Right now I'm focusing on the fact that spring is only a couple of months away, even though it is a wintry mess outside my window. A couple of weeks ago I installed a weather program on my computer. It flashes when there are weather warnings. It hasn't stopped flashing since I installed it. We've had flood, wind, snow and freezing rain warnings. Almost every school in Columbus is closed, except of course OSU, they have to go in regardless of the weather. I think it has something to do with the fact that the doctors have to be there anyways, so they figure they can make the students brave the weather too. Bryan has one meeting on campus today and I'm really worried he's going to get in a wreck! (freezing rain + the freeway+people who don't know how to drive= scary, scary drive to school!)

So like I said, I'm trying to focus on spring by finding lots of color to surround myself with. I want to recreate this:

Isn't it gorgeous? If only flowers weren't so expensive! That's one thing I really miss from my younger years. My father and his father both have the greenest of green thumbs and I always had plenty of flowers to make arrangements with. I'd go out in the yard and cut a bunch of Roses (I think at one time we had something like 60 rose bushes) and make an arrangement for the house. My favorite flowers though are the spring flowers that are soft and luscious. Anyways, I digress... I'm also loving playing with this. Lots of color, anyone else have any great links for spring pick-me-ups?

I'm slowly making my way through my pics from the last couple of months, I've been sorely neglecting my photos and haven't gotten to practice my photography since I left Utah! Here are a couple of fun pictures from our lives lately.

This is one of Daniel's Christmas presents. His Aunt Shannon and Uncle Erik gave it to him and he has been very excited to get Shrek out. Unfortunately, Shrek is suffering from male-pattern baldness.

Maybe that's why they kept him bald in the movies??

I've been playing around a ton with salt dough. If' you're on a tight budget and want to get creative salt dough is one of the cheapest ways to make holiday decorations. I saw these balls around everywhere for about $20. I think they are supposed to resemble the mistletoe balls that are sold at Christmas time. Anyways, I spent sometime and had some fun making this and a garland. (I'll take some pics when I take it down...)A little more than a month ago we went to a Medical School activity for families. Bryan was trying to teach Daniel how to ice skate, he wasn't too happy about it. He kept grabbing onto Bryan and pulling his feet up off the ice. It was pretty funny to watch Bryan skate around with a three year old hanging by his arms and swinging in the air.

I have lots more to post about and will try to get it done tomorrow! In the meantime, I'm in desperate need of a killer chili recipe for a ward chili cook off. ANYONE??????? (please, please, please!!!!)