Weekends "Up North"

February has been COLD! Most peeps head south when it's cols, but the last 2 weekends we've headed north! It was very cold both weekends, bt we still managed to have a lot of fun.

But a few pics before getting to that....

Stella and a group of friends playing during their brothers basketball game. 

Mike built an igloo a few weekends ago. It then turned into a sheet of ice so I had him cut the stairs off with a chain saw! Kids were trying to push each other off from the top of it. (lawsuit, anyone?!)

P's V-day box. Stella made hers during school as a math project. 

So finally our first weekend up north, we went to Okoboji with 2 other families. It was FREEZING! I didn't even venture outside to play ice hockey or snowmobile (-20ish!). The kids and dads and one other mom were outside for HOURS!!it ended up being a very fun weekend!

Warming up after " night riding" on the snowmobiles.  

Last weekend we traveled north to the Minneapolis area. First day/night was spent near the Mall of America. Second night we spent with college friends. 

The kids are obsessed with forts this winter, they managed to even make one in the van on our way to MN!

P with an anteater on his head.....

Stella bought stuff at the American Girl store and P hit up the Lego store!

Stella on the Ninja Turtle ride. 

Ready for another ride

Mike and Porter

That night at the hotel after swimming they were getting restless, so we went them out on missions to find certain room numbers, take a pic and come back to show us. Who else remembers the TV show "227"!!!!

Kohls, Adam, Mike and Brad. Beau had already left by this point. 

Shot of the kids minus Baylor and Maddux. 

Our kids DO NOT sleep in the car....at all! But this shows how tired P was. He zonked out on our way home when we hit Ankeny. 

Stella got an early bday gift from us, a desk from Ikea. She's so proud of it. We sold the dollhouse bookcase today that was in this spot.