Broken arms, pirates and snow

It's been a long time since I updated here!  It seems like Facebook sort of takes control of things these days.  Last Monday, Grace lost her other front tooth and an hour later Matt broke his arm :( .  After spending the night in the hospital, he went to surgery Tuesday morning to have it set.  It was not a pretty break.  That night Ben was in a musical at school, which unfortunately I had to miss because Matt hadn't been discharged from the hospital yet.  Rich went though and he said that Ben did a great job! 

                                                                                             

Last weekend we met Roman, Lynn, Allison, her husband Steve, and daughter Evy for supper at Texas Roadhouse.  Evy is the same age as Grace, and those girls became fast friends!  They were a little shy at first, but after awhile they were making plans left and right...playdates, trick-or-treating, meeting at the American Girl store :), you name it.  Unfortunately they live south of Minneapolis :( .  They really hit it off, and it was so great to see Allison...the two of us used to play together when we were little!

 

Today, unfortunately, it SNOWED!!  We had a blizzard warning last night and today, and ended up with about 3 1/2 inches of snow and terrible winds.  The kids loved it though, and made a snowman the second they got home from school!  Mr. Snowman is wearing Grandpa Kinney's hat and has a Nerf dart for a nose :).