HOLIDAYS

This year, for the holidays,..............drumroll please...................................We Stayed HOME!

I know, I know, we NEVER stay home.  But this year we did. And it was fantastic!   I love our family get-togethers.  I wouldn't trade them for anything.  But, since my family all got together for Thanksgiving.  Christmas left us open for anything.  Add my parents, sister, and niece and it is a recipe for good times, good food and lots of "peanut knuckle" (aka pinochle)  We also did some super snowmobiling around with the kids and of course sledding.  Clay, Dad, NT and Day all built a snow tunnel through one of the huge banks of snow.  And we also had hot chocolate, and a nice warm fireplace to come in from the cold and warm up.   We've had a pretty amazing winter this year with tons of snow and lots of cold temperatures.  This morning on my way to take NT to preschool it was still 23 below zero!!!  That's definitely the coldest it's been so far but we've had lots of below zero temps this winter.  Here are some pics of our fun Christmas.  

just when I fell off the sled

pulling behind Huckleberry

Kelcy stayed on better

NT had a doll Christmas!

The Barbie house Papa built! He did an amazing job and she loves it! On Christmas morning when she pulled off the blanket, she started running in place and clapping.  She didn't know what to do with the excitement!  so fun!

NT warming up with hot cocoa and some melted snowman cookies I made that turned out super cute!