Snow Day

We are LOVING the snow...granted, we haven't left the house besides church on Christmas morning for three days. We have had so much fun outside playing. We have a huge pile of snow in front of our house courtesy of the plow so we made a tunnel out of it with the help of Erin and Jake. We also built a snow fort with a sliding hill in front of Gary's house. It has been so beautiful! We love it when Erin comes home...

The view from our snow fort...

Christmas Day

Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope all of you had a wonderful day surrounded by those you love. Our day couldn't have gone any better. The kids had a blast opening gifts this morning...then we headed out to church...GMa and Papa came over to play and life is great! The girls checking outside to make sure that Santa didn't drop any presents in the snow this year...

It was a ROCKIN' Christmas...

Jam Sesssion...

The girls got American Girl dolls from GMa and Papa and were beyond excited. Ellie got Molly and Amelia got Mia!

Christmas Eve

We celebrate Christmas Eve at our house with the Erdmann's. It was a wonderful night. The kids were beyond excited to spend time with their cousins again. It was a perfect way to celebrate the birth of Jesus...at home with our family who we love dearly. Here are a few shots...

White Christmas

We certainly have had a white Christmas. It has been absolutely beautiful! A fresh coat each day for the last few days and it has been so nice just being home to enjoy watching the big flakes fall. It feels so much like Christmas...just peaceful. The kids have had a blast playing outside. Here are a few shots...
The mowing is NEVER done...

Morton Christmas

We celebrated Christmas with the Mortons on Saturday before the Danz family headed to Chicago. It was such a fun morning. The kids LOVE to play together and LOVE being at GMa and Papa's house. Jacquie got some sweet pictures of the kids...

Gingerbread House

I haven't posted pages on here for so long because I've been running so far behind in life in general but I'm going to try and get back to it. We had such a fun day yesterday making gingerbread houses. I couldn't wait to scrap it. Thanks Jenelle for letting us borrow your mold...it is such a treat!

Elliana's Birthday

It is hard to believe that my precious baby girl is already six. While the days at home sometimes drag on, the years seem to fly by. We have been so blessed to have this spunky, passionate little soul in our lives. She keeps us on our toes and fills our life with love.

Today we celebrated her special day with her friends. It was a costume party. Here is the invite...

We had the perfect number of guests and the girls were just fabulous. It went so well. Here are a few shots from the day...

We had Anne, a friend of a friend who I also had ECFE with, come in and create balloons. She just learned how to do this during the summer and let me tell you, she is amazing. Check out her Wonderwoman! She has developed this into a business...I'm sure you can see why!Wonderwomen...with her friend AvaGroup shot....can they get any cuter?Strategizing for the treasure hunt...We love Becca...And then because we hadn't had enough activity in the last couple of days, I took my girls to the gopher game and we had a blast...