Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas is always a blast. Once family starts trickling into town we begin all our fun tradition. Skating, bowling, games, eating a lot, visiting, many late hours of putting the puzzle together(this years was a nightmare), sledding, watching Christmas movies, craft projects, celebrating Burton & Tacey's Birthdays, secret Santa, Christmas Eve PJ's, lighting candles and reading "Twas the night before Christmas" and the Christmas pageant of Christ birth.
Christmas morning we open our stockings while we wait for everyone else to wake up. Thatcher didn't really get into the whole unwrapping thing but has enjoyed many of his presents since then.

Hayden was a little unhappy
Our talented actors
Since he couldn't roller skate...he drove
unveiling all of his toys from his stocking
We joined Jeff's family tradition of meeting Grandpa & Grandma Lee for Christmas Eve Breakfast at IHOP
Thatcher and mom zooming down the hill.























Our Cute little family Christmas morning.

Thanks to the internet and Skype Kristen and her family joined us from Germany...pretty cool.
Thatcher and his
"Super Star" hands:)

Thatcher's first Christmas. He loved playing with all of his cousins and hated being left out of things.

The Holidays

This season has been wonderful! I love all the snow. We have been sledding and enjoying the silence of the winter. Because we have so much snow we really can't venture to far from home. Meaning if you can't walk there, because driving out with out a 4 wheel drive pretty much guaranties you hours of unsticking yourself from the great snow of 2008. I love it! Curling up on the couch, reading a good book or two, sipping cocoa and watching the snow fall and fall and fall. I feel like I'm in my very own snow globe:)
Thatcher has really enjoyed himself and he gets very irritated with me when I make him come in. He loves everything about outside. He loves to eat snow, and sled on it he does not however like face planting in it...that is very cold and ruins your cheerful mood.

Thatcher's Love of Snow.
Daddy made a big mound of snow with the snow-blower and then everyone dug a snow cave. Pretty cool. Daddy, Poca, Arizona and Docker spent the night in it once.
Sledding is Fun!

My Little Snowball

What a great day to play. I bundled little man up and pulled him around the neighborhood on a sled, while Landon saved many neighbors by snow blowing them out. It was wonderful, Thatcher loved it and kept on rolling off the sled so he could play in this newly discovered cold white stuff. He had a ball and was very mad at me when I made him come in. Seeing as the snow is not going anywhere soon I have a feeling he will get more snow time...yipee!!!

Daddies little Helper

Landon got the tools out to help me finish a few Christmas projects and Thatcher was right there to help daddy. It will be more fun when he's actually a help but it was cute anyway copying dad's every move.

Make sure all is strait and spaced evenly.

Place the knobs...


...and secure tightly.

Snowing in doors and out.

Thatcher Loved it when Poca received a package in the mail. He could've cared less about the merchandise but the packing peanuts...Awesome!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!!!!

It has been snowing for over 24 hours and it is still snowing!!!!! Well Folks I don't think we have to worry we will have a white Christmas this year. It's days like these that remind me of winters as a child...I love it!!! Yesterday I was sitting on the couch by the window, listening to Christmas music and stuffing my Christmas envelopes and I was thinking this is the best. It was snowing, (did I mention that it still is?) the mood was entirely a Christmas one, I was just lapping in that moment; then Thatcher came over and through a bunch of letters into the air and made the moment complete:) I can't wait to take him down the road on a sled, he'll love it, as will I.

Walking!!!

Thatcher is walking 3 and 4 steps as of yesterday while visiting great grandpa and grandma Lee. He gets so excited it's almost like he's taking off running. Not long now. I thought he was a speedy crawler, now he really will be everywhere. Oh yeah and he is now able to open doors so I am now a full time toilet monitor...yuck!