The First "Real" Snow and Snow Day!

Finally our first real snow of the season. The children are super excited....me on the other hand, not so much. But I figure I should make the best of it so I bundled the kiddos up in their snow attire and headed outside for some good ol snow fun. Before all of the fun could take place a little shoveling action had to happen. Now Levi will whine and complain all day if I ask him to clean his room or pick up his shoes, but when it comes to "real work" he is in 110%. We only had one small shovel and one large shovel, so we just gave Millie the kiddy rake. She didn't care or know the difference.

Doing a good job! I cam along after them and got what they missed. Levi taught Millie how to make snow angels. She was having a blast, I have a feeling that we are going to make many more trips outside to play in the snow.

It was still snowing when we were outside and Millie was fascinated by it. She kept looking up in the sky and saying, "There is snow on my nose."
Beautiful little girl.
Handsome young man on a mission. Not sure what it was, but I am sure it has to do with Star Wars.....his new name is Anakin you know.

And of course when you come inside after playing in the snow you have to have hot chocolate, I am sure it is a written rule somewhere.

What a good day!!!

A Few Christmas Highlights

Again Christmas this year was blessed with love, friends, and family. The following pictures are just a few of the highlights.

I took this picture just moments before Grandma gave her speel on the computer and cellphones being tools of the devil....just so you know Gabriel and Scott were searching something about Caleb in the bible.
The follow two pictures are my favorites. Levi is looking adorable even though he is holding a sheeps heart in his hand. The future Dr. Seniour....a christmas he will not soon forget. Miss Millie is proving that a two year old can be patient. She waited until we gave her the go ahead to open her present. I don't know who had more fun...dad or Levi. For about two hours they played outside in the snow which included a snowball fight, tractor rides, and snow angels. Merry Christmas from Millie and Levi. This year I decided that I wasn't going to spend oodles and oodles of money on the kiddos. I believe it was a success. Levi was super excited that he got Jacks.....and Millie's favorite gift was her Cookie Monster socks. The pictures say it all, proving my point that it is not how much you spend, but what you buy.

Little Elves Working

This year I was stuck on what to buy my parents for Christmas. It seems they have everything and don't need anything. So I decided to let the kiddos make them a present. Therefore we took a little trip to the pottery painting store and got to work. Scott and I had a blasts.....oh and the kids enjoyed it too. I believe it was a success. A present for me....now what did you go and do that for?
Well what is it?I love this picture of Grandma....she looks so happy.
Maybe this will be a tradition....that is until mom and dad run out of space and are tired of hand painted mugs.