Uncle Jason is 40!

As I mentioned, I've gotten things a little out of order now, but wanted to go back and capture a fun weekend in January.  Uncle Jason was turning 40, and Aunt Jenn had been working hard to plan a surprise party for him that we are all in on, which made it really fun.

Aunt Julie flew down to Wilmington, and Grandma was already there too, so Mick, Em and I drove down on Friday, January 10 (the day before the party).

Cody, Em and Chase have so much fun playing together!  Cody and Chase had some cool toys to share, and we stayed in the backyard all afternoon on Friday.

Em has never driven one of these little cars, but loved it!

Friday night after the kids went to bed, we had a good time playing Headbandz.

On Saturday, we decided to go bowling and play a few games before we took the kids back for naps so we could start getting ready for the party.  They had a great time bowling!

And they got pretty competitive when it came to the arcade games!

Too bad there weren't three guns in this thing--they had trouble taking turns!

A friend of Jason and Jenn's took all the pictures during the actual birthday party, and unfortunately we don't have them yet, but it turned out to be a really fun night, and I think Jason was pretty surprised at some of the old friends who showed up.  Grandma went back to Jason and Jenn's house with the kids fairly early so they could rest and we could stay out most of the night.

Frozen!

I've gotten terribly behind on blogging lately, so some of these events are a little out of order.  In January, we took Em to see the Disney movie Frozen, and she's been totally obsessed ever since!  She loves all of the characters, but Elsa is her favorite--she wants me to braid her hair to the side like Elsa, and she runs around singing "Let It Go" all the time (if you haven't seen the movie, you'll have to in order to understand that).

It was fitting this month, because we've had some really cold weather, and the last week of January, we had snow!

It wasn't a tremendous amount--barely enough to cover the ground, but enough to keep Em and I at home one day.  She loved finding the icicles!

And there was even enough for a snow angel.

She was just excited to play in it, but it was way too powdery to even make a snowball.

This is her fierce face--and you can see our attempts to gather enough snow for a snow ball on the table beside her.