Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

From our family to yours...have a wonderful holiday!

Ick, ick, ick...but nonetheless, it is December!

This was last years snow (2007) and I just had to show our fun snow family the boys and Teacher Lorenda (a family friend) made in our yard...notice baby Mitchell in my arms. Clever, huh?!
So here's our first real snow of the season and I must admit, it was pretty but I can't give up my hard, crusty shell of hating winter! I am truly a summer girl through and through. There's sunshine, short sleeves, longer days, green grass, blue sky, flowers in bloom, open windows, fresh breezes...I could go on and on but you just can't deny the beauty of a freshly fallen snow and then the fun snow activities the kids get to throw themselves into. They built these themselves and I was so impressed! They wanted to go out and play and so checking on them, I found snowmen!


Look at those rosy cheeks! Mmmm, luscious!

One Busy Weekend...

Here's our little basketball star...he played his last basketball game of the season on Saturday and scored 4 points for his team! It was so exciting!
He was passed the ball and here he is dribbling it down the court...getting close enough to make his shot...
2 points! (Camera's don't work as fast as the basketball swooshing but here it is coming down from the net on the right.)
Then, he was passed the ball again so here we are in instant replay. Dribbling...trying to keep control of the ball...
2 points again! Hoo-rah!! You should've heard the crowd...since he's such a peanut, everyone just loves watching him go and they cheered like nobody's business! He got all kinds of 'good job's and pats on the back at the end of the game and the coaches were so happy for him. It felt great and he was all grins!
There were a bunch of festivities this weekend...the Festival of Trees and the Twilight parade and Christmas tree lighting downtown...here are the little boys waiting for the parade to begin. Brrrr...it was chilly!
And here were a couple more goofballs we saw at the parade...trying to get just a normal smile! This was take 2 or 3 after this fellow showed his fangs trying to resemble Edward, then attempting to lick my face...so, to make a little more fun, the gal joined in the goofiness and this is what turned up...

Creepy, huh? We were working on a Christmas craft and these boys found more to do with their googly eyes than just glue them!

Fourth Blessing...

Ya, I know the nostril's big but you can't deny a genuine laugh!

Three blessings...

This is life...how grand! Oh, to be a kid again!