Abby's 3rd Birthday

Abby turned 3 on February 22nd.  This year she had her party at Grandma and Pappy's house, so that was a special treat for her!  It was time for her party, so we woke her up from her nap and she wanted nothing to do with anybody or anything!!

So I opened all her gifts, cake was served, and that was about it.  

Here are a few pictures from the exciting party!

Abby continues to be our quiet, sweet child.  She loves to read books, cuddle with her blankey, turn cartwheels, sing songs from the movie Frozen, and suck on her finger (we're going to have to work on that one because she is slowly pushing her teeth out of whack).

Here are several recent pictures of our Abby.  

What a blessing she is!

6 more weeks of winter

Well I guess the groundhog was right this year!  It has been quite a winter.  As I sit down to write this post there is probably about a foot and a half of snow on the ground here.

The bad news about this is that our driveway is rather steep in some places and the snow makes it a bit tricky to get up sometimes.

The good news is that the sled riding is awesome!! The kids are out there for hours. I need to go take a video and post it for you.

Every time I see Max (who seems to have chronic runny nose) out in the cold I can't help but think of that movie Dumb and Dumber when the guy's snot is frozen to his face...that's pretty much Max every
time he goes outside in the winter.

Nice hair, Sam!

Emily's snow tunnel

 The beer can in the snow...Nice one Honey.

 Drew's first experience of snow falling.  He loved watching the flakes fall from the sky, but would not take even one step!

 Abby ventured into the tunnel but cried because her hat came off and got all snowy.  We spent more time getting her ready to go out than time actually spent playing.

 Samuel starting his own tunnel


Here are a few pictures from around the yard and 6 more inches has fallen since these pictures were taken!

 Here is an updated picture of the house with the addition.  Its getting close to being done!

I took a time out to take a video of their sledding.  It turns out our faster sleds have all cracked and this is the only one they have left...not very fast but still fun!!