Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Merry Christmas to everyone! We have had a very interesting Christmas Week. Chris finally completed his job in Rosenberg, Texas, on the Monday before Christmas and we traveled home to Chris parents house.We had Christmas at our place that Saturday night before he completed his job. Kaden was very excited because she had waited so long to open those presents wrapped under our little 3ft tree..

The Robe she got

                          Making White Covered P&b Ritz crackers


 We had Christmas that Tuesday there. Kaden and Kayne and their Aunt Fawn were very excited to open their presents. We hurried around to get things packed and get ready for the "trip".

Kaden & Kayne and Fawn

Kaden and Melody

We left on Wednesday afternoon to go to Iowa, to my parents house. We ran into rain about the whole trip, I was very thankful Chris was driving. There were many peroids of heavy rain. We stopped in Fort Smith, AR, for the night. Kaden said she was ready to drive some more, when she woke up from her 2 hour nap :) Pleasures of being young. We left the next morning at 730 am to try to beat the "winter storm" that was headed north. Well, we didn't exactly beat it but I think we did beat the worst of it. We hit freezing rain about an hour from KC and all the way up to Saint Joesph, that is when  things got interesting. The wind started blowing and it looked like a blizzard. Thank Goodness Kaden was asleep during this stressful time... Haha.

The Snow they already had from last blizzard

Wind blowing while snowing.. Mezmerizing

Not a care in the world

Well we made it, just to see the weather get worse. We had some good ole' chili and watched the snow keep falling. Kaden woke up Christmas morning to see that Santa had come to visit her. He musta heard her talking about where she would be. She got a Barbie Vet Center, Barbie dog, and a Whoopsie doo doll. For all of ya'll that don't know what a  whoopsie doll is, well as Kaden explained to us... it poops and pees. What great inventions that they have. All of my siblings were able to come home for Christmas but my brother Mike and his family. They were snowed in. The following days included a lot of sledding and tubing. IT  was a lot of fun.

She is Ready!

Kaden with her Grandpa and her Daddy

She didn't like climbing back up hill

 Even Grandpa and Grandma went sledding. 

Grandpa & Grandma

 My brother Mike and his family were able to come and go sledding too. They always had a surprise of their own, They are expecting again :) :) pe Congrats~~ A new baby in the family is always a joyous time..

Mike & Jack

He Loved the Gun

Kaden and Jack

After all the celebrations for Christmas were over, there was still a lot of snow left over. We built snowmens today. Kaden made her own little ball, which turned out to be pretty big. She was bored after that, so I gave her a ladle and she had a blast with it. My Niece Megan and I got to building the rest of the snow mans. The truth be told, I think I had the most fun building the snowmens. I couldn't just stop at one, I had to make two.. lol Kaden was yelling for Grandpa to let her in by the time I got done with my second one. You just have to love snow :)

Megan & Kaden on snow pile

Our snow wo-mans

Well, I better get to adding the pictures! I hope this blog finds you and your family warm, safe and ringing in the new year safely. O did I mention by the end of it, they had recieved 14.5 inches of snow on top of the 12inches they arleady had... a lotta snow.
~~God Bless~~