Swimming

Hey, it kept them busy for two whole hours.

P.S. I love where we live. Except that this morning we woke up to gun shots and looked outside in time to see a cow elk get shot and roll down the mountain.

Christmas

We had a great Christmas! The kids got up early to open presents(of course). But that was ok because Wes had to leave for work at 7.

Andrew asked Santa for a snow shovel for Christmas. He's so funny!The morning was spent making (and eating) swedish pancakes, opening and putting together toys and playing. It was busy and I could have used another pair of hands but we had a good time. Wes surprised us and got home about 11:30. Then Grandma and Grandpa Rogers et all came over to play and eat lunch and stuff. Over all a pretty good day.

Pre- Christmas Activities

The pinata at the Larsen Party. Anna went up to hit it, turned and ran to me crying.

Playing in the snow...

 Baking yummy cookies.

Kaylee did the turquoise, Andrew did green, Kara did purple, and I did blue. They were delish!

OOPS

I forgot to post this fun video.

Snow Day!

Today we woke up to a lot of snow. The frist day of winter is a doozy! I went to the computer to see if school was cancelled. Nope, just bus service so it was up to parents to decide if they were going to take their kids. I decided- no. Five minutes later Wes's mom called to tell us that school was cancelled. Here's why...

We got 10 inches of snow last night on top of the 8-9 yesterday. And it's still snowing steadily. I cleared the driveway by 11:00. I didn't, however, clear in front of the mailbox and driveway where Mr Plow pushe 2+ feet of snow. Just looking at it makes me want to cry.

Countdown to Christmas

I have procrastinated. Or maybe the time just flew by. Either way, I woke up yesterday morning at like, 5:00 and couldn't go back to sleep because I realized that Christmas was in one week and I wasn't ready!! AAAHH! So I got up and shopped online. Now I just hope that it gets here on time or Andrew might be upset.
So really, it's not as bad as I thought. I just needed the one "big" thing for Andrew. Which brought up the question "Are we super cheap?" Because our "big" things for each of the kids cost $30.  Anyway, Christmas is coming. Are you ready?

Anna's Cuteness

We got a new exercise bike last week. Anna stands by it and makes motorcycle noises. VROOOMM!

She has figured out how to climb into her highchair. I don't know how because I haven't seen her do it. I just keep finding her there. Then since she can't get down she yells "Mom, help!" over and over until I come get her.

She gives lots and lots of hugs and kisses.

She likes to "do" my hair. (Ouch)

She loves to sit inside Andrew's toy bin and read or watch TV. She usually has her blanket with her. (Doesn't she look so grown up with her pigtails?)

When it's time for her nap she waves and yells "bye, bye, bye" to Andrew.

Sliding