SURPRISE!! Snowdays, cold winds and pretty trees. 

So, some greater force decided that all the children deserve one more day of no school! Because of our wonderful UP weather, we get a snowday (technically it's a "cold" day). We had wind chill of -40!! But hey, one more day off.. no ones arguing here.

What does on do on such a precious and cherished day you may ask? Well, everything and nothing. I did a 40 minute yoga session this morning, (Yoga With Adriene on Youtube, look her up, she's awesome!) took a bubble bath and did a honey mask, made soup (recipe below) ,cleaned and then ventured out into the freeze to go snowshoeing! Luckily, the temp had warmed up to at least 10 degrees for me, so I wasn't a Popsicle. Some of the trees were completely coated in snow, it was almost surreal up there. Sadly, I didn't take a camera, so I had to go back for one.

I just love winter up here. Sure, it may get long, cold, and boring, but nothing beats the beauty of it.

EASY CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

2 Chicken Breasts cubed

2 potatoes cubed

3-4 large carrots chopped

3-4 celery stalks chopped

1 large onion diced very small

garlic powder

parsley flakes

pepper

6-8 cups chicken broth (canned or homemade) 

Opitonal: Whole wheat spiral, elbow, or any noodles. (Add about 1 hour before serving as to not over cook)

Cut up chicken and veggies, add to a crock pot. Add enough broth to cover by about 1/2 inch. Sprinkle in garlic, parsley and pepper to taste. Cook on low for 7 hours or high for 5 hours.

I plan on serving mine with some leftover honey wheat rolls from Christmas that we had frozen.