Fun with fiddle stix

We brought out a Christmas toy from Nana and Papa today...

These things are really fun!

It's been too long since I posted pics...

My big boy Blake

Matching cousins Happy Viola

It happens

Dinner and a Movie!

Disclaimer: Long day, picked Daddy up at the Airport watched 1/2 the movie on the way there and back and then Daddy had bowling league last night so, yes I let them watch the rest while eating top ramen!

However, even if that were not the circumstances...I would probably do it anyways.

I am SUCH A GOOD MOM!

Sometimes you just gotta have a lazy night.

Fun times this Christmas break...

Time with my sister

Matching cousins

My little angel Ellie

Silly kids

Just too cute

New bikes from Papa & Nana

Watching cousins play

Traditions

Excitement

Our new craft area.

Shawn and Marlene got our whole family hooked on Jericho and we spent two weeks staying up until the wee hours of the morning watching episode after episode. This is the best TV show I have seen in a long time. However it made me want to buy a farm and a gun. We couldn't wait to finish it but we didn't want it to end.

It was worth it!

It's good to be back...

We have been without a computer for several days. We finally have it back and hope it stays fixed for at least a month or so;-)

I missed checking everyone's blogs and blogging too. I will post some holiday pics soon.

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!