Winter Storm 2015

This past few weeks have been busy getting ready for spring.  We've started seeds, gotten hives and frames ready.  We lost a couple of our colonies this winter, so we harvested some wax.   The kids have had fun playing in the ice and snow.   We've been busy making sure the animals are making it in these frigid temperatures.   Ethan's rabbit kindled and had 7 kits.  One died so we have been making sure the remaining 6 are warm and that the mama's water isn't frozen.  I am enjoying the winter and the days at home reading, playing games, and cleaning.   I am SO ready for spring, though! 

Another Snow Day

Last night the snow started to fall and this morning we woke up to 7 inches!   It was great snow for making snowmen and igloos.   It wasn't too cold out, so, we were all outside for hours!   

Last night I took a few pictures from our back door.  It was just so beautiful.  I wish I could capture it better.   I kept feeling like I was in scenes of Narnia. :)

This morning Sweet Pea went crazy.   She was stick her nose right down in the snow and then running as fast as she could.

There were some fierce snowball fights!

All the kids rolled the biggest snowballs ever for our snowman and then more for the igloo.

It was so big!  The kids kept adding stuff to him.  At one point he got arms and a hat.  He also got Christy's mittens, one of which is a sock.

Chad spotted some bird tracks.

I guess it turned out to be more of a fort than an igloo.

We had SO much fun!  On a totally different note, I discovered my first seedlings this afternoon!