More Snow...

Snow melted...

And then it came back.

Jake got out and played in it this time.

We made a small home for

"animals" (snowballs)

to go in.

Ali drew a picture

of Daddy in the snow.

Ali is still funny.

Like here she was wearing her glasses

during lunch time, and

while holding her orange she said,

"It's a PUMPKIN!"

She wears her sunglasses to peel her orange so the juices don't squirt her in the eyes.

She also wanted pancakes tonight.

We asked her what kind of pancakes.

She said colorful ones.

So that begged the question, what kind of color.

Well,

she said blue.

Therefore...

Jake is very active.

You will see in the next picture a nice

skid mark on his head from outside.

He also has decided to start eating lots of

bananas lately.

He was nice enough to share tonight

with his mommy too.

Have fun in everything you do.

When you get snow...

play in it.

Snow, Snow, Snow

When we returned from AL

we came home to a 

Winter Wonder Land.

Some parts of Clovis and surrounding areas

got up to 10 inches.

It was pretty deep

and the roads iced over.

I even went skating on the ice.

Ali and I went outside a few days after it snowed

and we had a snowball fight and

made a snow man.

The next time you get snow,

shovel what you don't need,

and play in the rest of it.

Christmas Trip to AL

We took the 16 hour drive out to

Alabama for the holidays.

We had a great time visiting with family again.

Here are some pics of the fun and festivity.

Ali opening presents with Adam's family.

We did not get photos of Jake opening presents because

he was napping and we forgot to take pictures after.

But he did get some there too.

A beautiful quilt my mom made for Suz. (sis-in-law)

Uncle Allan sitting with the kids.

Fort for the girls that slept with Mimi in her room each night.

We made some snow flakes...

Star Wars Edition.

And our annual ginger bread making

from the characters of the movie

Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer.

As usual I decorated Yukon Cornelius.

And I made a Yoda.

My brother's star wars creation.

Ali and Jake got to open more gifts

at my parent's house.

Jake got plenty of time with grandpa

in the rocking chair.

We had less pictures of all the fun,

but we had games, great food, and 

family fun.

Christmas in NM

Our first Christmas in New Mexico.

The kids helped to make cookies

and we put them out for Santa.

He ate all of them.

Christmas Eve

the kids sat together and

watched Polar Express.

We had very yummy

Cinnamon rolls Christmas Eve too.

The kids opened presents from

Mommy and Daddy.

They got Christmas books and new pajamas.

Christmas morning they woke up

to the present Santa left for them:

Kitchen set,

baby doll (for Ali),

and

toy cars (for Jake).

And as we traditionally do,

we had the wonderful

Pecan Ring Pastry

Christmas morning.

It was too much to eat in one sitting,

and since we were leaving Christmas Day

to go to Alabama,

we shared the rest with 

our wonderful neighbors (we love you Vigil's).

Always remember,

our Savior is what

it is all about - giving:

love, charity, mercy, and salvation.