Winter Fun!

It was a beautiful winter day yesterday, and we stayed home all day to enjoy it! We've cleared off some snow off the big pond so the kids can skate around. It's not a large area, but it helps them learn how to skate better, and we don't have to worry about making a rink, just keeping the snow off!

In other news, the kids are getting very excited about Christmas. The excitement level builds a little more each day, hopefully we don't all burst by the time it actually arrives! Our dog Lacy had 3 maybe 4 puppies last Thursday night, the coldest night of the winter so far. Henry & the kids did move all the bales from around her dog house yesterday to have a look, but you can't seem them properly so that's why we don't know exactly how many there are. He did take one out for the kids to see, and the neighbor boy came to look as well (his dog is the proud father). I missed the action, so no pictures to show! That's about all the excitement we can handle for a while...lol...

The Real Thing

Here is our real Christmas tree. It's the nicest one we've had so far. This year I went to a greenhouse to buy it, so nice to shop out of the cold!

Beautiful Girls!

Little miss Brielle, the latest niece/cousin

I had the privilege of babysitting little miss Cate last Wednesday. It is so hard to get her to smile, but here her dad had her smiling, and I didn't want to miss the opportunity for a picture!

"walkin in a winter wonderland"

The forecast is for a cold winter. I can handle the cold, but there has to be snow. Well, we are seeing our share of snow! So many people are complaining about all the snow and how cold it is, but I figure if I want to live in Manitoba, then I might as well embrace the weather that comes with it. We got a good dump of snow in the past 24 hours. It looks so peaceful out there! The kids were blessed to have a short day at school. The school division called off the buses at noon, so we had to pick them up from school.

A blustry Monday afternoon, but I LOVE it!

How cute is this??

Isabella & Jeziah are the best of friends (cousins). I thought they were so cute all dressed up for the Christmas gathering.

I think this picture is priceless! Jeziah had been trying on clothes I had bought for a Christmas outfit. He was having a blast until he fell onto his finger somehow, and the fun ended. I'm not sure if you can see it, but he has a big tear coming out of his right eye, and the price tag on the sweater just completes the picture! (Just for clarification, he is not for sale, the sweater went back to the store)

Rockin Around the Christmas Tree!

That's the song that comes to mind when I see this picture, not that we were rockin around it or anything! Our tradition is to have a family tree that we decorate one month before Christmas. This is the tree where the kids hang all their own ornaments, and any other family ornaments we have collected over the years. It's getting to the point where we have quite a collection, which makes the tree look fuller. The kids did a great job decorating! Hopefully this week we can get our real tree for upstairs, just not sure where we're going to get one. But we'll keep you posted, lol!

Yesterday we started our Christmas get togethers with a gathering with my Mom's family. Lot's of food as always. Maybe too much...Dexter was friends with the pail and toilet from 3 to 9 a.m. He knew he had eaten too much, but nothing is more disgusting than when you prove it. UGH...

So is life with us right now...looking forward to more snow...it looks like we're in for a white Christmas! We'll talk again real soon...