The Real Meaning of Christmas

A friend sent this link to me and I loved it.

(Click on the title of this post to connect). It helped me remember the real meaning of this season and to slow down and celebrate for the right reasons. Merry Christmas!

Still here!

Is it really possible to be 35 weeks and have NOTHING happening?

Let it Snow!

We woke up to this . . .

So we spent alot of time like this . . .

And then finally they talked us in to this . . .

And Aaron finally made it look like this . . .

What a crazy blizzard we had. They have called it an "Epic Storm". We knew it was coming, but it was pretty crazy. We had about 13 inches of snow and some crazy wind, so it blew the drifts so high. The kids loved it and wanted to be out in it every minute, but it was BITTER cold. (can't say I felt the cold as much, I am like a walking heater!) But the temp was -6 with a windchill of -20 t0 -30 below! It was fun to be snowed in and to spend the day in our jammies watching movies, playing games, doing puzzles and eating treats. Now is the bummer part, back to real life in the freezing aftermath!

Thanksgiving

We had such a fun Thanksgiving this year. Nana and Papa came out to visit and my bro Mark and his wife Kody. We had a great time. we packed it full, celebrating the season with festive activities and good times. The girls filled up their warm fuzzy jar, so we took them bowling at "The Fish Bowl". It is a fun bowling alley at the Bass Pro Shop where everyting looks like it is underwater. The girls were so excited. We went to Disney on Ice, saw Santa, went to Jolly Holiday Lights and of course did a little Black friday Shopping. It was a great time. Thanks everyone for making the effort to come and see us and for all of your help!

The Fish Bowl

Disney On Ice

Decorating the Tree

Lainey trying to wear the stockings.

Daddy got the girls a train to go around the tree. Needless to say, they LOVE it!

Visit with Santa

Papa and Lainey at the Mall.

Gingerbread Houses

Christmas Around the World

Here is just a quick little shout out to all of my folk dance friends from my BYU dancing days. It is killing me to know that you are all together today, dancing and hanging out and eating ( I am sure of it!). I just wanted to say to all of you that I am thinking of you and wish I could be with you. Dance a little for me and let me know how the weekend was! I miss you all!

What's the deal?

Does anyone have any idea why I can't connect to any of my friends blogs anymore? I am so bummed, but the links don't work, unless I type in the address individually. Is anyone else having this problem?

Visitors

Lucky us, we had some visitors this last week. My cousins came to visit for a fun girls weekend. We went to the Apple Orchard with the fam and then out for pedicures and manicures and dinner --- just the girls! It was a great time and I am so glad that they made the trip! My mom came out for a visit, too. It is always a treat to have Grandma here and we are so thankful for all that she did for us!

In the famous Iowa Corn!

They had this awesome slide! We probably went down at least 15 times. (Not me, don't worry!)

Here is me trying to rope Aaron. What is funny is that the rope got away from me and I actually roped Lainey!
They have this awesome Jumping Pillow.

Hal and Mag getting some air.

With the cute--stinky pigs!

My Girls.

And finally an updated picture of me. This is me at about 30 1/2 weeks. Getting huge and FEELING it!