Christmas Break

We have been trying to make the best of all the snow we are getting. The kids had a fun time making snowmen and sledding behind the four-wheeler!

Thank you Santa! Everyone had a great Christmas. We are so glad that Santa found our house this year and didn't leave anyone a lump of coal!

Never too old to sit on Santa's lap!

Our Nativity

Two cute shepherds!

We've had a pretty fun break so far with more fun to come hopefully. I think by the time they go back to school I will be more than ready! :)

Friends!

Nate has found such a good friend in our neighborhood. I love this picture of them because it totally reflects their time together. They have so much fun together. They laugh and giggle the whole time they're together. I am so glad he has such a good little friend.

They already give their primary teacher a run for her money. Maybe that is why they put me in there--to control Nate.:)

Nate decided to comb his own hair the other day. He came down stairs and said,"look, mom, I have an airhawk!" I told him its pronounced--mohawk. I think he got this idea from his cute friend who wears his hair spiky, and of course, he wants to be just like him.

He left sacrament meeting to "get a drink" and came back with a mohawk. What a turkey!

Tree Trimming!

We put up our Christmas tree on Saturday. It was a nice evening as a family and our first time in the new house. Now we can make some Christmas memories and the house will really feel like home.

We had to get creative to get the ornaments at the top of the tree.

"And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care. . ."!

Future Blogger!

Kacie is a natural when is comes to blogging! She makes her way around the blog world and is a blog surfer! She loves it when she recognizes people--she thinks she is so grown up! Pretty scary that she is already more computer literate than me! :)

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

I had a GREAT time with 3 super fun sisters-in-law, a super sweet mother-in-law and a super cute niece the past 5 days! We all met in Oklahoma where Brett's sister, Debbie, lives. Then we got in the car for a road trip to Branson! My pictures turned out dark so I'm bummed about that, but these ones weren't too bad. Here's a quick look at some of our trip.

Here we are at Silver Dollar City. This was a really cute place with lots of shops and some roller coasters. It was pretty cold so we only hit a couple of roller coasters, but loved going through the shops, drinking wassail/hot chocolate, seeing one of the most amazing Christmas lights display (over 4.5 million lights) and eating the BEST kettle corn!

This is Brigit (sis-in-law), Jessica (niece) and me on the Branson Belle--a really big show boat where we ate a yummy dinner and saw a show. The show was great and the ventriloquist made me laugh so hard I cried!

A picture of the outside of the boat before going aboard.

Me, Jessica, Katie (sis-in-law) and Bev (mother-in-law) at the Andy Williams Christmas Show. We had such a fun time and are already talking about next year. Thanks girls for a SUPER time! wink! wink!

Fun Quiz

I'm an Audi TT!

You're not the fastest, nor the most nimble, but you're cute and you have style. You're not intensely competitive, but when you pass by, everyone turns to look.

Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

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