~We Wish You a Merry Christmas...~

... and a joyfilled New Year!

~Winter Wonderland~

We waited all day Friday for the snow to arrive. It was just before 5 am Saturday that the flakes started falling. It was really windy and the storm was coming at us from an odd direction... look... we have a bit of a snowdrift by our door! Better get that fixed!The boys enjoyed the snow on Saturday but I stayed bundled up in the house. I don't like the wind blowing the falling snow into my face. Gregg took the older three to a nearby park for some good sledding. I heard their drive over and back was fun. Gregg loves to slide around :0) These are pictures from Sunday...it was a beautiful sunny day!

Of course we had to enjoy a cup of hot cocoa!

This was the view from the front door...amazing how blue it looks compared to the colors on Fridays post!

Church was canceled Sunday morning but things cleared up and we were able to have our special Christmas service Sunday night.

The boys are planning on some more sledding today...I'm taking them to the park and staying in the warm van with Kiersten! Nathan and Eric are spoiled having big brothers to sled with!

~These are a few of my favorite things...Sunrise/Sunset~

This was the view from my front door at 7 this morning...

~Sunrise~

Isn't it beautiful!!! I don't normally see the sunrise...just the sunset:0) I thought it looked like snow...sure enough 5 to 9 inches by tomorrow night! The boys are super excited. Our first of four Christmas parties was canceled...good thing I didn't make all the cookies for the cookie swap!

I am not running out of favorite things...just running out of time! Enjoying our last day of school today!!! Yipee!!! I still have some Christmas Crafting to do...and some wrapping!

~Away in a Manger by Nathan~

Eric was supposed to be learning this song for a church program...of course Nathan had to learn it too! He even had to hold the paper with the words. He got a little mixed up at the end:-)

~These are a few of my favorite things.... Silhouettes~

My first memory of a Silhouette is from my childhood friend's house. Her mom had two pillows on the couch. One with each of the children's silhouettes on them. I loved those! (Jessica, do you remember those???)

Several years later, my mom made scherenschnitte gifts and I really liked them.

A few years ago I made these pillows for my mom.

This year I decided to make myself some magnets!

I started off with profile pictures...

I cut and colored them with my digital scrapbooking program...

And glued them to wood circles that Gregg painted black :-)

Now I just need to put them on the fridge! I love how you can tell who is who just by looking at their silhouettes! Just in case I forgot, I put their name and year on it!

~These are a few of my favorite things...Sun Spots~

~Sun Spots~

I love how the sun comes shining in... especially on these cold winter days! It looks like I'm not the only one that enjoys these sunny warm spots :-)

~These are a few of my favorite things...a pretty table~

A Pretty Table

We are eating in the dining room tonight! We are even using the good dishes! No one is coming over... it's just us. No special occasion... just an every day Thursday. Nowhere to rush off to... just staying home. One of the best kind of nights:-)