Ok before you read this post... I had some problems figuring how to change sizes and settings after I saved them.
I could not figure it out so some of the words next to the pictures are spaced out funny, so please read with caution.
It's that chilly time of year again.
And time to enjoy it... I think.
This past weekend we had the Winter Carnival in town.
Time for the Queen pageant, Alumni basketball tourney, sawdust pile, Lions Breakfast, Medallion Hunt, Hog Expo, Torchlight Parade, Butternut Fishing Contest, Bonfire, Chili Feed and the Most awesome Ice castle ever! (in Luck Wisconsin anyways).

Friday night I wanted to boys to see the Ice Castle all lit up, so we bundled them up and drove the 1/2 block there. They were so impressed. You could even go inside! It was lit up with beautiful blue and purple lights. The volunteers said it was the biggest one they have built so far.

This was Landyn inside the Ice Castle
This was the picture that I tried to take with my crappy camera, I couldn't get it to not be blurry. But it did help capture the glow of the lights.
ooh it's so pretty.
(Last year we had one too, but it was unusually warm and it melted a couple days before the winter carnival began.) We didn't spend too much time there because it was sooo cold. We were outside maybe 10 minutes and my fingers were froze stiff. So we decided to drive around town a little bit and spend some time together.
We didn't have too many plans this year, Matt plays in the Alumni Basketball tournament every year. It's usually fun to watch, because most of the guys have not touched a basketball since last years basketball tournament, and seemed to have gotten a little "fluffy" around the waist.
We ate breakfast first Saturday morning. The Luck Lions has a pancake breakfast with yummy strawberries, eggs, sausage, and bacon. Soooo good. The boys really enjoyed the pancakes.
After breakfast Matt got ready to play basketball, and I walked around the school with the boys, and visited with people from town.
The boys climbing the bleachers.
Landyn is at the perfect age where he will sit and watch his daddy play, but Logyn on the other hand wanted to run and climb bleachers so it wasn't all that fun for me this year, chasing him around the school. We ended up leaving right when Matt started to play. I was so tired. And it was getting around lunch time, so I new it would be nap time soon.
Landyn with his new girlfriend. Her name was Ava Peterson.

They were so cute. They sat together and pointed out who their parents were. It was too funny.
I only got one picture of Matt playing basket ball, and it's not that good. My camera has not been the greatest lately and I have been looking for a replacement.

Matt is in the gray shirt.
Saturday night is the beautiful, but cold, torchlight parade.
I had plans to meet some friends for a "Galentines" night together discussing what we dislike and like about our husbands, and then add a little alcohol into the mix and it gets a little crazy.
So Matt took the boys to Nate Kings house and they watched the parade through their front porch.

Peekin out the window at Nate's.
Hey! Look a Fire truck!
All in all it was a great weekend, we spend time together as a family, Matt got some exercise, and I spent some time with some great friends.
Who could ask for more?