Let it Snow

It snowed in Raleigh and as you can probably guess this doesn't happen very often for us here in the South. We actually had about 5". The kids were begging to go outside as soon as they woke up which is about 7am. We went out around 8am and spent about an hour and a half sledding and doing other fun things in the snow (we tried to make snowballs but it didn't work so well). Easton wasn't so sure if the snow was for him. Maddy did take him sledding and he thought that was pretty fun. He wanted to go inside and once he did he was done. Emma, and Madison spent a lot of time in the snow and Graham did venture out one more time after he came in and warmed up for a little while. It was a fun day.

Christmas 08

I figured I better post something about Christmas before I forget the fun times we had. December went fast as it always does. Jason started his new job with Kuehne and Nagel the first of December and he was busy traveling pretty much right away. We still managed to do some fun family things in between his travels. Decorating the tree, making allergy free ginger bread houses and of course the trip to see Santa. There is a great family in Apex who donates their garage for Santa to use. They decorate it like his workshop and give out candy canes and everything. It is sooo much better than the mall because Santa isn't as rushed and can take his time with the kids and mom/dad can take their time snapping pictures. Love it!! For Christmas my dad and Brenda came. We had fun with secret santa even though Grandpa's wasn't so secret! December was a great month filled with fun memories.

Apex Christmas Parade

The girls are on the jump rope team at school. November and December are the Christmas parades that the girls jump in. Last night was the Apex Christmas parade. This one happens to be my favorite. It is at night time and the parade route is through down town Apex. It is a great small town America parade. The girls did great. It was really cold but lots of fun. We got our exercise walking the parade route and then walking back to our car which was at the beginning of the line up. I would say we walked a total of 4 miles. It was fun to see some of our friends in the crowd cheering us on.

Funny Easton

Just thought of a funny thing Easton said recently and thought I would share it. I told him we were going to go to church today and he was going to get to go to nursery. I asked him if that would be fun and he said "yes." I then asked him who his friends are in nursery and he said "pretzels and water!" That is the snack he gets in nursery. They say the way to a mans heart is through his stomach I had know idea this started so early :).

Thanksgiving 08

When I was younger I thought of Thanksgiving as the holiday to get over so it would be Christmas time. Know that I am older Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. What a great day dedicated to remembering all that we are thankful for. There is so much to be thankful for, my family, health, friends the list can go on and on. We were fortunate enough to have our good friends Matt and Julie come visit with us. We had a great time. Matt and Jason spent most of their time up in the attic working hard. Thank you Matt!! Julie and I had the pleasure and at times hardship of watching the kids. I had know idea two boys could come up with so much mischeif. They kept us on our toes that is for sure. Our big outting was going to Marbles Childrens Museum. The kids had a great time. Jason and Julie both got to experience Black Friday, an event that Jason looks forward to weeks before. He left our house around 1:30am and sat outside to get us a new computer. Thank you Jason. We were sad to see our friends leave Sunday morning. I believe I saw a tear in Jason's eye :) . Thanks for all the help!!

Pile of Leaves + Kids = Fun

Graham and Easton had a great time two weeks ago jumping in the leaves in our front yard.