Christmas is over and there is LOTS of snow!

This is my can on Sunday Morning. The snow started to fall late Christmas night and this is what we woke up to. In total we got 14.2 inches in about 24 hours. The kids were stuck at their grandmas because they closed highways and the tunnel and we could not get them. Enough about that for now!
Here is our tree this year after Santa came. I think that it is beautiful. The kids really got a lot of really great things this year. Each year we have been doing less and less. This year it was about 1/2 of what we did last year. Shopping this year we realized that it was really difficult to shop for the girls. They are getting older and I can not just get them a toy because they don't play with them.

I did however get the best gift other than being with my family, Kal bought me a pair of shape ups. He got them for 60% off so I can not really complain that he "cheated" at the present buying thing. He was only supposed to spend $20 and he spent $50 on those plus I got a new brush and a thing for my crochet hooks. I kind of feel like a butt because I followed the rules and got him nothing because I didn't pick him. Oh well I always have our anniversary and there are NO rules for that.

Gabe got tons of new hot wheels stuff. He is begging to put it all together but 1st we need to get rid of the Geo tracks otherwise there is no room.

Lilly finally got her quick gems. She is really happy.

Sadie got her MP3 player and is in a state of bliss.

That is about it for today. I am going to try to be better at this blog thing. I really do think that it is a good idea and peaceful.

~Becca

It's Christmas EVE!

And what am I doing???

Cleaning, breaking up fights and trying to stay sane!

Doesn't that all sound like fun. Well it is sort of. The kids have taken to putting a rubber snake in each others beds thinking that it is so funny.

Gabe is being mean. He just won't stop hitting and being a down right bully. He thinks that he can just bully his way into getting whatever it is that he wants. Soon he will learn that is not the way but until then I am at a complete loss as what to do. Any ideas out there?

Lilly is the same old Lilly. She doesn't speak to us very often and we have NO idea what is going on in her little world. On Wednesday I was in her class helping to teach the kids how to hand sew. That was an adventure. It was nice to see that she is shy there too, it made me feel like it was not just us.

Sadie is doing much better with her schooling. Kal had a nice little chat with her about what she needed to do or she was just going to have to go back to school where she did not want to be. She wants to get caught up and be where she should be before that happens but that attitude is hard to deal with at times. I am very happy that she is doing better.

Kal is good. He has yet to get a deer this year. I hope he does soon because they are running out of meat.

I am good. I am excited to get all my sewing stuff organized over this Christmas break so that I can sew some things. I have a few presents to make and I want to do them. Some people can not cook in a messy kitchen, well I can not sew in a messy sewing space. Kal and I are going to tackle that soon. First we need to get through tomorrow.

There are lots of gifts already under the tree from our wonderful families. They are all so thoughtful this time of year and I feel like a bum because I never do cards even. Maybe I will start next year with that. Who knows...I make no promises.

The kids are staying the night at Grandmas tomorrow and I am going to use that opportunity to mop....yes I said it...mop. I figure if I do it when they are gone, I am guaranteed at least 24 hours of a clean floor!

We are really missing Julia right now too. I wish that she could be here to have Christmas with. I never in my life thought that a 17 yr old girl from Germany could touch my life the way that she did. She is such an amazing child and a wonderful part of our little family.

Well that is all I have for now. I hope that everyone has a Wonderful Christmas!

~Becca