Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Pre-Christmas Celebrations and snow!

This past Saturday, part of the family gathered (Mike and Andrea and their three kids and Stacy and Tom and their three kids, our family, and my parents). Since Mike and Andrea live in Spokane, we were able to have a great meal and exchange some gifts. Rebecca made a hat and scarf for her niece, Hannah and she also made a wrap for Andrea. She loves doing this during the Holidays and she is really good at it to boot.





This was most of the family gathered around waiting to open gifts. It can get busy fast with so many little ones.












Noah and Nolan were on the floor wrestling at some point, almost knocking over some one's coffee so they had just been encouraged to leave the wrestling for outside. Those smiles say it all.










Hannah with her hat on and scarf around her neck. looks good.












The big snow started on Saturday around 2 p.m. and didn't stop until early Monday morning. I think we ended up getting around 8 or 9 inches on top of the 2-3 from the couple of days before.
This picture was when it had just started. Little did we know that getting home that night was going to be harder than we thought.







Jonah kept running out on the front porch looking at the snow totals. His cheeks werewind burned from being out in the snow earlier that day.











Astrid gave Jacob a puzzle and a magic pen that writes invisible until you turn on the black light. All the kids thought that was great.











And there is uncle Mike wearing the bows in his hair again. There seems to be one picture every year when he is caught wearing a bow. Administrator by day, goofball by night.











Dana, who is 16, is the oldest of these cousins and puts up with a lot of little kids who think the world of him. They all want to play with Dana and he is always a good sport with him. There are times when you look over and you just see a pile of kids on top of him. It is always fun to have Dana, Hannah, and Astrid around for the younger kids.






Andrea got her wrap from Rebecca and she loved it. It fits her well and it will keep her warm in the cold temps in Spokane.











Dana in front of the tree. Soon to get his license. Then he can drive around all
cousins and his sister at the same time--yeah right.






These are the Jacks that Noah got from seeing Santa the night before at our party we had at our house. They sat on the floor and played for a long time. So good to see a simple game come back in style and hold their attention. I think they ended the game though throwing them at one another. It was a good distraction while it lasted.







This is a picture out our back window looking at Rebecca's parents' home. It was beautiful, but certainly more snow than we are used to.











All the kids went out in the snow on Sunday while it was dumping and had a great time. They seems to never get cold. Jacob was out playing for a long time.









Noah loving the snow and ready to throw that nicely made snowball at me. I ran after taking the picture but his aim was better than my maneuvering. I was hit in the back of the head.










Picture of the driveway on Sunday night. It was pretty but it won't be fun to shovel it tomorrow.












We took this picture before we went out sledding on the big hill behind our house.












Perfect hill as long as no cars came. We stood at the top and bottom to make sure the kids could get a good run in. It was fun to watch them wipe out.










Jonah is always so extreme with everything he does, i had prepared myself that he may be the one to break an arm or injure himself. All was fine at the end of the day. He was just beat by bedtime though.









A picture of Noah plowing through the snow. He preferred the green plastic sled because he felt he could control it much better. We have had so much fun in the snow and tonight more is on it's way. Maybe another 2-3 inches to coat everything over again. More pictures to come. Have a great Christmas Eve day. Merry Christmas. LeRoy Family

















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