Christmas Day

It still snowed on and off on Christmas day and also warmed up so it melted some. We invited the missionaries, Elder Finlinson and Elder Hair, to eat Christmas dinner with us. It was fun. Dinner was good and the company was good.

It still kills me that the grass is green under the snow

Wayne (with his apron on) and Addie
Elder Hair and Elder Finlinson

Conol is # 1

Addie and adorable butterfly

Emilie and Addie (our 2 little girls)

Christmas Dinner

Deer Roast (It was yummy)

Turkey Tacos (They were also yummy)

Eating dinner

Ginger and Addie

The boys and Addie

They plowed the road finally

Addie learing early

Our newspaper article

Presents and more Presents

Well, obviously Santa made it. There was a lot of anticipation for Christmas, and it finally arrived. Everyone got lots of stuff and it was a regular zoo for a while, well maybe for more than a while. You gotta love Christmas. I do want to say Merry Christmas and not Happy Holidays. We are Christians and we do celebrate Christmas, not winter holiday. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!

Matt and Nevin in the snow

Matt throwing Conol into the snow (multiple times!)
Ginger & Addie & Michelle & Liam waiting for Santa

Rich, Nevin, Conol & Addie waiting for Santa

Liam heading out to play in the snow

Matt tossing Conol in the snow again

Matt opening a present early

Penny opening a present early (yes, it's a puzzle)

The Christmas Tree (Wow)

The kids eating dinner

Mark working on the fire

Impatiently waiting

The kids getting ready

The beginning

Debbie and Addie opening Addie's first present

Ginger opening her quilt

Kids opening presents

More presents

More presents

More presents

More presents

An almost empty tree

Wayne's "sword"

Let it Snow Again or Will Santa Claus make it?

Well, it's snowing again!!! We had between 20 and 24 inches already and it started snowing again last night. We have about 8 more inches now. Michelle went to go to work this morning and got the Titan stuck. When Rich tried to get her out he got the Excursion stuck. It took a couple of hours to get them both out. Our little Deyette Road has no snowplow to clean it off I guess. We're lucky we haven't lost our electricity yet. I had to finally concede and do my Visiting Teaching by phone. Their goodies are still downstairs. They don't have many snowplows here in the Northwest and so you can't get into anyone's houses. (and they can't get out much better). I guess we are having a white christmas at home with our families. I talked to several older sisters this morning and they are all going to be by themselves, because their families can't make it. That is kind of sad, but it will have to be okay. Here are some new pics of what is going on at our house.

Snow on the barn and in the back yard

Snow out my favorite window
Snow on top of the Bronco

Snow on the roof of the house (where Santa will try to get in)

Snow on the unused swingset

Oops! I wonder if Santa is missing a reindeer

Rich's Excusions stuck off the side of the road

The Bronco came to the rescue and got him out

Wayne tring to warm up his feet

Debbie sleeping off some jet lag

Wayne and Adelaide hanging out

The roof over the wood collapsed

Addie in her new thermals