Updates....

Sorry again for the delay in the posts.

I'm again having issues with blogger uploading photos.

As my blog is mainly photos,

I've decided to take a break until they get this problem fixed.

I mean, who wants to just listen to me talk, right?!? 

At least I'm not the only one who has this problem-

The blogger team is working on a solution.

Until then...

Make your days happy ones!

 



Up, up, and away...

Well, our plan was to go sledding on Zach's day off.

There is a local sledding hill with a tow rope,

but when we found out the price for tickets($60.00) for the whole family,

we decided to give our dead end road a try instead.

 

 Heading down the driveway,

my husband yells for me to watch out...

he wasn't going to miss any opportunity to sled on this excursion.

 

 The hill doesn't look that long in the picture,

let me attest to it, it is. 

Zach and I both pulled our kids up the hill to get a good path beaten down.

 

 Well, it worked great for the kids,

but the adults were too heavy:(

The kids ended up going down 3 times and walking back up twice.

At this point, I was rethinking the sixty dollars.

 

Zach stayed on the top of the hill to help send down the kids to me

at the halfway point(just to make sure everyone was ok)

We had a great time.

 After we got finished sledding, it was time for some serious fort building.

Another reason to love my garden boxes, they make the best snow forts

when your husband has scrap lumber:)

 

 Oh yes he did.

The roof is secured and mama doesn't have to worry about cave ins.

This is the best fort ever!

 

 The girls even have their own rooms in the fort.

My eldest has been busy building walls everywhere

for when the enemy(dad) attacks with snowballs.

 

We had a great day off...

Christmas morning...

was absolutely delightful.

 

 The kiddos excitedly opened their stockings,

proudly holding up their own oranges,

which they devoured immediately.

 

 After eating our traditional Christmas morning Kringle,

we started in on the gifts. 

 

 I had to add this picture of my big girl

because it reminds me of "two-blades".

When I was younger,

all I did was to wish for "two-blades"(ice skates)

and I have a picture of me opening them and having this same expression.

 

I treasure home-made gifts,

which is probably why I hand them out every year,

sorry family:) 

This gift is a favorite for this mama,

made my eldest little love.

 

We hope you had just as much excitement as we did.

Merry Christmas to all

My wonderful husband surprised me yesterday with glass ornaments to

repair my grandmothers kissing ball.

He even found pink, which is what I always thought were the

prettiest ones when I was young.

My girls love those the best too:)

 

Many Christmas blessings to you all.

May you be surrounded by the love of God, family, and friends.

 



Breakfast with Santa

Well, all the kids took their turn with Santa.

They all made their requests:

My eldest for a battle game to play with his cousin.

My little princess for a Polly pocket slide,

to which Santa responded, "No one has ever asked me for one of those before,

but I will get one for you"

Of course, to be the first one was all she needed to hear.



My big girl made me laugh out loud.

She was the third to see Santa.

She knew he would ask her name and what she wanted for Christmas

so she walked up to him(didn't get on his lap) and said,

"My name is ---- and I would like nesting dolls"

and turned to walk away.

 

We had a great time.

The kiddo got to see some of their cousins

and get to pick out some presents for mom and dad to put under the tree.