"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you as you are to them." Desmond Tutu







Friday, December 31, 2010

Monday, December 27, 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010

snowflakes, snowflakes everywhere

What are they doing?


Oh, making snowflakes


And a mess.  What fun


This is harder than it looks


They all got quite creative


Some were bigger than others


At the end of the project this was my floor


And this is my ceiling

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Snow Days

What do you do when you have two snowdays from school right after a weekend?  Pretty much nothing except:

Sit on the couch and laze around


























Put up a christmas tree





Eat



And then clean up after yourself



And hang out with your buddy



Watching online videos

    Dressing up and acting goofy

And bug the dog

Monday, December 13, 2010

Here's the snow

I thought you might want to see our snow.  We didn't get a whole lot - only about 5 inches but just in case you thought you were missing out I am sharing it with you.  In fact, if you want I will send it all to you.

Here's the view from the front door.  See all those footprints?  Those are from the kids playing in it this morning.  They have a snow day today due to the ice and the temps


This one looks a little funny because I took it through my bedroom window rather than go outside.  I just wanted a picture of the branches on the trees bowing to the ground under the weight of the snow


This was taken from the deck


I like the angle of view on this one.  Looks kinda cool doesn't it


Same with this one.  A dark sky peeking through the bare branches is a perfect winter scene

Sunday, December 12, 2010

1st snow this year

We are having our first snowstorm of the season right now.  Of course, that means that it's also time for the first snowball fight of the year.  There isn't much snow on the ground yet but that didn't stop everyone from having some good old fashioned fun.


The first thing that Morgan did was duck and cover while Shannon and Tara pelted her



Not to worry though cuz Hannah helped her sister out


And had a lot of fun doing it


Morgan recovered


becoming quite determined to do some damage to someone


Uh oh, looks like she has Shannon in her sights


But Shannon fights back...who will win?


I think this one is pretty obvious - Cerah got Shannon with a huge one


In fact, it was the top to this poor snowman.  Looks like we have a headless snowman


Wow,see that fierce look?  Someone better watch out


Look out....oooh, interception for the dog


Don't worry Hannah, I'll save you