Super Hero Day

For Christmas this year Alex got a superhero kit from his Uncle Rodney and Aunt Andrea. The kids had so much fun today making each other into different superheros. I think the part of the book that they liked best was when it tells a superhero never to sneeze or wipe your nose in your cape. Why? Because it is just gross!! So may I introduce to you The Terrific Metal Man and his sidekick The Amazing Eagle. Then we also have The Amazing Guitar!! It was an interesting start to vacation week is all I can say.....

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone!! We had a wonderful holiday weekend. It started with a family Christmas party on Saturday. We all had a wonderful evening. The children were very excited when we had a visit from Santa with a big red sack and a toy for all the children. Then the adults had a swap with 27 people. The gifts were yet again very interesting this year, though the men were happy because there was a lot of sports stuff this year.

The boys then went shopping with Todd on Sunday for me. Eric took them all over looking for the perfect gift. He knew what he wanted and was not going to settle. Elizabeth and I had a wonderful quiet time at home for the afternoon.

Christmas Eve was very relaxing. We were able to relax and enjoy being home with eachother. We went to church with my parents at four thirty and then spent a wonderful evening at their house. My mom cooked so much food that I did not have to cook anything on Christmas we just had leftovers from the night before. Some of their neighbors came over and it was a very relaxing evening socializing and spending time together. The kids were very happy to get back to their house and have a new webkinz waiting for them. I think that it made their night. When we got home we put out our cookies and milk for santa and then sprinkled the reindeer dust on our lawn(snow banks). They all went to bed and right to sleep, I think they were wanting for Santa to hurry up and come to our house. On Christmas day the kids woke up to hear bells ringing and Nana and Papa seeing Santa taking off from our house. It was very exciting. The gifts were overwhelming again this year. We need to learn how to cut back. It was a calm day with the kids opening gifts and taking breaks to play with the toys that they got. Elizabeth quit after the fifth gift. She did not want to open another present after that. She got her blanket and pillow and told us "I watch tv now!" I think that it was a little too much for her. The kids played all day with all their presents. The adults ate, played skippo, and even had a lot of fun scratching scratch tickets from Todd. We all won something this time which made it even more fun. It was nice to spend the day with family and enjoy being with those that you love and care about. All the kids were excited to give their gifts to Todd and I that they had picked out. You could tell that they had spent a lot of time thinking about what they wanted to give us. I did get a beautiful necklace from Eric ( the one that took three jewlery stores to find) , a sweatshirt from Elizabeth, a pair of bright pink fluffy slippers from Alex, and an electric griddle from Tyler. I loved it all!! I could not have asked for a better day. I hope that everyone out there had a wonderful Christmas as well. Teea was so overwhelmed as well. Can you tell which one is the dog in the picture? I think that she spent the better part of the day curled up beside my mom or dad!

Snowy Day

Well it has officially begun...the snow season. Today was our first real snow fall with about 4-6 inches on the ground. Eric and Alex were out of the house by 7am and in the snow and helping daddy shovel. (Of course we do have a snow blower but Todd did not check it out yesterday and could not get it started this morning) Elizabeth and Tyler were soon to follow out side. Todd took Teea out at 6:30 and we were a little nervous that she would not like the cold weather. Well that was not the case. We actually have a hard time getting her in the house. She loves the snow and runs all around the house and in and out of snowbanks. You have to watch her though because she is white and will blend in. After a breakfast and hot chocolate break Eric, Alex, Elizabeth, and our neighbor Ian were back outside. This time I joined them and we made snowman. It is perfect weather for a snowman and snowball fights. Our neighbor Ian rolled this giant snowball and we were going to make another snowman but he decided that it looked like a marshmallow. So we decided to put a long enough stick on the snowman to reach the marshmallow and put a red fire under it so that it looks like the snowman is roasting the marshmallow. After the pictures the children attacked Cammie and I with snowballs. We had a snowball fight all around the yard and we adults came out victoriously with causing the kids to retreat to the woods. This is what snow days are all about!!


This weekend we had our Russell Family Christmas party. It was a great night and the children had a lot of fun with Santa making a surprise appearance with a gift for all the children. I guess the holidays are approaching quickly. I still do not feel ready!!