A Few More Random Pictures from Christmas Vacation

The following are just random pictures from our Christmas vacation! We had such a wonderful time! I've had fun updating the blog and remember all the fun we had. Hope you've enjoyed it too!

Outside in the freezing cold temps -14 degrees F....can you see how much snow there is???

Shaylee and Sydney with Aunt Kerri.

Shaylee and Sydney with grandma B.

Playing "Go Fish" and "Skunk" with grandpa VE...and eating icecream with brownies!

Sleepover at Isaac and Levi's... Silas riding "Brownie" at grandma's - YEE-HAW!

More Fun Times

After Christmas weekend we headed back up to the cabin for a few days. My friend Ellen (and her family) were suppose to join us -however since the roads were so terrible they were unable to make it out. My mom and brother Kyle did come up for a day and a half and we had a great time with them - playing in the snow, watching movies, playing games, and just relaxing. We had a few other visitors as well. One little fellow walked right up our path and stopped just outside our door. Poor little guys looked cold and hungry.

One afternoon Jer went out with the kids and helped them make a snow fort in the drifts behind the cabin. They dug 2 tunnels that connected together. The kids had fun crawling through them. Silas and myself watched from inside the warm cabin!

The kids also had a blast playing with Uncle Kyle.
HANG ON!!!!! But don't pull his nose off!

Having a snowball fight....get him while he's down! Look out Kyle he'll get you back!

I believe Shane is burried in the snow UNDER Kyle...I think Kyle won that one!

There was so much soft, fluffy snow that Uncle Kyle could pick the kids up and throw them - sort of like being in a swimming pool. Up goes Syd....plop...she's landed!

Daddy is going to go out onto the lake and try ice fishing.

Uncle Kyle - being the funny guy he is! Not sure if Silas enjoyed being tucked in there or not?

Grandma had some crazy fun ideas of her own....how about swirling the kids around on the wood floor wrapped up in sheets. They had a BLAST, and got pretty DIZZY too!

Relaxing and playing games together as a family.

If Shane looks a little sad it is probably because we'd been playing Phase 10 for like 3 hours! And I don't think he was winning!

Playing Catan with Shane and Syd...Shaylee opted for fixing puzzles.

Prime Rib Anyone???

A few years ago we started the tradition of having prime rib at Christmas. Jer was soooo looking forward to coming home to enjoy REAL MEAT!!!!!

Needless to say he very much enjoyed sinking his teeth into these juices slices! I don't think he left room for anything else on his plate!

For those of you who thought those slices were a little too pink...don't worry, not all of us prefer our meat that way, so we had some other slices that were a bit more on the "well done" side. It was DELICIOUS!!!!

More Christmas Fun - 2009

December 26, 2009 - Christmas with Kimber's family.

I think there are just a few presents under (or next to) the tree this year!!!!! What do you think?? I think we were overly blessed, and we have a few in our family who LOVE to buy and give gifts! Before we started opening all these gifts, we watched a video that my brother Kyle put together for us for Christmas. He took photos and video we had taken last Christmas (when we were all together at the cabin for 3 days) and compiled them together with music. It was AWESOME! We all enjoyed watching it and laughing and remembering the good times!

Silas opening a gift from cousin Sawyer - a John Deere tractor - I don't think that is going to fit in a suitcase to take home.

Kyrianna opening her gift from us - wooden food that has velcro inside so you can cut it apart.

The girls got Hello Kitty hats...they love them!

Jer got cabin dishes...and Shane got a lego set, perfect for a kid who loves legos.

Silas got a bowling set....and a BOZ dvd. I told him to hold up his gift - this is what I got...so much for seeing HIM.

The girls with Uncle Brad. And cousin Sawyer with his Star Wars lego set.

We gave my dad a "Charmin Jarmin" as he calls it - really it is a Garmin navigation system.

The cousins in front of the tree (obviously after we opened all the presents!)

Kyri looking at Silas.....and Silas looking at Kyri....impossible to get them BOTH to look at the camera!

After opening gifts we played a few games and had homemade icecream (yearly tradition). It was fun to spend time together as a family! I'm so glad everyone could be home together this year.

Winter Wonderland

December 26, 2009.
Kimber's family was suppose to join us up at the cabin for 2 days to celebrate Christmas. However, with all of the snow that the area had gotten (up to 20 inches in places) not everyone could make it up to the cabin. So we changed our plans and headed down to her folks for a few days instead. We did however make a quick run to the cabin ourselves because we needed to pick up the gifts we had left there (just had to have those gifts). Here are a few pictures of the winter wonderland.

First picture: a huge snow blower blowing all the snow (that had already been piled into the middle of the street) into a truck to be hauled away. Second picture: check out that HUGE pile of snow!


Almost to the cabin. Isn't it beautiful with all the snow clinging to the trees. It was so peaceful, all blanketed in white.

The cabin in the snow....and a picture of our neighbors driveway that he had already blown out with his snowblower....I'd say they got a few inches of snow....wouldn't you?