Over The Last Couple Of Weeks.....

We have:


Traveled many miles...

Got snowed in....well, almost. :)
Jeren went to Grandma's house....
Had tea parties...
Made Cookies....
Played in the snow...
Made a terrific snowman...
Had fun in the snow...
Had more fun in the snow...
Did a few face plants....
Got pulled on the sled....
Made Snow Ice cream...

Enjoyed the snow ice cream...
Played hours on end with cousins....
Poor Bruce read for hours on end....okay, not really, but thanks, Bruce!!!
Got new boots....Thanks, Aunt Willa Jean. :)
Papa went under cover as "Al".
Opened a few presents....
Had a glorious time being with our family...
Enjoyed some Grandma time....
And some Grandpa snuggles.....
And some Uncle Dorian time.....:)
And more Grandma time.....
Horsed around....


Enjoyed our presents.....
Thoroughly enjoyed ELISE being home.....
Heard the Christmas story a few times....
Laughed at Daddy's "sounds effects" to the Christmas story...

And overall, had a WONDERFUL Christmas!!!

A Smile For You...

I couldn't resist sharing this! This morning while I was combing Kristyn's hair, she said she wanted to say Luke 2 to me.

So she proceeded to quote the chapter very nicely and she got down a ways and said, "...and suddenly there was with the angel a BURST of heavenly Ghost, praising God and saying, GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST......"

I just thought I'd share a smile :)

Wanna Guess?

Pictures are coming soon, I promise, but there is a mountain of things I need to get done first:
-unpack bags
-laundry
-unpack the surburban
-more laundry
-clean the house
-LAUNDRY (did I already mention that?)

I'm planning on jumping in head first tomorrow, so hopefully I'll be well on the road to getting those things done - anyone want to come help fold laundry?

But until I get pictures on here, does anyone want to guess where I took the picture that is on our header?? I'm sure some of you are saying, "I KNOW I've seen that somewhere...." I just love that picture and I was so happy it turned out, especially since we were going down the road at 70 mph. :)

Hope you have a great week!

Merry Christmas...

Merry Christmas
From Our Family
To Yours!!

Of Visits and Christmas Baking...

Last weekend we had a very brief visit from Great Grandma and Grandpa. What a nice time we had. The kids just love them!
What a special Great-Grandma! We are so glad she got to come.
The kids were all ready for bed.
The lens on the camera kept fogging over, but I thought it made for a sweet picture.
And we also got a very short visit from Grandma!! As always, we thoroughly enjoyed it.

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One day last week, we decided to make some candy for our neighbor. He's the nicest older man and spoils our kids rotten.
Peanut clusters....yum!
Misty told me about these, so we tried them. Pretzel, Rolo candy and bake for 4 min.
Then press a pecan onto the Rolo candy......very yum! (Except I can't have pecans)
This little cherub, just giggled from the swing!

We also made Christmas cookies...the kids favorite.


"Uhhhhh, Mom??? Shouldn't you be watching the cookies in the oven?"
"What? I'm not eating anything. My cheeks just stick out like this....it's inherited from Dad's side of the family."
"Uhhh, I think I lost my cookie cutter in the dish of red-hots, so I'm going to look for it. Honest, Mom!!"



Nothing like dipping your cookie in some cold milk!!!
Thanks for stopping by to see us. We have been busy with programs and such and if any of you care to come, Kristyn's school program is this Friday night!

Have a BLESSED day!!!