Kailee, Joseph, and Adelaide

Adelaide and Joseph came over yesterday and played with Kailee in the snow. This was taken in our backyard on TOP of the trampoline. haha! The had fun jumping in the snow. :o) Joseph really did not like it very much because he had a hard time standing up in that big snow suit and snow boots. :o)
They are sitting on the innertube in this picture on our back patio that Gene attempted to shovel off until the snow shovel broke. There was about 2 feet of snow on our patio--lots of work to move all of that stuff!!! The drifts were close to 3 feet out there.

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!!

This was taken at Chad and Melanie's house on Christmas Eve--you can't really tell from the picture, but their car is pretty much buried in the snow. I am sure Chad would have had to shovel the snow just to get their car out.
This was taken at our house on Christmas Eve also. You can't even see the mountains behind the houses because of the low snow clouds. But that is about a six-foot pile of snow from our driveway. Jenalee's Jeep is pretty much surrounded by snow. Kailee had fun sliding down the pile of snow on her innertube--she would go about 20 feet each time.

Christmas Day

This is a picture of Melanie and Jenalee taken at Jared and Shiloh's house on Christmas Day--we spent the afternoon over there and ate a yummy meal and exchanged presents. Jenalee is holding up her Hannah Montana journal that Jared and Shiloh (mostly Jared) bought for her--as a joke. They also got her a gift card, which she has already partly used--that didn't take long. :o)
Chad and Melanie are enjoying watching the kids open their presents. Well, actually it looks like Chad is PLAYING with the kids' toys instead. :o)
I made Jared and Shiloh look at the camera so that I could take their picture--I think everyone was glad when I finally put the camera away. :o)
Kailee is opening her present from Chad and Melanie in her new Christmas sweatsuit. I'm just glad that it fit and that I didn't have to take ANYTHING back this year. If you notice Adelaide's striped socks, Kailee bought those for her, and they actually light up on the sides. Chad painted a picture of Gene and I, but he is still working on it, so I will have to take a picture of it and put it on my blog when he is finished. He did a really good job on it--too bad it looks just like us. :o)

Christmas Day - continued

This was Christmas morning, and Kailee is trying on some new houseshoes that she got for Christmas. Her new Cricket Cutter is sitting behind her in the white box--I believe that may be her favorite Christmas present ever. She has been making all kinds of things--mostly paper dolls. I will have to post some pictures of hers AND Jenalee's paper dolls later. :o) Did you notice the little gingerbread dolls behind Kailee?? Sharon made those for Jared and Chad a LONG time ago, but we still set them out every year. :o)
This is a picture of Laura over at Jared and Shiloh's house waiting to open one of her presents. She was being very patient because we went around the room and took turns opening our presents.
Joseph was so excited about his green glitter ball that Christiaan and Laura gave to him--you can't really see the glitter in this picture, but it is a really cool ball. Shiloh's mom found them at The Container Store in Dallas and sent a bunch of them to her to give away.
Adelaide is sitting on Christiaan's 'couch' admiring her white glitter ball. She is in her new 'dance clothes' that she got for Christmas--she loves to twirl around in it and dance for us.
This is what we got Christiaan for Christmas--it is a construction set complete with dynamite and rocks and loud stuff. His parents will love it. :o) Notice their big-screen TV in the background--really nice for watching BYU games. :o)

Santa's Suit

Here is a picture of the little Santa suits that Kailee and I made for her friends at church and school. Notice the little flap on the back side of Santa's suit--isn't that cute? Anyway, this is what the attached poem says: "I went looking for a stocking, and couldn't find a spare, so I stuffed your goodies in Santa's underwear." Then we put candy and a little Christmas magnet that we made inside of the suit. We got the idea from a friend in Texas, so we can't take credit for the cute idea.