Friday, December 28, 2012

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!
It continued to snow and snow and snow, a total of 20 inches. That meant that the boys had the 20th and 21st off of school due to snow. Not like starting your holiday off early!
That is the neighbor guy trying to get out of his drive way.
 Once the snow cleared we headed up to grandma Van's house for some holiday fun. The newest Mythbuster! Jamison!
Peter likes Santa's outfit, has been wearing the hat for about a month!
 The boys got some fun new-style sleds, so we had to take them out for a try. I think the boys like the "dismounts" more that going down the hill.
  Back at home for christmas eve to open our family gifts. It looks like it was a "utility" christmas. Now each man is equipt with their very on knife.
The boys were fast to sleep in hopes that Santa comes....and he did! whew, we were getting a little nervous. Peter scored some Halo building blocks.
Last year all the boys wanted were their two front teeth, this year all Jamison wanted was a Skylanders starter pack. BUT Santa gave him one for the Wii, and we dont have the Wii. Jamsion was near tears that he was soooo close to having the coolest video game ever but so far away.....or was he?
A WII!!!!! It was declared the best christmas ever.
Katie and Brian flew into Madison for the holidays. Jamison got Jenga from Gma Van, so we needed to have a Van challenge. It must fall over soon.....
How about now, dinner is waiting....
 Dinner is now cold and back in the oven! At 36 layers you are competing at the professional level. It ultimately fell at 33 layers. So close to quitting your day job KT!
 Next layer of holiday fun was having Rob/Carolyn and family join un!.Presents presents and more presents! We were hoping to take them all sledding at Liberty Park, but there was just too much fun to be had here. Maybe next time! Happy Holidays Everyone!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Oh the weather outside is frightful.....

But inside is so delightful, at least right by the heat register. The season's first snow day.
This is almost torture...a snow day right before christmas break. Part of me hopes school is cancelled tomorrow also, the other part really hopes the kids are in school and not at home going crazy about christmas coming. They think they are on Santa's "good" list. We will have to see.
Pat is pretty happy he can truely use his new snowblower that be bought last year and never had a change to really use it. This storm will really put it to use!.
 This is only half of what they said is coming. Jamison asked for snowshoes, I think it is getting pretty deep out there!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

holiday prep

Preparations for the holidays are in full swing! The attempt to get a good holiday photo is always interesting.
This is one of the outtakes. Others include wrestling and bunny ears. Boys! I sure hope they are on the "good boy" list.
The neighbor and I escaped for a girls day out and took in a game...Packer Viking Game! It was great to get away for a day and even better that the Pack won!
Our annual party was a blast...it is a good party when every counter looked like this! The party ran later than what Jamison had hoped, he went to bed hours before the last people left. Poor guy. Peter stuck it out as long as he could and was impressed that he made it to 11:37. He was super pleasant the day after!
It is begining to look a lot like christmas....I am not ready for it! Its just too darn cold.
At least it looks pretty.