Christmas Morning!

We had a wonderful Christmas! Here is a slide show of our Day! Santa got us a Wii! We all love it....not sure if the kids or the parents love it more! Then, Matthw and I gave the kids the games, and a few clothes! Games we got for the Wii were Legos Star Wars, Car Racing, Diego, High School Musical, Rock Band and Outdoor Adventure.

Christmas Eve Fun!

Christmas Eve Morning.....Matthew, Jared and Kayleigh made some peanut butter balls! Yummy!!!

Kayleigh was the chocolate tester!

*After that project, we went and played in the snow for a while. (pictures below)

*Our friends, the Gallups came over for Christmas Eve dinner....it was fun to have them, and especially fun to see their new little baby, Jaxon who was born on Sunday, Dec. 21 (I forgot to take pics of dinner.....I suggested that we all sit around the table again....but the kids were busy playing, and the other adults didn't seem to support my idea!)

*After Gallups left, the kids got busy writing notes to Santa, leaving cookies for Santa and carrotts for the reindeer, then we did our traditional sing by the tree, and talk about Jesus' birth, and Matthew read 'Twas the Night before Christmas.

It was a fun day full of excitement and anticipation!

More Snow Fun!

Are you getting tired of all of our snow pictures? This is what we have been up to for the last week....playing in the snow, drying the snow clothes in the dryer, and playing in the snow some more! I love it!!! The kids came up with a "snowboarding" game! They would ride the scooter down the driveway, and crash it into the snow!
Matthew made a snow tunnel for the kids....Jared and Kayleigh were able to fit in it!

Matthew, the shoveler!!! (I know he missed it last year!)

Our big snow man....not as big as my brother's 6 footer!

Kayleigh's New Dress

Kayleigh got a new dress for Christmas. She got to wear it today to church. Notice all of the shades of blue!!! She looked so pretty, and you could tell that she thought she was pretty, too! She kept "fixing" her dress so it would lay just so....and then she would cross her legs! She was quite the lady today!!!

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE......

.....AND HERE IS THE PROOF......

JARED ATE APPLES TODAY FOR LUNCH!!!!

(SO I PUT A LITTLE BIT OF CARAMEL SAUCE ON IT, BUT NOT MUCH....THIS IS A HUGE STEP FOR US!)

JESSICA AND KAYLEIGH THOUGHT I SHOULD TAKE A PICTURE OF THEM EATING THEIR APPLES, TOO!!

Fun in the Snow

We are enjoying our winter wonderland!!

Careful what you wish for!!!

Well, as you know, from my earlier posts this week, I have been wishing for a real snowfall.....I love snow, and if my kids are going to be home from school for a snow day, I want real snow! Well, we are getting it today!!! Don't get me wrong, I am VERY HAPPY to have a good snow storm....it is pretty....but, we were supposed to be driving out to Utah today for the 2 weeks of Christmas break....so, we are a little bummed at the timing of the snow.....the snow right here where we are at is not enough to keep us from driving, but the Gorge that we would have to drive through is in blizzard conditions, from what the news is saying....and will be until Tuesday, probably. So, we will be here in our cozy home with our family for Christmas....we will definitely watch the weather reports, and should there be clearing after Christmas, we will drive out there for the 2nd week.....With my cry story over, I will say that we have had a lot of fun playing in the snow....building snowmen, riding bikes (the kids), we walked to the school, and the kids had fun going down the snowy slides, and swinging on the swings....so, we are having fun! (except for Jessica....she threw up this afternoon....so, I guess it is a good thing we are not in the car together for 13 hours with a sick child!!)