We enjoyed the holidays with loved ones, I believe Santa did a good job this year and oh, yeah, a near-record-breaking snowfall came and went. All in all, we enjoyed a little bit of everything this holiday season...including a white Christmas.
In the last month, we have seen two accumulating snowfalls. This last one, I think we got about 14 inches of the white stuff. It pretty much shut our city down. The kids loved the snow, but were just upset it didn't happen when school was in session!
We loved seeing Grandma and Grandpa over the holiday break, and the boys got a chance to see a new side of Grandpa--on a sled!
Grandpa, Doug, Jason and Michael went sledding and those memories are something our boys won't soon forget. They had a GREAT time!
These pictures do a great job in showing the emotion of the day. Take a closer look at the sled. To be honest, we weren't truly prepared for this snowstorm. We don't even have a shovel. Our trusty spade and a dustpan did the job. So, if we weren't ready with the shovel, why would we be prepared with a sled?
Doug brought some styrofoam sheets to go sledding and from what I understand, a woman took pity on our motley crew and let them borrow her sled.
The snow added to an already magical weekend.
We had the chance to spend Christmas with Amah, Akong and Tim. Grandma and Grandpa came to join us afterward.
This year was so much fun because the kids were so into every part of the holiday. They couldn't wait for the arrival of Santa. They had a million questions about the REINDEER (!) and their path to our house. Here's what it looked like at our house on Christmas Eve. Jason left a pretty elaborate note for the man in Red and the trio made sure to leave a carrot for each of the reindeer.
On a side note, we are starting to call Joshua "the Dumpster." You remember that old Life cereal commercial, "Give it to Mikey, he'll eat anything." That hasn't worked on our Mikey in years. Joshua is another story. He'll try just about anything. Especially if it is sweet.
If you stop by soon, you'll get to catch this sight--a pretty decent snowman put together by Jason and Michael and the girls next door. Not bad, huh?
I'm surprised the boys had any energy. We spent our New Year's Eve at a neighbor's house. And two of the three stayed up to watch the ball drop.
It wasn't Michael. He conked out around 9:30 p.m.
You could say Joshua was the life of the party. Here he is, being passed around to be included in OTHER people's family pictures.
It was a challenging year for many people. We are hoping for better things to come in 2011.
Happy New Year!!!
2 comments:
great pictures! we miss you!
A great time was had by all - we miss you already!
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