Winter

We've been dumped on with snow this winter. The girls were only able to go out once to play in the snow, it's been so darn cold. One snow day at home, Dave took Lauren sledding in the yard and that following weekend he took Lily to the hill in Sidney. Me and Natalie stayed inside (and warm) both times.

Holidays

Christmas this year was truly wonderful. The girls were a lot of fun and Lauren was really into the season and talking about Santa even though she refused to sit on his lap. She did yell to Santa from Dad's arms that she wanted a dollhouse and a Thomas Table and then quickly snatched her candy cane. We celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at our new house and it was great being at home surrounded by family.

We also hosted our annual Christmas Party with friends, this year it was "Ugly Christmas Sweater" themed and we all had tons of fun seeing the interesting sweaters. Mike Siems and Bridget Haas won for best sweaters. We even handed out prizes (if you can call them that), Mike got a watch that was free with purchase and Bridget got the Smores Maker we recieved as a wedding gift that still had a garage sale sticker on it.

New Year's Eve, Rodeens, Siems, Boyers, and Swans gathered at our house for a night of food, drinks, and games. All the kiddos had a blast playing together.
All in all the holidays were great, so much fun with family and friends.