Happy Winter!

There's one good thing about the enormous drifts of snow that pile up in from of our garage ... once they're shoveled off, they make good sledding hills right in the front yard!

Ho Ho Ho!

This year was a big year for us ... every year we sit our kids on Santa's lap at the ward party and every year they burst into tears. This year no one cried! And Owen thought it was fantastic!! Hurray!

That's my Owen baby.

A yummy tradition

Thanks to my cute mama for the fun gingerbread house tradition. No graham crackers here ... we love the smell of baking house pieces, even though it takes all day. Here is this year's lineup:

Brent went for the classic Necco shingled, gumdrop hedged, M&M bordered look.

Jana's has a Santa in the chimney, and lots of flowers blooming despite the snow (my favorite part is the window boxes).

I was very impressed with Sam's doorknob (it took him awhile to get it stuck on there). It was also important to him to plant flowers in his yard, too.

Owen's (below) was created for him by his loving sister Becca who wanted lots of cute baby color mints on the roof and flower boxes like moms.

A blizzard struck Nathan's house (he plastered the walls with snow as well as the roof and ground).
And Miss Becca just didn't know where to stop with the candy ...