Santa Came!

Santa was here and the kids are coming it to see what he brought!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ready for Santa

The kids received a very special recorded version of the Twas the Night Before Christmas from my dad this year. He has always read it to them but couldn't be here this year so recorded himself reading it so they would still get to hear him:) I hope we can have it forever. After the book we always read the Christmas story from the book of Luke in the Bible. Then Mallory set up Santa's goodies. She wanted to do a buffet of treats from some of the things we had been given during the week. She wrote a sweet little note too. These times are so precious.

  

 

 

 

 

Are wii having fun? Oh yes wii are!

The boys love playing on the new Wii. They especially love Mario Kart and have such a good time racing together. They always say "gird your loins Buster" and "out of the way Sunday driver". Then "Good Luck" before they start the race. It's so sweet and precious to see a 53 year old and 5 year old having so much fun together. Love it.

 

 

 

 

Presents from Uncle Bud

My brother gave Mallory an Easy Bake Oven and Michael a BB gun for Christmas. They both loved what they got as you can see here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reindeer Food

The kids put out reindeer food on Christmas Eve. These pictures just bless me so. Precious.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Reindeer Food

The kids put out the reindeer food on Christmas Eve. These pictures just bless me so. Precious. 

 

 

 

 

 

Snow Day

School was cancelled today due to icy road conditions more than snow. There's only a very light dusting of snow but the roads look pretty icy from where I sit in our nice, toasty family room:) We're off on Monday and Tuesday for MLK and the kids and I are planning a trip over to Frankfort. I fear they may reschedule today on Tuesday so our trip will be cut short. But we'll still have a good time no matter what. In the mean time the kids are in their pjs watching Looney Tunes and still have no idea school is out today. We didn't tell them when the call came in last night. I thought it would be fun to let them sit around eating breakfast, watching cartoons and then finally wonder, "are we gonna get dressed Mom?" and then for me to say "no school!"

This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago but they happen to be in these two same pair of pjs right now!

 

Peaches Lately

We are so crazy about our little stray dog. Peaches is a part of the family now and we all love him. Paul even recently consented to having him sleep with us at night. He's still in his crate during the day when we're not home. Paul tested him one time and left him out while he ran an errand. Peaches had torn up a bunch of paper, etc when he got back! He's a big fluffy furball and we are just smitten!