Little Things...

Having children has opened our eyes to many things (i.e., ear infections, sleep deprivation, snuggle time, singing time, being silly, potty training). We have noticed lately, though, that it seems it's always the small things that bring the biggest smiles. Case in point...

the kids have character towels, but both of them love the frog one the better. So after bath time, it is usually a sad time for one of them who doesn't get the frog but who gets the snowman! So, finally, I purchased them new ones and let them pick out their characters. Brittany wanted the ladybug and Michael wanted the monster (yes, it's a monster).

They were thrilled and just had to play with them upon returning home yesterday....see...it's the little things...look at those smiles!

Where's the Snow?!

Last weekend, we receive more snow...or at least we had the "threat" of snow. The weather forecasters were expecting snow as low as 500 feet; since we are at 3,000 we thought we would have more white stuff to play in. With that said, yes, we did get snow, but not in our front yard! There was a lot of snow on the mountains and foothills; it just never made it down to our yard!

These are pictures of Brittany & Michael watching flurries and hoping to receive a lot of snow "to play in and make snow angels in"...oh well, there's always next year.

More Bday Pictures

Michael's 3rd Bday

OK, so we are a little behind schedule. Michael really had two parties (again). We had planned having his friend party the Saturday before his birthday, but his friend, Logan, has his. We were out of town the following Saturday, so his friend party was two weeks after his actual day.

Here are some pictures of the day. He wanted pizza for lunch which is funny because he doesn't like pizza, but he loved the cupcakes!

Rain + Cold =

SNOW! It started on Sunday afternoon and continue until Monday afternoon! We ended up with 6 inches of the white stuff. The kids were in heaven!

Snowman!

The kids were just dying to build a snowman on Monday. So, we headed out and I tried showing them how to build one. They watched me for a few minutes, and then they just took over. It looks like Brittany is giving Michael a "high-five" here!

Shortly after building the snowman, they destroyed it. I guess this picture captures the "culprit" in action!

Brittany loves the snow!

More Thanksgiving

Earlier this month, we lit our countdown candle for Christmas. This is Brittany posing with it after baths one night. What do two kids do to Daddy after Thanksgiving dinner?....wrestle him!

Brittany helping with some of the prep for Thanksgiving dinner.

Michael loves to clean the dishes now...even on the BIG day! He washed all of the dishes that day!