Sadie and Hannah wanted to spend the night with Micah and Ellie the day before Christmas Eve. Micah wanted to sleep with Sadie and Hannah. Ellie and Abby slept in the front bedroom together.
The next morning (Christmas Eve) after Abby and Ellie woke up, this is what we found. All of them in bed together watching cartoons.
After breakfast I took all the kids outside to go sledding on the hill behind my parents house.
We all had fun. I even went down with them a couple of times.

My brother Brent has a kettle corn business. He sells it at fairs and such. Here he is popping some corn for all of us in my grandma's basement. It was to windy to pop it outside.

So I've been lazy!

So it's been almost a month since I have done anything with our blog. The holidays were busy with Christmas party after Christmas party. Then we went to Missouri for ten days to spend Christmas with my family. Then we drove home (through the night) through the windy, snowy Wyoming roads and got home just in time to celebrate the new year. (I feel asleep by 8:30pm. Happy New Year to me!) Now it's back to the old grind (ok, Robert is the only one who can really say that). My days have been filled with following Ellie around the house and asking her if she has to go pee-pee. (Erin you aren' t the only one that blogs about bodily fluids). Needless to say, I feel like I've been busy but I haven't gone anywhere because I am trying to potty train Ellie. I will try to get some Christmas picures on soon. Keep checking back. In the mean time, wish me luck with Ellie!!!

Tis' the season

I put up the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. The kids "helped." I think the ornaments have been rearranged several times already. I tried to take there picture next to the tree today. I didn't have much luck. They kept jumping up and down and pulling off the ornaments. I finally threatened them with a time out (after about 15 minutes) if they woudn't hold still. Well, you'll see what I got. (It's the last picture of the bunch.)

Christmas Card Picture???

Forgot the flash.
Jumping up and down.
Gangster Christmas?
Finally got them to hold still but they gave me those fake cheesy grins. I give up! No Christmas card picture this year.

We had out first snow yesterday. By the time I got around to finding the camera the snow in the front yard had melted. These pictures are out our back door. The kids were so excited to see it snow!

Micah's New Drink

Here Micah's new invention in beverages. Salsa Sipping