Winter Fun

Seeing as it has been a while since I posted, I figured an update would be nice.  Though we didn't get much snow the front half of winter, the snow has come for the end of winter.  Mother Nature loves to throw in those curve balls sometimes.  But, with all the snow means a lot of fun.  Here are a few of the winter activities we have had the chance to do.  And some other fun pics as well.

 

Ice fishing with Daddy on Long Lake

Swinging Super-Man style

Our pup, Sylphrena at about 3 months old

Long story short, Gideon broke his shattered his tooth and the rest had to be polled.
But, he's still all smiles!

Yeah for snow!

The tiny snowball

Had to throw one of me in there.  Go Niners!

Enjoying a stay at Great Wolf Lodge at Wisconsin Dells

The kids with Wiley the Wolf

Heber decided to face paint with marker.  I think he's proud of it.

Sometimes Gideon will sleep in the oddest positions.  When you're tired, you're tired.

Eliza's crazy hair day hair-do.  We had fun!

The huge snowman and archway of snow.  We also built a tunnel in the front yard, but I don't have pics of that yet.



Merry Christmas!

Christmas started around 5:45 this morning.  Santa brought a little husky puppy named Sylphrena.  She decided to be playful around that time and wanted everyone else up.  So, she started whinning and by 5:45, everyone was up.  The kids were a little confused, but when they saw her, the were surprised that there was a dog in the house.  Not to mention excited!

Even though I would have loved to sleep in a little longer, it wasn't going to happen.  So`Christmas was really early today and we had all our presents open before the sun came up.  Crazy!  Here are some pics.

Merry Christmas!

 



Advent Calendar

One of my favorite memories of Christmas growing up is placing an ornament on our Christmas Tree advent calendar.  Each one of us kids would take turns putting up an ornament each day until Christmas.  It was fun because the fuller the tree got, the closer we were to Christmas.

 

I decided that I wanted to make one that our family could enjoy.  So, a week before December was supposed to start, I dived into my felt scraps and began the process of making the ornaments and the tree.  It took me all week working in my spare time, but I managed to get it done for the first of December.

 

I'm rather proud of it, though there are some ornaments that I may try and redo in the future.  I was just glad to have it done and up for December 1st.  Then I realized that I hadn't taken any pictures of it yet.  Here they are.  The entire calendar and ornaments are made of felt.  I tied little jingle bells onto the tree for the ornaments to hang on.  It was a lot of fun!

Only 12 days until Christmas!

Happy Birthday and Holidays

Quite a bit has happened recently. We celebrated Heber's 3rd birthday and Thanksgiving followed not long after. The kids helped Scott move the wood pile we have had on our driveway, we got our Christmas Tree, decorated it, and set up some decorations. It's been busy, but fun.

Eliza and Heber help with the wood

Gideon loves being outside!

Heber's Birthday cake

Happy 3rd Birthday!  He loved his fishing cake

Gideon loved the cake, too!

Cutting down our Christmas Tree

Decorating time

The Christmas village

Happy Halloween!

We went Trick-or-Treating at Scott's work and the kids had a blast.  I wanted to post pics of us all in costume, but the picture didn't turn out.  So, either we need to dress up again and take a pic, or these will just have to do.  Happy Halloween!

 

Getting Caught Up

Wow, I clearly have not been keeping up with my blog.  Sorry about that.  So, here is a little of what has happened since my last post...

Eliza in her first swim lesson.  She loved it!

This is what happens when you play with markers.  Instant face paint :)

Watching Eliza at her swim lesson

Having fun outside.

All four crazy kids!

Yum!  Corn on the cob

East Enterance of Yellowstone National Park on our way to Washington.

Yup, we drove from Chicago to near Olympia, WA.  What a drive!

Driving by the Buffalo

Gideon got Oreo cookie more on him than in his mouth.

He loved every minute of it!

Eliza and Heber playing with their cousin, Jackson, at the Natter's

Gideon loved just sitting and playing in the water...and crawling around.

Eliza and Heber with their cousing Aliyah and Uncle Steve

 

 

The purpose of the trip to Washington was for Aaron and Kate's wedding.

 

The cousins: Jackson, Rylie, Gideon, Aliyah, Eliza, and Heber in the back

 

 

Grandma Natter made the vests and hat for the boys for the wedding.

Don't they look handsome!

 

Eliza's first day of Kindergarten!  My little girl is growing up!

Heber loves to take the chalk outside to draw.  I have fun, too!

Bristol Rennaissance Faire

Riding the flying ship at the faire

Gideon's First Birthday

Chocoalte Cupcake....Mmmm!

Eating the delicious cupcakes.

Happy First Birthday, Gideon!