Snow fun!!!!

We had a great snow during Christmas break with Dad and Susie here! The kids enjoyed sledding and we are looking forward to sledding the next snow too!

Our sled run started out with the little hill you see...then as the snow was packed down the sled run continued across our yard and then down the neighbors big hill! Here are Jacob and Michael enjoying a ride!

Shoney absolutely loves the snow! She was hilarious when she'd lose her ball in the snow, sniff it out and find it, then get a mouth/nose full of snow getting the ball!

Megan turned into a sledding queen! She went from wanting to go down on our lap to going down a little bit to steering and making the whole sled run as far as she could before putting her feet down (to avoid the creek!)

Emily also enjoyed sledding! The first day she went down the little hill with no problems...the second day we didn't realize how slick the snow had gotten, pushed her down the little hill like before but this time she kept going and going...heading straight for the wood pile but somehow turned her sled perfectly to avoid it and stop!

Shoney got into the action too! Jon, Laura and another friend with her children came over to sled and we had a blast!

My crazy dad enjoyed trying all kinds of sleds (barrel, swimming pool, rocking horse, and more!). This is the before picture of the barrel!

This is the after picture! Unfortunately for the barrel it gave out and landed dad in the snow! Unfortunately the rocking horse picture/video didn't take because that one was hilarious as well!

Christmas Continued!

Mom and the kids at the Patterson Christmas celebration! We all had a great time and I loved hanging out with family!

Megan loves Emily's ladybug present! They've enjoyed pulling each other around on the floors!

Emily let Pop-Pop walk her back to the house after playing in the yard! Cute picture!

Uncle Jon and aunt Laura came over to play games and the kids talked him into setting up the mario kart race track!

I'm in your seat and don't I look cute!

Cute together time! The kids enjoyed exploring the creek and old snow shown behind the pair!

Emily definitely got the hang of opening presents and loved it!

This one cracks me up! The boys wanted to drink beer but it was super cold outside so their solution was to find a pair of gloves...well apparently only one pair could be found at the time so they figured out how to share!

Why is it the kids love to climb into their toys? Emily thought she was hot to trot climbing into her babys' bed!

I love this picture! Each kiddo has a unique expression of wonder on their face! Thanks again for the popcorn maker...it has had extensive use!

Emily was digging for a present! Great grandma is in the background!

Christmas Morning!

Christmas morning was magical! The kids are at a special age and we loved every minute of Christmas!

Emily didn't need any help ripping through her presents. She kept up with the other two with no problems!

Jacob showing off his 10 pack of super heros!

Ahhh, the before picture! This is what the kids woke up to Christmas morning! 

After opening the presents under the tree they remembered to look over at the stockings!

A castle!

Where is Megan? I can barely find her among her crazy mess of presents and wrapping paper!

Another action shot!

Megan declared this the "best Christmas ever!" She loved getting two leopard geckos delivered by Santa even after he told her at a Christmas function that they were hard to come by!

The kids are loving the game "Hisss."

Another cute Megan picture!

Let the Celebrations Begin!!!

Wow! Emily's hair was wild!

Megan showing off her new pet clinic!

Jacob enjoying playing with his new toy train!

Emily decorating a cookie for Santa!

The whole crew...they are sure getting older and older!

Emily enjoying her new bear and stroller!

Megan dressed up as an angel for her Purest Praise program.

More train pics with Shoney in the background!

Emily is really into babies and such right now! She's loving all of her new presents!

Megan and Jacob decorating cookies for Santa...Jacob just doesn't understand the idea yet that he needs to leave yummies for Santa that are not half eaten! Needless to say we ended up cooking Santa brownies!

Pre-Christmas Pictures!!!

Megan working hard on hand painting the boxes a fun floating charm necklace went in!

Jacob at our school seeing Santa...he wasn't real sure about the whole thing!

The kids favorite thing to do lately is pretend to be dogs. They found Shoney's leash and hooked a kid and a dog!

Megan enjoyed the parade at the end of our street while everyone else was sleeping!

Emily loves to read. Here she is studying book after book!

This is the only picture I managed to get while Michael and I attended Wicked in St. Louis! The show was amazing and we loved every minute. Thanks for the birthday present dad!

Wahooooo!!! The playground is finally finished!

Jacob making his own box!

Let's try this again with Emily this time!

He loves the wheel!

Another fun project! This is one of the first times Emily has really embraced painting. She did fairly well and we have some fun pictures too!

Jessi loves to hold Emily on her lap! They were wearing matching dresses on this day!

Another fun parade picture. Megan's friend Kambry and her brother were there too! We are definitely attending this parade every year!