Snow, Christmas and More Snow!!!

We have had alot of snow this year! We are not used to it, but for now it is fun! We had a great Christmas this year. We stayed with Verns family this year and although we were missing some family, we still had a good time. The kids do the nativity every year and it always turns out cute. I love watching the kids act out the nativity sceene. There is always a special spirit in the room. I am sure that those who were actually there felt that same spirit only way stonger. It is such a fun tradition for our family.
My dad made a corral for the kids this year. He added a swing and a teeter totter so that it would be fun for the girls too. They all love it! Vern built a few things for them too. It is always fun to see the things he creates. We have been blessed in so many ways this year and I can't wait to see what this next year has in store for us!
I had so many pictures, so I did a slide show. So go get yourslef something to snack on cause it's going to be a while!!

Oh the weather outside is FRIGHTFUL!!

This is the first big snow storm of the season. It has been snowing all day and it is not supposed to quit for a few more days! All I know is I am freezing! It is fun though, especially because it gets me in the Christmas spirit. All I want to do is stay in the house and bake all sorts of things. It also makes me want to sit by the fire and read a good book or watch a movie. I am too scared to drive in it...............what can I say, I'm from the desert and the icy roads scare me to death! It took me a while to pick the kids up and get the mail, because I didn't want to slide off the road. But I made it back and I was proud of myself !:) We thought it would be fun to take some pictures outside.

Daniel and Leah have watched Alvin and the chipmunks a little too much......thats why they are doing the piece sign, because they do that in the movie.

Isabelle thought the snow was fun until she fell in it and her hands got cold, now shes not sure.

Daniel and MaCoy had fun jumping on the tramp all covered in snow.

Another attempt at trying to get a picture of them all smiling. One day right?!

A Gingerbread House

Every year we make a gingerbread house. The kids really enjoy it. Isabelle was more interested in eating the candy than decorating. I think it turned out cute.

Here is Isabelle with a bag of candy that she was tyring to escape with:)

Tis the season!

Last night we got our tree up and some other decorations. I love getting it all out and seeing how excited the kids get over it. I finally got to put up my village and of course the kids think it is so fun to play with. I love this time of year! I love the smells, the music, the spirit in the air, and just teaching our kids about Christs birth. It is just such a great time of year!! This is our tree after the kids did it all by themselves.................

and this is after we tryed to fix it. Come on it does look a little better:)

This is my little village. I want to add more to it each year.

Thanksgiving

This year we had Thanksgiving at my parents house. We had a great time and it was so fun to be together with the family. The kids always love to go down there. They can just run and play. We missed some of our family this year, but we still had a good time. We had lots of food, tons of pies, and lots of kids:) I love spending the Holidays with family! Look at all these cute girls!!

They found the Lego and were having fun.

I think mom could use more room.......a bigger house??

P*E*B*B*L*E*S

Josh was no longer able to keep his dog Pebbles, so he gave her to us. The kids love her. Isabelle and Daniel wanted to see her first thing this morning, so they look like orphans, but I thought they were cute feeding her one piece of dog food at a time.