Grandma and Grandpa Came to Town

Yes, we were very lucky to have Grandma and Grandpa Nelson in town for a weekend.  My mom did stay on thru the next week to hang out with me and the kiddo's.  On Saturday we took them down to Fort Worth's famous stockyards, where we had some fantastic mexican food and had tons of fun site seeing.  There was a rodeo going on and the place was packed.  We came across a man riding around on a HUGE bull offering people rides.  So of course, my dad throws Ethan on it right away.  I of course wasn't thrilled with the idea.  What if this bull decided to go crazy, but I felt OK about it until Dan decided to let Emily ride.  I protested multiple times, but no one was listening.  Emily was so excited, she kept saying, "moo moo" over and over and over. 

Cupids Corner

Our Stake hosted a Valentines Dance entitled "Cupids Corner" on Satruday February 20th, and several stakes were invited.  Our ward was asked to provide all of the decorations.  So, our Young Men and Young Women decided they wanted a balloon arch and tons of hearts everywhere.  Well, to purchase a balloon arch is tons of money, so I decided I would look into making one.  It took about 45 balloons, but it ended up not being very hard and taking only a little manual labor on my part (an hour and a half).  I unfortunately forgot to take pictures of the rest of the gym, it looked super cute.  The youth were very excited on Sunday, they said that everyone thought our decorations were the best they've ever had.  It's a good thing teenagers don't have high expectations!

We Had A Snow Day In Texas

We received 8 inches of snow, crazy I know!  The kids had a great time playing outside, making snowmen and throwing snow balls at each other.  It was a good thing we still had all of our outdoor ski gear from colorado, if not they would have been frozen from head to toe.  It started on Thursday and didn't stop snowing until Friday morning.  Of course the kids had Friday off :o)  Unfortunately the snow only lasted 2 days, by Saturday it was all melted off.  This of course made the outdoors a HUGE mud pit.