Breakfast

Meryn loves to watch Curious George or Dora The Explorer, first thing when she gets up. She also is anxious to eat, with her waking words usually (eye's half open, quiet mumble, stumbling towards us) "Can you get me something to eat? Can I watch a monkey po(show)? Can I watch Doh ah" So this morning she picked Coco Puffs and George. They're also not allowed to eat on the carpet, so most the time, they sit on the dining room floor so they can still watch T.V. This morning, there was another issue. "Daddy, my hair got wet from my milk" So the quickest solution was mommy's beanie. We put it on, tucked her hair in, problem solved. I'll miss these days.

Some Videos From Yesterday

Having Fun


Trevin


Susan joining in the fun



Meryn & Daddy. Meryn was concerned about getting snow sprayed in her face if you listen closely.


Greg being one of the kids

More Fun In The Snow

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Although a bit cold, we still had some fun. We took the kids to a park in town where there were some hills that they could slide down. It ended up being a great place to go and was even fun for the "big kids".

Some Snow Videos

Brendon filming the Ice Storm from the back porch.


Trevin



The kids sledding down the driveway.


Brendon & Meryn


Brendon


Caleb


Meryn

Winter Time

This has been a cold week. Monday night we lost our power in an ice storm. We were able to stay warm enough at the house until about noon on Tuesday. The kids and I headed over to my parents who also don't have power but a fireplace. So their house even without power was very inviting. We played games and the kids played a lot of hide and seek in the black basement with flashlights. Finally on Wednesday night we had our power back on, just in time for Greg to put a few hours of work in the basement. Water had come through the walls and caused a nice mess for us. Without power we just had to leave it, so it is nice to have the majority of it cleaned up now. My parents still do not have power and no estimate when they will get it other than an automated recording from the power company saying expect it around the 22nd.


Last night it started snowing and today the kids are loving it. They have been outside going on two hours now. I love watching them play but only from a window. It is just too cold for me:) Meryn must have gotten her daddy's warm blood because she is going strong out there.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA!!!

What I like about you Grandma is that you makes the best walffals and biscuts and gravy. I Love you. From Trevin


What I like about grandma is that she is nice and funny and always there for us. Hope you have a fun birthday love you,
love Caleb


I love Grandma. You turn on Dora for me. I like when you give me kisses and hugs. I like going shopping with you too. I love you Grandma. Love Meryn



I love you grandma because you are always there when i need you and you are always happy to help.Why i love you the most is because you are my grandma I love you,
FROM BRENDON

We love you and hope you have a very Happy Birthday!

O Christmas Tree

We're a little behind this year. We usually go cut our tree down the day after Thanksgiving, but we were too busy. So this afternoon we finally went and got our tree. We decided this year that we would let the kids be in charge of the decorating. They were pretty excited when we told them and each took a task. When they were all done, it looked really good. We were pretty impressed and they were proud of themselves. We'll have to let them do it again because it was pretty nice to sit back and watch them work!