The Rest Of 2010

After Christmas it snowed again.... and again... and again... I was really surprised to see how much it snowed here. Fortunately, it snows and then melts... so we never really have snow on the ground for very long.
Here is Liz standing besides the snowman that she built to be just her height!


We've learned that since the snow comes and goes so quickly... that you have to build your snowman as soon as the snow falls! We have also had to set up rules for eating snow. My kids love to eat the snow!





We have to continually remind the kids that they can eat snow that is on top of the grass... but no snow from the street (gross!) and no snow from the cars! They will eat it off the ground in the Fred Meyer parking lot if I don't remind them of the "clean snow" rules!
And lastly, another big snowman that we built... as you can tell, the snow is really wet and it picks up the dirt and gravel from the gravel and street...


Josh had to work New Years Eve, so we celebrated it a day early... the kids don't know any better.


We even decided to let them stay up late and we planned a party! We kicked off the party with an awesome game of Pretty Pretty Princess!



The girls love this game, and were even able to talk daddy into playing with them! And the ultimate winner of Pretty Pretty Princess is.....


Then we watched a movie, had popcorn, played some games, and then at about 11:00 they were beginning to get cranky, so Josh and I announced that it just a few minutes it would be midnight and we would need to scream Happy New Years! We did a little count down, turned on some music and screamed "Happy New Years!" as we danced around. The evening ended as I tripped over Elizabeth while we were dancing and fell over while holding Jorgan falling right on top of Elizabeth again. Needless to say, 4 hours past bedtime is not the best time to crash on top of your children... lots of crying and screaming ensued as we attempted to get their teeth brushed and tucked into bed. But, we did have a great party... and no... no one slept in the next day!! Come on now!!!