"Smoke on the Water"

We have been doing some videoing of Samuel on his guitar for his guitar teacher and today he wanted to play one of his songs for "the blog". He learned the beginning of Smoke on the Water last week:

Another snow storm last week, Thursday of this week will be 77!

Well, we had more snow and another 3 days off of school and now this week they are expecting spring time weather...
We continued to have fun and look forward to some time outside without quadruple layers on!

Our snowman, kind of short and dumpy but the snow was not ideal for making balls!

We made and enjoyed doughnuts one morning!

Back to the snow!

We did get to celebrate Merideth's half birthday at school after a late start on Thursday. She had fun and felt super special. Here, her teacher, Ms. Donna, is telling us what a sweet girl she is in class.

OK Blizzard 2011!

Yes, OK has had a pretty snowy last couple of days. It started on Monday night and didn't stop until Tuesday afternoon. 9 or so inches on the ground and some pretty big snow drifts at the Taylor house. School has been canceled for three days in a row now but we of course have been enjoying each other and a little time in the freezing cold!

Tuesday morning snowmen pancakes!

Lots of baking and cooking while inside. This is the start of marshmallows for our hot chocolate!

Cheese fondue lunch on the living room floor.

First time outside! Samuel and Merideth lasted much longer than we expected, they were probably just happy to be beyond the walls of our house!

Our snow angel son!

Our snow angel daughter!

Merideth started growing icicles on her eyelashes and eyebrows. This was even after Erin had to tell her to come in.

Warming up those pink cheeks with some hot apple cider.

D'Lish!

Marshmallow cutting out time!

Second day out, Marc shoveled for a good hour in order to get the car out!

The snow fort made it through the night!

Loving our time at home with each other!

Thankfully Merideth got her cast off on Monday and now just has to wear a brace for the next couple of weeks!

Got Some Great Baby Time!

Danica, Dylan, and Tanner came up for a visit this last week and we were able to have lots of fun baby time at home and out and about. Thank you for making the trek up Danica!!

Merideth enjoys playing with the boys and their toys! For whatever reason we did not get many pictures of the babies...maybe we were playing too much! Dylan and Tanner are now 6 months old!!!

We took Danica to bingo night at Crossings, it was fun for all, Samuel was the only one who got a "bingo" and picked out a Gamestop card for his prize.

Grandpa and Grandma joined in the fun as well.

Rumble celebrated his birthday with some furry friends. These aren't the furry friends, they are our neighbors and good friends!

Maggie, another good friend got to come to the game. Danica also got to go to the game without Dylan and Tanner, two nights out while she was here!!!

A fun week!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Taylor!

Happy Birthday to Grandpa Taylor! We are so excited to be on the same continent with you and celebrate with you today! We hope it is a great day for you and is filled with all you want.

Happy Birthday Grandma Paula!

Happy Late Birthday from our blog grandma!!! We can't let one pass without a little birthday ditty! We hope you had a great day and so look forward to seeing you soon! We love you!

What to do when it is SOOOO cold outside?!

It has been super cold here in OK, with a couple nice days in between, and here are some things we have been up to. These are a bit overdue, we just got our computer back from the computer doctor who extracted yet another virus!

Make a solar system diorama!!

Find everything pink in our closet and put them on our bodies!!! (to match the cast of course)

Make bird feeders to feed our cold feathered friends.

The finished product before our furry bunny friend got to them while they were drying outside.

We did end up at the zoo one day when the temperature was supposed to reach 50!

Stay warm out there!!!