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!

A trip to the Aquarium

We did not go out and spend tons of money for Black Friday, instead we contributed to the economy by visiting the aquarium!

This is the new HUGE tank at the entrance of the aquarium. We missed the part where a diver goes in the tank and feeds the fish and answers questions from inside the tank.


We did however get to see them feed the octopus, Popeye. Aunt Jack is checking him out.

The touch pools are always fun.

Callum enjoyed the aquarium, he actually watched the fish swimming around. I'm not sure he understood any of it.... but the colors were so pretty!
After hanging out in the dome part of the aquarium listening to Burt talk about fish tacos and J-man pointing out which fish he wanted to eat as his appetizer, we decided that we better go eat. Does the aquarium make other people hungry? Or is just us? So we headed over to The Fisherman for some seafood. Okay - it is weird.