Our First Snow!!

We had a momentous occassion yesterday!! I was upstairs with the kids, and Samuel was looking out the window watching the cars drive by as always, and he said, "Mom there's snow." I didn't even know he knew what snow was. We all looked out the window, and it was snowing!! Our first snow for the winter, and the kids' first time ever seeing snow before!! It only lasted for like an hour or so yesterday morning, but we were able to get out there and see it and "play" in it a little before it stopped... The kids were SO excited!! Their first time in snow... (I know it might seem silly to be so excited about a little snow, but this is the first time we've ever lived where it actually snowed in the wintertime -- we're excited to see what it's like!)

(Don't mind Sam's purple hat -- we need to get the poor boy a boy one and a bigger coat... Just had to use whatever we could find yesterday... But of course at this age he doesn't notice yet!) :)

Such a fun memory! :)

16-Month-Old Colette

A little video of Colette for fun -- doing face parts and her version of animal sounds and other fun little things! She's getting so big, and just constantly learning new things every day! So fun to watch them learn and grow... :)

Christmas Excitement!

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The kids had a blast decorating for Christmas, of course, as soon as we got back home!! They've got a countdown going as always and talk of nothing else. We decided we're going to start having them take turns every year for who gets to put the star on top of the tree -- (Brielle did it last year) -- so Samuel was quite excited to have his turn this year! :) As always, our tree gets to be in the playpen to keep out little hands as much as possible... :)

We decided to try making a Christmas tree cake for our Family Home Evening refreshments yesterday just for fun... I love how the smallest things can cause such excitement!! (Even when the finished product isn't exactly how you pictured)... :) Such a fun time of year!

Jared's Birthday

Jared had his 29th birthday the day after Thanksgiving while we were in Pima! It was a fun day... :)

Colette was having fun sharing in her Daddy's birthday cake... :)