Our snow creation

Shawn and I decided to build a snow/ice/igloo/house thing for the kids Tuesday. As most things like this work out it ended up being Shawn and I spending hours on it, to finishing just before dark. Didn't get much playtime in BUT IT LOOKS COOL! The kids would rather play in the snow for now - but soon they will appreciate Shawn and my hard work. I KNOW IT! Blake however appreciates the fact that he is blocked from the wind. Ellie helped and then went on an adventure with Michael to find "cool stuff."

Cool ice leaf.

Santa Michael - Brrrr!

Good times in the back of Papa's truck. Blake found a spot to sit and just dipped his mitten in the snow and proceeded to eat as much snow as he could.

It continues....

Mike woke up this morning to watch the news take calls from people at work and access the situation. He took his shower geared up and headed out to the garage with the intention to shovel the driveway. Opened the garage and just started laughing. He and two other neighbors were standing at their door on cell phones realizing there was no way anyone was getting out of this neighborhood! Driveway ranged from 14inches-38inches. After lots of shoveling he made it to the bottom and found it measured 22inches, heading to the street. So we gave up and started playing snow-baseball.

What the Millers do when snowed in...

Play in the snow until your fingers and toes hurt.

Laugh at the Fletchers as they attempt to get to their car and go to BEST BUY-CRAZIES!
Eat all the treats the Leibys brought.
Yummy!
THANK YOU

Get stuck in Ellie's decorated relay race.

Laugh

Crawl in the attic to install back speakers.

Finnish sheet rock so I can PAINT!

And apparently blog a LOT!

Beautiful Winter Storm

Before we went to bed last night the snow out our front door had covered most of the lights.

This morning the lights were totally covered.

We have a 34 inch snow drift in front of our house.

The garage is a whole nother story. YES, our car is inside! Mike started to shovel the driveway so he can get to work tomorrow morning but there is a lot of work to do!

Absolutely beautiful!

Not easy to walk in especially when you have Safeway bags on your feet for a lack of snow boots...total nerd I know!

Ellie had a blast sliding down the driveway on her tummy.
Blake hid behind anything that blocked the wind - Brrrrr!

Our snowman! Which is now a pile of MUSH...

Yes, Blake is trying to eat the stick...don't ask I have no idea!

Our little snowman is made with grape eyes, a baby carrot nose, and with a chocolate chip mouth. We ate quite a few chocolate chips, one for the snowman two for us!

I looked up today and realized what a beautiful view we have. I love the hills in the fall covered in orange, red and yellow and now with snow covered trees.

Ellie's Preschool Picture

Click on the movie and enjoy the past 5 years of Ellie's beautiful life...

From Movies

Ellie is 5!

Happy Birthday Ellie

Ellie has been asking for a JJ jumper party for an entire year. She got to attend a party there last winter and had a blast. So Michael and I finally broke down and had an official party for Ellie, it is the big 5! She had her cousins and a few friends - IT WAS GREAT! Bounced until they were all exhausted then we were off to her "party room." It was packed but she loved it. They crashed on the way home! Good fun. We love you tons Ellie.

Playing with our new camera!

Michael and I scored a new camera on Black Friday for $70 -CAN YOU BELEIVE THAT!!!

It's awesome. I love it. We were lucky if our old camera took a pic and when it did it was so blurry. I will never again buy electronics unless it's the day after Thanksgiving. Last year we bought our TV for more then 50% off and now we got an awesome camera for super cheap. I love deals.

So I have been playing with our new camera and picasa 3 - so much fun!

Just some cute and funny pictures

Our favorite tree farm - Loch Lolly Tree Farm

Love this pic of Papa!

The Millers have been going to this tree farm since Michael was 5 years old. It is the best! It has a pond with geese, bond fire, free hot chocolate, the best Santa ever, small barn with the coolest ornaments, and lots of trees. Shawn, Mars, and Charlie came along for the fun this year. Since this place is in North Plains, yes 45mins away, we stopped at Aunt Pam's house for a very yummy lunch. Thanks Pam! Then we were headed home to decorate the tree. Blake was just thrilled to have a real tree in the house and Ellie was in awe of every single decoration that she took out of the boxes. To wrap things up after the tree was glowing, we turned all the lights off and laid under the tree to see all the lights. Sure is fun to watch the kids.

Ellie's realization this week...
Jesus must be the nicest guy cause he let's us have presents on HIS birthday! It really has struck her and she is sharing it with everyone. I love her so much.