Considering Private??

So I've been thinking about going private and I want everyone's opinion. Tell me what you like and don't like about it. Thanks!!

Christmas

Yeah, so I'm a little behind. There was just so many pictures to go through from Christmas that I've been dreading doing this blog. So I've put them in a slide show and you can look through as many pictures as you'd like!
We had a great Christmas...we must have been good this year!
Dylan had us up at 6:00 - EARLY! Kind of surprised us cuz that kid is never up before 8:30. We had our own Christmas here at home and then had to be at Blake's parents by 9:30-10:00 for breakfast and the call from Todd. It was Todd's last call home because he comes home April 1st. YAY!! It was so good talking to him. I sure love and miss that kid!!
Then we met my family back at our house to do presents and dinner. While we were opening presents the power went out and didn't come back on until some time in the early hours of the next morning. In other words we weren't able to cook dinner so we had to pack everything up and head to my mom's. It was quite the eventful night but we still had a lot of fun as a family.

Let it Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow...And It Did!!

Our first REALLY BIG snow storm Blake took the boys out to play in the snow. I stayed inside and took the pictures through the door! They had lots of fun, like they always do with their dad. I think Ethan had a hard time walking in it - he fell a lot. Dylan thought it was hilarious to throw snowballs at his dad.

Can you see Dylan in this picture?

Okay, maybe it was Dylan who had the problem standing up in the snow!

This would be a really pretty picture if the ugly building wasn't in it!

I was afraid the slide was going to break.

They thought it was great fun though!

Funny thing... so the neighbor guy across the street came over and was taking pictures of Blake and Dylan snow blowing so I thought that I should be a good wife/mom and get out there and take some.

Helping the next door neighbor clear his driveway.

I made Ethan stay inside with me and he got tired of looking out the window so he fell asleep!

Gingerbread Cookies And Advent Calendar

My mom bought a gingerbread man decorating kit for the grand kids and I got some stuff so they could make an advent calendar. This is the advent calendar that I remember making as a kid. Everytime we would have a Christmas party with my mom's side of the family all the grand kids would make one of these - just different candy! Dylan has gotten more excited about the calendar now that it is getting closer to Christmas. He loves counting the candy to know how many days are left! Ethan just likes the candy!! The kids had a lot of fun decorating the cookies. You'll see by the cuteness of each of their cookies!! :)

Their finished cookies!

The Advent Calendars.

They were there long enough to get their candy in the order that they wanted it and then they ran off to play while we stapled it all on!

Got A Package For Dad

Blake got a package in the mail and Ethan decided that he was going to take it to him at the fire station. I thought he meant that he wanted all of us to pack up in the car and go to the fire station so I kept telling him no. Well he had a different idea. He told me bye and blew me a kiss and headed out the garage door. This is what I found.

He got the packages loaded up...

And he was on his way!!

Thanksgiving

Thought I would get this posted before Christmas was here! :)
We had Thanksgiving with Blake's family this year. We went bowling in the morning (it's a tradition in Blake's family to go every year). The boys loved it. Ethan still asks me about every other day if we are going bowling. Then we went over to Blake's parents for the first Jeff Harwood family Thanksgiving. We usually do Thanksgiving with extended family but this year it was just the kids and their spouses and their kids. It was really nice. The food was great and I think we had a good time spending time with each other.

Sorry, I just got pictures of the bowling!! :)

Tell me how a 5 year old does this? Tell me how anyone does this?? Crazy!

Our attempt at a family picture. We took about four and this is the best one and it still wasn't a good one!!

The Things Boys Do

I was on the computer one night and the boys were over playing with Ethan's bucket of toys and this is what ended up happening.

I was laughing so hard I was crying. I called Blake and he told me that I needed to take pictures of it so he could see what was SOOO funny!