Merry Christmas Everyone!

 

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

SNOW!!!

Over the last couple weeks we had 2 different storms blow through that dropped a total of about 12 inches in our backyard.  With new snow boots and pants and gloves - Emmie, Pete and 2 friends - Cameron (8 yrs old) and Laura (12 yrs old) - went a' sledding in our yard.  Laura and Cameron are 2 of Emmie's favorite people in town, and coincidentally, they are the cousins of my best fried Ken.  Awesomeness runs in the family.

Peter didn't freak out, but he wasn't too into it.  That might be due to the fact that the kid couldn't really move in all of his snow gear.  Kind of like the kid on A Christmas Story or Maggie Simpson.

Emmie, on the other hand, went nuts!  She would run and jump onto the sled and bomb down the steepest hills.  If she fell off, she would jump back in and try to push herself the rest of the way down.  She even just ran and jumped head first  and slid down on her belly, sliding and rolling.  She threw snowballs and just went crazy.  It was awesome!

The real craziness started after Julianne took Pete inside, but there are no pictures of that - unfortunately.

Bath time with Dad > Bath Time with Mom

Bath time with Dad is so much better!

Good friends

When we moved to Nebraska (8 years ago) we were blessed with some of the best friends.  There were quite a few years when we had a really great "no kids club" group going.  We have since multiplied.  We had the opportunity to visit with some this past week.  So fun!.  I love good friends you can just pick up right where you left off.  

This was us then... no kids.

And here we are now.  I know we aren't pictured.  Don't worry we are just as good looking as we were then.  Here are all the kids!

Snow

A friend and I had an amazing girl weekend planned in Denver this weekend.  We were even going to meet up with my oldest friend (not old in age, I've known her forever), Carla.  It didn't work out due to the 9 INCHES of snow we got today.  I guess I shouldn't be surprised, we do live in Nebraska.  This weekend turned out pretty good anyway. 

We had breakfast with Santa this morning.  The kids loved it.  Emmie asked for a zebra umbrella.  I know what you're thinking... huh?  That's what we said.

We also played in the snow and when I say "we" I mean Brenden and the kids. It is too cold for this girl from the desert.  The kids were thrilled to try out their new snow pants and boots.  Emmie would have stayed out there all day!