Merry Christmas!

 Here are a few shots of our Christmas festivities . . .
*Christmas Eve at Grandma Sandy's House . . .

 *Christmas Morning!

 *Sunday morning at Grandma Mary and Grandpa Mike's house . . .

 *Sledding at Grandma and Grandpa's house . . .

*Christmas Day with Grandpa Glenn and Uncle Tim and Aunt Rose . . .

 And  again at Grandma and Grandpa's house . . . .

Winter Wonderland

Happy Christmas Eve!!

The kids decided it looked fun to go out and play in the snow this morning, so I took them out for awhile.

Note to self:  When the kids ask to go play in the snow, what they really want to do is sit in a snow bank and eat their weight in snow.  I let them, but did give a very strong warning about avoiding the yellow stuff.

Ethan had fun pulling his sister in the sled!

This was just minutes before our outdoor adventure - Macie insisted on wearing only a diaper and her slipper-boots. 

Daddy was singing in the background:  "These Boots Were Made for Walking . . . "

Santa brought one gift early - a very cool easel!  The kids LOVE to paint on it!

Blizzard of 2010!

This weekend we got the snowstorm of the century!  We think we heard that the total for Eau Claire was 22 inches!  It snowed all day Saturday, and then Trav was lucky enough to have the job of shoveling us out on Sunday . . .

 Meanwhile, the kids and I stayed warm inside in our jammies, baking and eating muffins . . .

 and reading in the sunlight.

Ethan and I did go out and play for a bit on Sunday . . .

 Finally, on Monday mornning our road got plowed so we were able to leave the house.  We decided a visit to see Santa was in order.  The kids loved it and we got a cute picture taken by the professional photographer (not the one pictured below, although this one is OK as well . . . ) 

Back to work, school, and daycare tomorrow.  It was kind of nice to be snowed in for a few days :)



St. Nick's Day!

  It's a tradition in our family to celebrate St. Nick's Day.  Technically it's tomorrow, Dec. 6th, but St. Nick understood that it would be more convenient for us to celebrate during the weekend so he came last night. 

He filled our stockings with lots of goodies!

Ethan's Christmas Program Debut!!!

Travis and I were two VERY proud parents last night as Ethan made his Christmas program debut for school!

He stood on stage and jingled his bells!!!

Santa even made an appearance at the big show and danced on stage! (However, Ethan's part was already done, so he didn't get to see him!) 

Great job, Ethan!  We're so proud of you!!