair styling.  I got started, doing what I'd watched others do countless times, finally decided to look up instructions on the internet (most of which included "plug in the clippers and go over the child's entire head until everything has been trimmed").  So I did a combo.  I clippered the lower half and blended that in with the top and left the top a little longer.  A just got her bangs trimmed.  She has layers cut in the back, and I am not even going to attempt that!  I know how picky I am that my layers are done right - I'm not about to ruin her beautiful hair.  So, here's the final outcome.  May not be perfect, but much better than a couple days ago.  :)

Whew - caught up with another week!  How many more left????