Winter Wonderland

We woke up this morning to this...





What a beautiful sight! Everything looked so crisp and white...Lauren could not wait to get outside. After breakfast we enjoyed the great outdoors with a little (ok, a lot!) of shoveling, snow angels and a snowman. What a great start to our snow day!

Christmas Preview

Here is a little preview of the pictures that we took for our Christmas cards. Andrew did not want to cooperate, as usual when we have the camera out, but we still had a few nice ones. People keep telling me that the "silly" pictures are the ones that you look back at and remember...we'll see about that!

Our Elf Family

I had a little free time while the kids were resting today...click here to check it out. Enjoy!

A Snowy Adventure

After it snowed for almost 5 hours today, Lauren was begging to go outside and we figured that we should shovel the drive. UGH! A snow blower is top on my Christmas list this year! Andrew was a good helper with shoveling and the kids had a great time being pulled in the sled...

"What a great snow adventure!" ~ Lauren

Let it Snow!

I hear Christmas bells ringing! Today is the perfect weather to start preparing for the holiday season! Lauren was so excited about the snow that she had to run outside for a few minutes after church to catch some snowflakes on her tongue. Andrew caught them on his eyelashes! I love this time of year!

Check out this new photographer!

Andrew now shares the love of photography that the rest of us do! He took quite a few pictures of the family today. Many of the ones that he took of Lauren and Todd together turned out cute...you can even see both of their faces in the same shot :) I should post some of the pictures that he actually took...maybe that will be tomorrow's post...

Raking Leaves

Today we spent some time outside (in the 72 degree November heat!) raking leaves. As you can tell, we took a lot of breaks to play...and jump in the leaves! What a wonderful day!