A day of Kids

We were awaken to the sweet sounds of young children at 5 am.....Thank God their momma was also here to be awake with them until Kels and I got up. We enjoyed playing the iPad, chess, watching Pink Panther (even though we never actually saw him in the show), and just spending time together. We were honored to get handwritten Thank You notes.


After they left, we had a great time spending 1:1 time with our nephew Nolan. He's such a sweet boy! He enjoyed Mr. Potato Head, hiding things in beans, dancing with Uncle Kelsey and playing the iPad.....I'm always amazed how young children know how to manipulate the programs!

When Mom and the big boys are away....
to Laura and Kelsey's I go to play!!!

Thankful

First, I must say that I am VERY VERY thankful I have an occupation that closes down when the snow gets too deep! I'm thankful for the people who get to work to care for others.

I'm thankful for a husband who shares an occupation, so we can have a nice day at home.

I'm thankful for a snow blower that has a massive amount of horse power to shoot the snow far far far away from our property!

I'm thankful that we don't have neighbors so I can shoot the snow as far as I'd like!

I'm thankful for a new niece that was born today (good thing her mom and dad went to the hospital yesterday.)

I'm thankful for a house that is warm and turkey in the oven for dinner. Monkey bread is also on the agenda for tonight!

I'm thankful for the day to take down all my snow decorations and put up hearts for V-day! Maybe it was the snowman sitting out that brought all this snow!

I'm thankful I can sit at the computer and scrapbook for hours...it takes longer than you'd think :)

Enjoy!

Day of Acceptance

Today my staff at school celebrated with 3E Love.com and their International Day of Acceptance. As a sister, wife, friend and teacher of people with disabilities I'm all about accepting people for who they are.
Sister: Oh my wonderful brother who always has some witty comment and always sees the bright side to each day. My brother who is continually trying to plan trips, get together, tell random facts, and lame jokes. He has helped make me who I am today.
Teacher: As tired as I get working each day, I love my students and I love figuring out how to best teach them. I love seeing little progress each day that will someday be big progress.
Wife: We get great parking spots, to the front of the line at Disney, and we use the wheel chair to pass things to each other so we don't have to get off the couch :) In all seriousness, I love my hubby and his set of wheels.

Happy New Year

So as I take down the last of the Christmas decorations, I'm a little sad because now all we will get in the mail is bills, adds, and junk mail from random credit cards we don't own.


Thanks to everyone for sending a card....some weren't up when this photo was taken so don't get mad if you don't see your card :)

Heres to an awesome 2011!!

Christmas Fun

So today I'm being "productive"....creating pages from Christmas photos!
I'm sure everyone has a different interpretation of "productive" but I think I've done quiet well!

More to come...but I figured it's after noon and I should go shower :)

Happy Boxing Day!!! I'm pretty sure Canada created this holiday because they didn't know what to do with all the boxes left over from Christmas!! Here are 1/2 the boxes...the "shirt boxes" are being saved for next year!

unedited photos from the past week. we are blessed to have family to spend the holidays with. we are even more blessed to have a God who sent his Son to earth for us!