Merry Christmas!!!

T'was the night before Christmas, and all through our home,

the kids were squirming and on the roam! The stockings were hung by

the chimney with care, in hopes that Santa Claus soon would be there!

The cookies were placed for Santa to share and the kids got in bed without a care!

Much to their wondering, it would appear, they would sleep soundly while Santa was here!

The morning would come, with mom up before the sun.
And in her excitement, she'd make everyone join her fun!
So, the rest of the family would open their eyes, and try to focus to see the surprise!

Santa stuffed the stockings with goodies and toys, and we soon discovered

we were good girls and boys! We opened our presents with lots of paper to tear,

and found wonderful gifts of clothes and toys to share!

We opened our presents with paper to tear and found

wonderful gifts of clothes and toys to share!

When the last gift was opened and the floor found once again,

we noticed a note with a bow on the end!

The note was from Santa with a great big surprise, so we followed

his instructions and could believe what was before our eyes!
Santa put a trampoline in our backyard!!

We had a very merry Christmas morning! We got ready and went to our neighbors for brunch, and then came home for a long nap! While Andrew went out and groomed his new snow tubing hill! So, after we woke up, ofcourse we wanted to join him for our own snow tubing fun!




We had a great time playing on the hill!! The kids flew down! Josh with a grin on his face the whole way! And Kimsey sqeeled with the delight each and every time! Andrew did jumps and I did a little of both!

Christmas morning, we had a little more snow, but less than an inch of fresh.

Last night, we were supposed to get a little more, but didn't. And today, we are expecting another 6- 10 inches of fresh snow! This is our trench we have dug to get to the car!

Remember, I told you on the last post, to watch our chiminea, and watch the difference in the snow levels! Well, some has melted since Tuesday morning, but you will get the picture! And, remember, we are supposed to get more on top of all this today! There are many places in our yard and around campus, that pass my knees as I try to get around! So, the kids are having a hard time playing out in all this! It's bigger than them!

We hope our friends and family had a very merry christmas as well! We miss all those we didn't get to be with this Christmas season! Much love to you all!

Andrew, Holly, Kimsey and Josh!