Snow Days...

It was dumping snow when we first got there and I was having such a hard time trying to get my camera to focus!!

Beenz and Spenc!!

Last week my cousin Heidi Ho...as I like to call her...and her 2 boys and my 3 little ones, and my mother decided to drive up the mountain near by to play in the snow, we got a little tiny bit at our house, but not enough to really play in!! So away we went, we did not go up so high, I started to slide a little and decided we had went up far enough!! There was still at least 8 inches of snow!! The kids had so much fun!! It's crazy how entertaining the snow is!!! All 5 kids were having a blast from the time we got there until the time we left. I love the snow, it is so beautiful and so peaceful, I wish is would snow here!!!!

Our Tree!!

So when we got our Christmas tree home, it was a lot fuller and bigger then we realized up in the woods where is was next to enormous trees...and the branches are not so strong! The kids decorated and redecorated the tree as the ornaments fell off over and over, it was pretty funny! But with a little trimming and creativity on getting the ornaments to stay, it turned out to be a beautiful tree, and it stands right next to the fire place and looks so festive with all our stockings and the mantel all decorated! I really love our tree.....it's full of character!!!

Our little Down Town...

The fam, in front of the sining Christmas Card!!

Mason and his little cousin Kyle, they are good buddies!!

Our little down town is so cute! It is always decorated so festive and I just love it!!! My kids love these big things, that they call the singing Christmas cards! Each one plays a Christmas song and kind of tells a little story. So for Family Night we got all bundled up, met our cousins got some Dutch Bro's hot coco (the milky way hot chocolate is delicious by the way!! it's like drinking a candy bar!!) and walked up and down 7th Street to see all the "singing Christmas cards"! It was freezing!! But fun!! The kids loved it, us 4 adults were exhausted by the end of it from chasing kids and keeping everyone out of the street, but defiantly worth it!! The kids loved it!! They are beautiful and kind of magical!!

Our Christmas Tree Adventure...

Moosee, just tagg'en along!!

Nana was scared, for real, that we were going to see a bear! Chris told her this black moss was bear hair and for a while she believed it! It was hilarious!!!!!!

My mountain man!!

That tree...behind us...that was the one!!!

Beenz was just happy girl...like always!!

Mase is ready to cut down the tree...
This Christmas we decided, instead of pay 60 dollars for a tree from a lot like last year, we would go out in to the forest and cut down our own tree, for 5 dollars!

Wow!!! I had know idea that this would be so super fun!!! It was such a great day!

I was real nervous about it all and how the kids would do, but they did great!

We drove up to the top of a huge mountain, Beenz was not so happy about this part, she is SO scared of falling off the mountain, any time we drive somewhere like this she has a fit, it did not help that Nana came and is the same way!!

But once we got there it was BEAUTIFUL!!

It was sunny and the views were breath taking!!!

We started out looking for a beautiful Christmas tree and after over an hour I was ok with any tree! Big....small...thin, I didn't care!! Thank goodness it was not to much after this point that we found our tree! Mase, thought that he was pretty cool since he helped Chris saw it down and then give it the last big push to watch it fell to the ground!!

The kids had so much fun hiking through the woods, as did Chris and I!! It was just a really fun day, we will definitely do this again next year!!!

What do you do when the car breaks down....

Chris and I took the kids out to look at Christmas lights, it was fun..or at least started off to be...

We got hot coco and looked at a couple houses and then....when we were watching the amazing house with the music that goes along with the lights, Chris pulled up to turn around and the car, which we call the Ford Subdivision...(it's a excursion) starts like screaming and stops...1/2 in the road 1/2 pulled off the road.

Chris is stressed by this, the kids are going crazy and the music from the house down the street is still blaring!! I could not help but laugh!

There was nothing we could do...it was 8 pm and so amongst all the craziness I decided to pull out my camera and document the night! Chris was not so thrilled about this. What is always funny to me is when the car breaks and people say...pop the hood, I'll look at the engine...So of course we did this and as we were looking I said...yup, looks like an engine!!!...come on we don't know anything about cars!! Thank goodness Chris has such a good sense of humor, it was not to long before he jumped in on the laughter, and not to much longer after that, that we were rescued!!

I am Thankful for Thanksgiving...

This year we had such a nice kick back Thanksgiving!! Chris played quarterback in the annual turkey bowl that morning and was so sore the next week it was hilarious!! The kids and I made Pilgrim hat cookies and got all our Christmas stuff out and decorated the house!

Then came the Christmas lights....only 2 of the 12 strands we used last year work, me I think go buy new, Chris....no way he can get them to work...he thinks!

Well hours later of checking and chaining bulbs we then had 2 and 1/2 strands of lights working!! We have the icicles lights, that is a lot of lights per stand!!

We had to give up at that point to meet with the fam for dinner! We had a delicious dinner and it's always fun to eat with Chris who always comes up with some game, this year is was see if you can fit your mouth around the glass!! This became so funny at our table!

All in all a really good Thanksgiving, and I am grateful to have a day to set a side and be together!!

FINALLY!!!!

This picture made me laugh for 20 minutes before the movie...had to be there...this guys is so funny!!!!
Some of the fam...waiting to see it!!!

I got to sit next to my own...Edward!!!My brother...being a dork...like usual!!!!

So last night was the night...we went to a private viewing of TWILIGHT!!!! If you don't know Chis and I are HUGE fans!! We read all the books out loud together....so fun! And have since read them again...together!

A friend of ours rented out the theater! It was so

fun to go with a bunch of fellow twi-hard fans!!! We had so much fun!!! Most of my family was there to and it was just super fun!

So the movie...I LOVED it....and I HATED it!!! Some of the character...just did not meet up to my standards!

Edward looked beautiful in some parts...like when they are first talking in Chemistry...then totally lame in others! The WORST part was when he had to suck the venom out of her! We actually broke into laughter at that point!

But Bella was fantastic!!!

And I did not have high expectations anyway....how could you possible make a movie as GOOD as that BOOK!

Chris and I both thought for the most part it was good. It did not ruin the book for me....or my take away all my characters...it was fun to see someones else take and I just loved being a part of the whole thing!!

And of course the

book was better!! But Duh!!!! It always is!

I'd see it again!!!

Thanks Shelly for getting it all together!!!

the FORCE was with us this Halloween. . .

We tried to get a family picture with my camera set up on the car...what a joke!!!

The Kids Sorting out the good stuff and trading with each other!! They were so cute!!

We had such a fun Halloween!! The kids have really gotten into Star Wars as of late...and they decided that we should all be one of the characters for Halloween!!

It was so fun how much the kids got into! I love dressing up every year and I am so glad that Chris is not against it!! I just think it is so fun!! My costume was so funny!! Well the wig was...I do not look good with dark hair!!

On Halloween we met all the family at my Grandpas house and did quit a bit of Trick-or-Treating! The kids LOVED it!!! I can't believe how much candy they got!! I felt bad but seriously more than half went in the trash when they were not looking!!!