Visiting Santa

I love that my city here has a drive-thru Santa. You drive up, no line/waiting, get the kids out to talk for a second, take a picture, the kids get a candy cane, then you get back in your warm car and go home. It's great. What's not great is when you've finished all your shopping and you take your kids to see Santa and they tell him something completely different than they've put on the 3 letters they sent to Santa. That's not so great, good thing my kids aren't too picky!:)

Sledding

We had a great snow storm that left a lot of snow in it's wake a week or so ago. The kids had a great time sledding and playing in it. At first Baily was kind of wimpy about playing outside in it, but once she figured it all out, I haven't been able to keep her inside. She asks me every day when we are going somewhere, "I play in snow?", even though it has all melted and is gone. She would ONLY wear her snow suit with out any clothing underneath it! I tried and tried to convince her it would be warmer to leave her clothes on, but she insists and I usually give in. She is VERY independent minded! We have a mini hill right in our backyard and this is where I took these pictures. The first day it snowed I took the kids to a hill by their school. I played with Payton in the car while I watched Trevor and Taylor sled down a big hill, and Baily stomp around in the snow getting in the way of all the other kids trying to sled down. As I was watching them I thought, "I really do have the best job ever!" I love this part of winter!

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a great time on Thanksgiving this year. Although we miss being by any family members, we manage to have a great time with our crew! There is something very fun about playing all day with my kids in our comfy clothes, not having to worry about cleaning the house, and cooking whatever we want!

The kids and I had a blast making pies, Jon and Baily watching the parade on TV, and Taylor being a Rockette! So thankful for my little family this year!