winter stuff ~

lots of snow.  lots of cold.

lots of days off from school because of the weather.

lots of fun outside and inside

while making the most of a pretty extreme

minnesota winter.

super deep snow ~

frozen pants

indoor tents ~

crystal experiments ~

special friends ~

homemade snowflakes ~

designing and sewing barbie clothes ~

self-portraits ~

sewing fun (clothes for stuffed animals) ~

snow sculptures ~

skiing ~

more deep snow ~

celebrating elise's graduation from college ~

winter ballerinas ~

one of our first snows last winter

started on our way home from ballet class -- 

and was so beautiful.

the big, thick, wet flakes decorated everything they landed on,

including these two ballerinas who where willing to pose

for me before playing in the white stuff.

flower girl dress shopping ~

a special day for the girl cousins -- sweet elise (the oldest)

wanted all of her family in her wedding, so brenna was

asked to be the junior bridesmaid, lauren, ella and zoe

were asked to be the flower girls and connor was the ring

bearer.  elise had us all meet at a fancy bridal shop and we

spent the afternoon trying on dresses and getting them to

fit just right.  we took lots of pictures, too, and had such 

a fun time making some great memories ......

skiing with the cousins ~

first time out during christmas break and

so, so, SO much fun!!!

the fabulous five:

lauren ~

ella and brenna ~

zoe ~

connor ~

two rope time ~