It's been a pretty quiet winter, basically too cold to go outside with the kids. I don't like to freeze! Just a couple cute pics of the kids. Tanner couldn't wait for me to cut his belgian waffle one morning...too hungery. :) Tanner's also heading out for a ride on his Harley, just kidding. He belongs to the Diaper Gang. He He The one of the kids hugging is actual proof that it does happen. After earlier today as they were wrestling on the floor for a toy I had to be sure.

We took the kids ice skating a couple weeks ago during Icebox Days. Adam has skates but has never skated a day in his life so he refused to put his skates on when there were so many people around. So I helped Karlie, she did really good for her second time out and had way more fun then last year. She used the glider thing to start and then pushed it aside and skated herself. That's my girl, just like mommy!!! Then I skated around with Tanner to give him a feel of being out on the ice. I still get that great feeling when I'm on the ice even though I don't skate much any more. That feeling of coldness in the face that's completely exillerating, freedom, & speed! Boy do I miss it. Hopefully, now that Karlie's starting to take to it, I'll get to do it more. I miss it!

Karlie has now moved to a full sized bed. Her very own big girl bedroom. She is very excited. We got a bedroom set from the farm that had a big vanity. I thought it would be so special for her to have. I was right! She has been sitting at that vanity brushing her hair and playing dressup for the last 3 days (that's all it's been in her room). It has a drawer for all her dressup clothes. She loves it and it's so funny to watch her. Today she needed to get dressed up otherwise she would not be able to save her kingdom! Tell me what an imagination this girl has. So cute & funny. Stay warm everyone!

Christmas 2008

This is just one of my favorite moments of December. It was the last time I was out at grandma's farm. Blizzard weather, but the kids sat in the little sled as I ran around pulling them and giggled uncontrollably. What a wonderful time!

The pictures shown in the slideshow are the business we've been up to since the beginning of Dec. We hiked out for a tree at Saunder's and found a small tree (the kid's) and a large tree (about 9 feet high and 7 1/2 feet wide, a rather chunky little thing). We forgot a sled to pull the kids around in, Karlie walked for a bit, but then she was soooo tired so Adam carried her and I set Tanner down in the snow & he just looked at me like yeah right ma like I'm really going to walk through this. So by the time we were done we were really tired. The kids picked their little one out and helped Daddy cut it down. We decorated the trees (the bottom branched were a little heavy with bulbs...woder why?). Frosted cookies at Grandma Cheryl's. Most of which were eaten and half had so many sprinkles on them it was like a second cookie. :) I have found that one of Tanner's favorite things to play with is half a pop box; loves wearing it as a hat, and even shared the other half with sister. Adam thinks we should send it in to Coke. Karlie had a Christmas program at church where she was the angel (mommy played the angel when she was younger). She said the costume was missing something like it needed a wand. When Papa asked her later how she like being an angel, she said she didn't because the glitter on it made her itchy,scratchy. She also had a program at school where they sang A Wide Christmas (Adam tried to tell her it was a White Christmas, but she wouldn't go for it). Some of the kids favorite presents were a train set and fire hat for Tanner and roller skates and a pink guitar for Karlie. Karlie pulled up a seat Christmas Eve and sang jingle bells, took a bow and asked us to dim the lights while she performed. When she bowed she told us she would be here all night and she didn't mind flash photography. :)

She had just heard this phrase at the Terry Fator show we went to in Hinckely on the 20th. Such a special time. There were 30+ family members that met up for the show. It was so fun to see everyone. Terry invited us for lunch. The show was fantastic. Entertaining & funny. The day before the show we stayed at grandpa Terry & grandma Sue's and celebrated Christmas with them and went to the Maplewood Mall for a bit. We rode the beautiful carousel they have there. Adam got us extra tickets and we had already rode once and only wanted to ride one more time. I saw a little girl & her mommy at the ticket counter and the mommy didn't have enough cash to get tickets she would have had to write a check (and she looked mighty frazzled)so I politely told the ticket lady to give her our tickets. She thanked me over & over again and tried to give me what she had in her purse, but I just told her Merry Christmas. It made me feel very good just to see that little girl smile as she climbed on a horse.

So many blessings this year and so much to be thankful for. Wonderful family & friends, beautiful, funny kids. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and have a very Happy New Year!!!

Christmas 2008