Snow Much Fun!

Kansas City had a record snowfall on Christmas this year. After 3 days of what seemed like continuous snowfall, we had about a foot at our house. And did we ever make the most of it!



Our neighbor plowed all the snow in the cul de sac into a big pile to start the sledding luge down the ditch. A little sculpting was needed though to get the right path set. I'm so glad CoCo & Poppa were here to help out!



Brett was more than happy to help carve out the luge run with the sled



Snow angels were made



Brett & Poppa did some backyard sledding which entailed a lot of backyard pulling back up the hill



and a few silly joke tricks that went like this - Brett rolling onto his side until he fell out of the sled into the snow and then saying, "Poppa, you dumped me out!" Then Poppa saying, "oh no Brett! You better get back on and I'll pull you some more." Going a little farther and repeating. Brett giggling harder & harder each time.



We had such a fun time with Poppa & CoCo and hated to see them go. In fact, Brett told them they couldn't leave and even locked the doors. Then they tried to drive up the hill of our street and couldn't make it for all the snow. When they had to come back, Brett said, "See I told you you couldn't leave!" Thinks he is so smart!





Snow, please stick around a little bit longer so we can play with you - we have a new sled we need to break in!

Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time

We dreamt it and it came true! A truely white Christmas and then some - about a foot of snow at our house! Enough that we were snowed in for Christmas and unable to go anywhere. It worked out fine though. My parents had arrived early to beat the storm and spend Christmas Eve with us. My in-laws were unreachable due to flooding so we wouldn't have been able to make it to them on Christmas day anyway. We had lots of new fun toys to play with and lots of goodies to eat!

Look what Santa brought!!



A little coloring



A little wii play - Loving the MarioKart



It's Bumblebee the Transformer -- ahh, Look Out!



Maizy even hit the jackpot on stocking loot.



We attempted a Gingerbread House this year. I think it turned out pretty SWEET!



The aftermath of a great Christmas

It's TIME!!

Christmas is coming - tonight's the night! It is blowing up a storm outside (literally, a blizzard)! By the time everyone wakes in the morning, there is supposed to be over a FOOT (yes, over 12 inches) of SNOW!!! We may not be able to leave & go anywhere for Christmas, but that's okay. We did pretty well last year when stuck here at home. Planning to avoid the ER this year though!

Now get to bed so Santa can come to see you & bring you all your wishes!



He just left our house! Merry Christmas!!

Is it Christmas yet?! Is it Christmas yet?!

It's almost time! It's almost here!! We are so ready! Almost everyday Brett asks, "is it Christmas yet?" "Is Christmas tomorrow?" "Not yet", I have to say. We've been getting ready for so long it seems & it is finally almost here!

We've been singing about it




We've been playing around with it



We've been practicing for it



Christmas - Hurry up and get here already!!

Our Christmas House

Taking from my friend Sara's blog, I'm going to do a little showing off - of my house that is. I love Christmas. I love everything about Christmas. I especially love to decorate for Christmas. So here's what I've done this year. I hope you like it - I really do!


The outside from the road - makes me smile everytime I drove home at night.



The front side



Front porch and big picture window




Little side garden & deck with my newest outdoor addition - the trio of trees




Our tree, mantle and skater village




Christmas card garland




I've never had a nativity scene. Just fell in love with this one when I saw it!





Oh yes, when you have a wall waiting for a window, what better way to cover it than with holiday kid art!



Spiffs it right up, don't you think?

My Last Day...

Today was the day. My last day of clinicals. I am somewhat relieved to have less going on, but I'm also a little sad. I really enjoyed it. I learned as much from them as I think they learned from me. It reminded me of where I was and how far I've come. I still haven't heard if they'll keep me around for next semester. I hope so. I don't think it is looking so good since they haven't told me anything yet. I guess what's meant to be will be. But I'm still saying a little prayer that they will want me around. It has saved us this fall while Steve wasn't working. I've actually made a dent in that pile of debt - something I was beginning to think would never happen. So if they don't ask me back - Thanks JCCC. It was great. I'm sure I got more out of it than you did.

Fall is Flying by

I can't believe how fast the end of the year is going! It was just September - Halloween doesn't seem like it was that long ago - and now Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is upon us -- SLOW DOWN -- PLEASE SLOW DOWN!!

Here are some great fall leaf pile pictures from early fall to help me try to slow things down a little. Poppa (my wonderful father) is always good for having a GIANT leaf pile ready when we come around. Here's what you can do when the trapeze is close to the pile...

Anxiously awaiting Kate's jump



Here she comes, around the world on the trapeze



and RELEASE!



didn't quite stick the landing



But a good effort anyway - we'll give it a 9.5


Brett's turn - a mid-air wind up



and a Pop-Up Finish!!



Isn't Poppa AWESOME for setting up the bestest leaf pile ever!!?!