He loves me

and has "smart hands."
I asked Dub to make me a frame out of a tree--since our family picture was taken on the log pile this year, I thought a more rustic looking frame would be cool.
I asked, he delivered.
Isn't it so awesome?

Girl Power!

I LOVE my girls...

We had a fun Girls-Only-Weekend.

We stopped at the temple.

I told them I'm grateful for my eternal relationship with them

(I truly am)

We went SHOPPING!

We drove through the city,

admired the architecture,

laughed at Gertie (our GPS), who thought Boston Children's Hospital was the Science Museum

Got the keys locked in the car at the mall parking garage

and made friends with garage security; we even got a ride in their flashing golf cart -

Finally made it to the museum,

only to find out that Harry Potter the Exhibition was sold out until tomorrow.

We wandered around some of the exhibits,

made all the boy moose go

"WAH!"

Dinner here:

and of course, MORE shopping!

Our first-class overnight accomodations in a VERY cool condo

included sewing coin purses, having nails painted and playing games with our own local celebrity

followed by an early morning return to see the fabulous Harry Potter Exhibition, which was WELL worth the wait for all of us eager fans of the wizarding world.  It was a GREAT female bonding adventure.

Two-bing

The morning after.

Snow yesterday, bright winter skies today.

Perfect for a morning of TUBING!

This one's my favorite: Driver becomes wingman.

This was funny too; smoked on the tubing run by a bunch of girls.

Nashoba Valley is a great place to tube.

You ride up, you ride down.

Get there early.

We had a great morning.

By the time we were leaving,

the line to get tickets was at least an hour wait

and snaked around the parking lot.

Hooray for winter!

BEST part of winter

The SNOW!

Nothing like a fresh coat of snow to brighten the day...

Sidelined

A week of vacation, and we're still waiting out the stomach bug.

Victims #5 and #6 succombed last night...

Meanwhile, there's plenty of winter fun to be had.

It's just not so much fun without the other guys.

Feelin' the LOVE

On Valentine's Day, I kept smelling my lovely roses.

We got to listen to Dub speak in Sacrament Meeting.

I enjoyed thinking about all of the little things that make him so endearing to me.

We visited a friend in the ICU.  She needs a new liver and kidney.

My heart breaks for her.

We made heart-shaped pizzas for dinner.

We watched the Olympics together.

LOVE-ly!

Sweet!

Two dozen cupcakes ready before breakfast.

AND

I woke up WANTING breakfast for the first time in five days!

HOORAY for feeling better~