Did you have a Merry Christmas?

We did! I loved their Christmas pajamas! We had a nice day, our first White Christmas too. Aunt Kelly was with us Christmas Morning and then we went to Grammie's house for Christmas Dinner. The boys got plenty of goodies to play with, and as soon as all this snow goes away J-man can take his new bike out for a spin! Meanwhile T-man is running around the house dressed as Anakin Skywalker with a Storm Trooper blaster. The snow is finally melting, and I couldn't be happier! I got my Christmas, I mean New Year Letter done and will be putting that in the mail next week.
Normally I would have a lot more pictures, but my little camera is all I've got, and it sucks. I really wish I would not have broken my poor Nikon, cause it is going to cost me a lot of money to either get it fixed or buy a new lens. I broke it too late to ask Santa for a replacement, Santa already got me a pair of earrings!

T-man reporting the news

So I had a camera tragedy last night. My beloved Nikon D50 has a broken lens. Smashed, cracked and broken - I did it, can't blame anyone but myself. Its a bummer, but it has forced me to take out the little camera and it can take video. So I took quite a bit of video of the boys in the snow and of our icicles.
T-man turns into a total goof with the camera out and it was even more entertaining when he found out I was using the video setting. He started reporting from King 5 news. I just got a little snippet of it, but had to share. I need to get better at this video thing.....

A video of the Icicles. And its STILL snowing.

Mitch wanted to correct me - Leafguard - the gutters are Leafguard.

We got the tree up. Finally.

We put minimal effort into it, only 3 strands of lights and half of the ornaments in the box, but it's up!

Aunt Kelly got stuck here - who knew they would cancel ALL Alaska Airlines flights today? No worries though, the boys are providing her with warmth and entertainment!

Yukon is depressed. The snow is making it hard for him to go outside with his bad hips and knees. When it was just a few inches it was fine, when it hit a foot, the poor dog needed a path carved out of the yard for him. Good thing his Daddy went out into the back yard and dug it for him.
I'm too depressed about the snow to take any more pictures of it. There is just so dang much of it. Over a foot. Wish me luck trying to get to work tomorrow!

Who needs icicle lights? We have icicles!

Icicles have formed over the gutters in both the front and back of the house. Mitch is grumbling about needing more insulation, but I think they look cool! And thanks to Mother Nature, we get to keep them for a little while longer. She knew that we did not have time to put up our icicle lights this year and thought we might want a little festive look. Thanks Mother Nature!

Snow Day!

We have been waiting all day for it to stop snowing so we could go outside and play. But it has not stopped snowing. So my pictures suck. They are blurred with tons of flakes falling from the sky. But here we are playing in the snow, looks like 4 inches and still coming down.

T-man wanted to build a snow man, but could not stay out side long enough to get the job done. The snowman parts are started out there, but we had to come in and get warm and dry before making an attempt to finish.

Yukon is having a great day, he has been out to roll in the snow about 50 times today. He is currently napping - that takes a lot out of an old guy!

J-man just wants a snowball fight. Nobody would take him up on it, so he settled for trying to make a snowman with his brother. He might have lasted longer out there if he would have zipped up his coat and put a hat on, but what do I know, I'm just his Mother.

Doggie Snow Angel

We may only have an inch, but it is enough for my Yukon. He LOVES the snow. He makes little doggie snow angels all over the yard. Another favorite snow activity is licking the snow. He will do laps in the yard making lines in the snow with his tongue. Crazy dog. Hopefully the boys and I will get out there and play later, now that school has been cancelled. I have to find a way for them to burn off that little boy energy with out driving me crazy.

Go See the Clam Lights!

We saw the Clam Lights on Thursday. It seems they have expanded this year and it looks just beautiful. I thought I would share!

I love how the lake looks at night, especially with all the lights! It was cold out, but not raining (shocking, I know) and the boys had a great time looking at all the lights. Now if I could just get some up on my house...... or maybe get a tree......

Decked out for the holidays!

I dressed up my blog for the holidays! I am hoping to put my self in the mood. Not much shopping happening here and no decorating. Yet. I guess I need to get my butt up in the attic and pull down all the decorations - cause there is only 18 days left before Christmas. I have even gotten 2 Christmas cards already. Those over-achieving friends - you know who you are! - I'll get mine done and out in time for Christmas. Or New Years. I hope. I did buy the boys their matching sweaters already. I keep waiting for the year they refuse to wear them.... Hope it's not this year! Hope to post pictures of some Holiday activities soon!