Snow

Well, it snowed here.....AGAIN!  We did not get as much as the newscasters said we would.  We ended up with 1-2 inches.  I still LOVE it though.  This was a very wet snow and it clung to the trees beautifully!!!  I love it!  The kids however are sick of the "white stuff".  They haven't even asked to play in it.  I did capture a couple of shots of Sydney just before she left for piano lessons.  She loves it too!  I can't believe how much snow we have gotten this winter!  It could snow constantly all winter for all I care!  We love it!!!

beautiful snow

I just love it when the snow sticks in the trees

Can you spot the deer?

Sydney was deep in thought here

Our sweet girl

Rainy Days..........

are great days for making tents!!!

The Greatest Show on Earth

Last night, James and I took the kids to the circus!  We met up with some friends of ours!  What fun we all had.  The circus was wonderful and we can't wait until it comes back!!  Here are some pics of our fun night at the circus.........

Sydney and Jhera having dinner before the show

Sweet Jhera

Sweet Sydney

beautiful tiger

A-MAZ-ING!!!

tight rope!!

There were SEVEN motorcycle guys in their.....WOW!

William enjoying his popcorn and the show

Rae, Max, and I

James and Matty

Jhera and Sydney having a blast

Sweet Max

trapeze 

A blurry photo of a momma elephant and her baby....so cute!

Curious George

So, our youngest little guy is into everything....still!!!  When he started walking he got into things that the other two kids never dreamed of getting into.  Matty is still at it.  Today, I asked William and Matthew to take a few things upstairs for me.  They were up there for a little while and it was awfully quite too!  Which means nothing good is going on.....hahahaha!!  So I called for them and when they came downstairs Matthew was covered in my mascara!!!  I had to laugh!  He knew he had done something wrong and he had the saddest look on his face.  So, I scooped him up, took a picture and wiped him clean.  It is so funny to see what these children come up with.....It is NEVER dull around here!!

Silly Matty

Brown Belt

Last night, Sydney graduated in her karate class......She is now a BROWN BELT!!!  She is doing so well in her classes and is doing her best.  We are so proud of her!!!  Way to go Sydney!!!!  We love you!

Here is Sydney warming up

Sydney performing her Kisos

Sydney with her friends, Wesley and Evan

Here she is performing her Kata.....the Kata has 108 moves.  Here

she is performing the first half in order to achieve her Brown belt.  She will

now have to learn the other half to become a 1st degree Brown belt.  Wow!

Sydney receiving her Brown belt

Sydney shaking hands with her instructor

She is so excited to be a Brown belt

Our Karate kid

Sledding!

Today while Matty took his nap, I took the big kids sledding!!!  They had a blast!  We hit some of the bigger hills on our property!  The kids loved it!  We have spent pretty much every waking hour playing in the snow! We have had so much fun these past two snow days!!!

Sydney and William sledding!!

Here she goes!!!!

Here is William sledding!!

He is so happy.....He loves the snow!

Snowman

Today, the kids and I decided we would do our best at building a snowman!  I have to admit that I am not good at building big, huge snowmen.  So, we built what James likes to call a "snowbaby"!  We thought he looked like an outdoorsy snowbaby so we got Matt's Bass Pro hat and we found a little jacket!  I thought he turned out quite cute!!  

Our Snowman

Matt with the snowman

I love how Matt is peeking over Sydney's shoulder!!

Sydney with the snowman