Sledding

Adam, Christopher and Julia went sledding in our neighborhood today. Christopher somehow lost his socks... I have no idea how!

Christmas at Grandma/Grandpa Browns

On the 26th we ventured out (thank you to the Wachners for loaning us your snow tires!) and made it over to Tim's parents for our official Christmas celebration. It was so nice to get out of the house! The roads were OK, but our street was still not plowed so it was a little tricky to get out of the driveway. Anyway, we made it there and we had a great time opening gifts, playing Wii and eating Mary's famous Christmas Eve chicken. The dogs all had fun too (all 5 of them!).

Tim and Alex exchanging glances. Alex didnt have the best day - he has a cold and was a bit out of sorts.

The gang.....

Adam and Grandpa putting together the Bionicle.

Enjoying some quality time with Aunt Carrie and Baxter...

Adam tried playing the Wii for the first time. He is a natural (uh oh). He now has the record high score in Bowling of 200-something.... The Wii belongs to Carrie, but we are hoping that Grandpa is hooked so he will buy one for his house!

THE SNOW

About 12 inches, I'd say. So many snow drifts. We had a 4ft one in between our house and the neighbors. We are running out of places to put it, since we share a driveway with the neighbors and our two houses are there. We are in trouble if it snows again!

Christmas Day 2009

It's still snowing and Santa came! The kids were up at their usual time (6am) and Adam was ready to run downstairs immediately. He found the castle that he asked for, and some other things stuffed in his stocking. We all had a nice morning and enjoyed our new goodies. Alex got a toy train that sings and talks (how fun for us!). Our friend Jed cross-country skied over to our house from his place a few blocks away. And our friend Jim walked over, too. Both were stuck here without their families. Tim made some sort of runza-like dish (which was very good) and we at chili, played, watched TV, drank wine and the boys scooped the driveway. That was ALOT of work for them. We aren't able to leave the house yet, so better to just get cozy and enjoy. Aften the kids went to bed I snuck over to the neighbors and we watched Elf and did a puzzle. Nice and relaxing. We had a great Christmas but missed seeing our family. There is so much snow!

Mommy and Alex enjoy some Christmas snuggling....

Santa brought Alex a book all about dump trucks......

Adam playing with his Knights castle. We had to put it on the dining room table so that you-know-who would not knock everything over!

Alex is parked in front of some of his loot. He loves the little (actually its big) toy train that Santa brought.

Soon after (like 10 minutes) opening all his gifts, Alex walked into the kitchen and got into the utensil drawer. Just another day in his world! I remember Adam also doing this when he was 18 months old, too. Spoons are so fun.

Christmas Eve 2009

The snow started around 3pm and we ventured out to St. John's for 5pm services. It was a nice service and the boys sat very well considering it was almost 90 minutes long. Adam was happy to be able to ring his bell and shine his flashlight during the service. We had Tim's parents and sister Carrie over the dinner afterwards. By the time we got home, there was a blizzard outside with very high winds and lots of snow. Luckily the Brown's have an Avalanche (truck) so they cruised along just fine. Adam opened one present and fell asleep watching Frosty the Snowman.

Here is Tim's yummy prime rib that we had for dinner...

The Brown gang....
The table.....
Boys hanging out in front of the tree with anticipation....