Here is our little boy after a cup full of yummy hot chocolate, singing. Yes, caffeine affects Jonah as it does his mommy! Those of you who know me (Kelly) well, know this is true! 

Interpretation:

"Go tell Aunt Rodie, go tell Aunt Rodie, go tell Aunt Rodie, Jesus Christ is Born!"

Mixing a bible song with an old bluegrass song on one of our children's CD's.

Here is Gracie girl sledding :)!

Sledding!

Today, we took off in search of a hill for some sledding fun. 

This really was a huge hill and both kids went down on the sleds by themselves! Even mommy went down and had a blast!!

Here is Jonah trying to throw a snowball at me!

After sledding, we went to Starbucks with our sweet friends and enjoyed some hot chocolate and blueberry coffee cake. Grace and Jonah were thrilled to be drinking out of a "coffee" cup like mommy always does. Whoops! Who doesn't love Starbucks? The kids all sat down so nicely and conversed for a while about how much fun they had sledding. Pretty cute!

Yes, we must drink every last drop of the yummy goodness. 

Is this Aaron Jr. or what?

*Snowy Day*

YAY! It finally snowed! The kids were so excited, as you could imagine, to get outside and play! Here are some pictures of our adventures.

All puffed up and ready to play!

This was taken when it almost turned dark. These two are making snowballs to throw at daddy when he comes home from work!

Dad made it home in time to play outside while the beautiful snow fell all around us!

One thing great about living out in the "country" :) is listening to how quiet and peaceful it is as the snows falls down- my favorite!

Jonah enjoying some snow ice cream. Recipe: Put a bowl outside to catch freshly fallen snow. You need about a gallon. Add milk, vanilla and sugar (not too much) and mix well. Yummy!

Oh, the lovely days of winter! We want some snow!  Here is how we beat the winter blues... 

First, have Operation Sleep Over. Sister and brother were VERY excited all day long about their all night adventure. Games were played. Loud, noisy games. A yummy dinner was served.  A fun movie was watched and popcorn was popped and thrown all over the floor by brother. Why not throw popcorn all over the new rug? That is what brothers do when mom and dad are cleaning up the kitchen. A bath was taken, a story, or two, or three, or four... was read and then it was time for the big SLEEP OVER! Excitement filled the air and lots of hugs and kisses were given. Prayer was said and out went the light. Brother immediately darts out of his cozy wrapped burrito and jumps like a lunatic on the glamourous air mattress all the while, bouncing his sister (still wrapped in her burrito) all over the bed. Enter mom. Discipline administered. Burrito boy wrapped back up. Not 2 seconds later, "Wet's pway choo choo twacks sissy!" "No, no, no, Jonah. You heard mommy and daddy say that we have to STAY in our bed if we want to have a REAL sleep over buddy." Five minutes later, "BAM, BAM, BAM!" Books thrown all over the bed by brother. Discipline administered. Sister still obeying mom and dad very nicely. Brother not. Brother given one more chance. Chance wasted (imagine that) and brother was moved to his own bed (in the same room). Sister was able to stay in the room until 4 AM when brother woke up, ready to play. You get the point. Sleep over??? Maybe we will try again next year? Probably, next month. Memories are fun.

Operation Bag Head. Pretty fun!

Operation Shaving Cream. Hint: Only for kids well over 4 years old.

Operation Sick. This past week, we have had a very sick little boy. It all started with a small cough that progressed to the most aggressive cough I have ever seen. His chunky little body withstood 18 hours of constant coughing. It was terrible! After a trip to the ER, with meds in hand, a very groggy mommy and boy go back home only to endure more coughing and wheezing. To top it all off, he did not sleep for THREE nights and only took a teeny tiny nap (20 mins) each day. Every three hours, he had to have a breathing treatment (above picture) and we are still at it. Asthma is NO fun. It is terribly frustrating for the child and scary for the mommy who doesn't know how to help her sweet child stop coughing and make him breath easier. I felt like a mommy with a newborn all over again, except with a newborn, you get to sleep for a couple of hours in between feedings. Never thought I would wish for those days again... I think we are on our way to recovery. Just need a little sleep around here. ZZZZZZZ.

Here is our little ice skater!

Christmas at home

Letter to Santa from Gracie.

Starting on the other side of the paper,

"Dear Santa, I've been good. I have done everything a good girl should."

After 5 rounds of a yucky stomach virus, we had our Christmas. I will spare everyone the details and just say thank you to my sweet husband for all of your help preparing for this special day!