January 12, 2012

Snowy Afternoon

It snowed a little bit this afternoon!!! Even though it was just a dusting that didn't stop us from enjoying it!  We LOVE snow!! There is just something so peaceful about falling snow!  We hope we get more of the beautiful white stuff this winter!!!


an attempt at a photo of us in the snow



This was the boys exact reaction when it began to snow hard!! I love it so much!





He was so happy



Me and my snow bunny



The frigid temps and snow did not stop these hard-working boys!!



January 10, 2012

A Winter Day at the Lake

We decided to have an afternoon out today since its going to be rainy the next couple of days.  It has been a while since we've been out to the lake so we decided to go there.  William was able to get in a little fishing while Sydney and Matty fed the ducks and birds.  Note to self: Don't allow your child to fish where the others are feeding the ducks and birds.  Let's just say a certain seagull flew into William's fishing line and then proceeded to get tangled up.  I was then left to figure out how to free this poor bird all a while the kids were screaming at me to free him.  It was an interesting adventure to say the least.  In the end, the bird was free and no one was hurt :)  We enjoyed a nice afternoon and we look forward to the spring!


Our sweet babies watching the ducks







This was before the bird incident



We like to call this the bird and duck invasion.....We had never seen so many before!


January 7, 2012

Zoo in the Winter

The boys and I had a play date at the zoo yesterday!! I think this was the first time we had ever gone to the zoo in January!  The weather was amazing and there was no way we were staying at home!  We all thoroughly enjoyed it and the boys are getting way more into learning about each animal! They loved it and so did I! We even learned that Grandma took Sydney to the zoo that day too but we unfortunately did not run into them.  Looks like it was a great day for all to enjoy the zoo!


beautiful elephants



Matty gazing at the elephants.......his favorite!!



All the boys had to ride the little train!







Chase, Will, and Matt loving the train ride!



They also had to ride the carousel! What a fun day!!


January 3, 2012

Winter Days

It has been pretty cold outside lately so we have been indoors for a couple of days now.  I received a new camera and lens for my birthday and I have been itching to get outside to play around with them.  So today even though it was 36 degrees outside, we bundled up and went out to play.  The kids just love it when I bring out my camera :)  They usually allow me to take a couple of shots and then they've had enough. So, I then must get creative and not allow them to see me with the camera.....Ha!  We ended up having a lot of fun!

They love their sister!!






I love this one.....so sweet!







We had to have some fun with my phone camera too!



Sweet Matty and I



This was taken by Sydney, the budding photographer!



January 1, 2012

Happy New Year

We can't believe it's..............






Happy New Year!!!!!

Merry Christmas

We had a very blessed Christmas!!  We were surrounded by our amazing family, yummy food and good times!  Here are some pics of our Christmas.......


family pic



William amazed at one of his gifts from Santa!



Matty with his new train set from Santa



Santa ate all the cookies!!!



Sydney got Will a Yoshi



opening presents
 










Matty and Bri opening presents







Sydney modeling her new boots



Look what Santa brought for our avid reader



Matty playing his new Cars game



William was so incredibly excited!!



Everybody loves a good Nerf game!



Rocky loved his new toys too!



Sydney cooking some breakfast!



Christmas would not have been complete without a meltdown from Matty!



Trains!!



and more trains!!  They love their new train table!



yummy breakfast



Grandma with her babies



Blake came over for some fun!



Daddy with his girls



Sisters



My love!


Merry Christmas from Our Family