Fun in the snow

We were so excited to have snow on the ground this morning since Kaley has never been in the snow and of course neither have the boys.

First, we took the girls out while the boys slept in, we had a snowball fight and made snow angels.














Then we got the boys up and took them out to see if they liked it. Gabriel did pretty well, but Zachary did not like it one little bit and couldn't wait to get back in the house.

Neil had a really good time throwing snowballs and tackling us.







It has been a day that we will never forget, if only it could last forever (but only if we were prepared with lots of food). Maybe I could get some scrapbooking done if I couldn't leave the house!

P.S. Madison's school has already been canceled for tomorrow so we are really disappointed that we will not be able to see her christmas play. Hopefully, they will get to do it just for fun in the new year.

It's snowing!!!!

We cannot believe how much it has snowed today! We have never seen it snow like this in the high desert before.

It has been a great day for us, but more pictures of that to come!

This is at 4pm!







This is what it looked like at 7am this morning (the bottom picture).

Yay, he did it!

After the recent ladder incident, I was fearful of Neil putting up the Christmas lights on the house even with just our little step ladder.
But he did it, very well actually, and the house looks beautiful. I am a simple girl (when it comes to lights!) All white and very minimal. I love it!!

The Festival of Meat

After a whole year, the waiting was over, the best part about being on the worship team, the festival of meat at Lucille's BBQ! (Just kidding, I really love being on the worship team for many reasons!)



It was a chance for everyone in the band, the tech team and the creative team to come together and celebrate a great year while enjoying six different kinds of meat plus sides and dessert. At the end of the meal was the part that we dread, the feeling of being sooo full and then trying to leave! If only they had a carting around service so that I could still shop and yet not have to walk.
We have great friends that we get to work with and getting to spend some fun time with them today was great, and without kids!! Thanks Grandma & Grandpa for watching them!
We have been truly blessed this year and today was a great celebration of that. Merry Christmas!!

Our not so perfect family

For a Sunday afternoon, when the kids have been up since 6am and haven't had a nap except in the car, this is the best picture that I could have asked for. Kaley with messed up hair, Madison playing with her brother and the boys doing their own thing. This is our family and it is perfection.

Trimming the Tree

After waiting a few days to see if the boys would really mess with the christmas tree we put the ornaments on. Now I am a perfectionist, of sorts, so it was really hard to let go of the reigns and let the girls put the ornaments on the tree this year.

But I really tried, and other than a couple of areas that had an ornament on pretty much every branch, they did a really good job.

The funny thing about our tree this year is that it is bare the whole bottom foot of the tree. Although the boys don't mess with the tree itself because it is too prickly, they do still try and touch the ornaments. So we keep moving them higher.
The even funnier thing is that when Neil went to put the tree topper on our 9 foot tree, he had to get on our step ladder. So I made sure to be right there next to him just in case he started to fall! I would hate to have that happen again! But he did just fine. Now I'm just worried about him putting up the Christmas lights on the outside of the house!!!!

One of my favorite things

One of my favorite things about winter is footsie
pajamas! I love the soft fleece and the zippers,
and the diapered tushies.
















Now don't get me wrong, I love stinky baby feet. I love how soft they are, and those
cute little toes.

But there is just something about those
footsie jammies that I just can't get enough
of. I love winter!