Friday, January 10, 2014

Let It Snow...Alot!

We have already seen lots of snow here in the Ozarks the past 2 months! The schools here have already missed about 7 days of school all together! And we still have February to go! Here are some pics over the past 2 months...

the boys in the first snow of the winter- dec 2013


seth watching the first snow come down

getting ready for his first sled right

sledding

sledding was a good workout for me too

putting our new snow suits to good use

Noah in his snow suit -still working on getting daddy some snow pants and boots

the boys sledding together

noah and daddy

ready to inside and get warm

daddy's turn to pull seth around

the deer came out to find food- view from our 2nd story window

we are the red dot- we got about 8 inches overnight

snow blowing in sideways!

the snow drifts were up to a foot or more

spencer trying to shovel a path out while I watched from the warm house

never thought I would experience such cold temps

the greatest neighbor ever- thank you for plowing our street!

our street in under there somewhere

playing in the snow before the subzero temps hit

he can't get enough of the snow

all boy

plowing the snow on our deck

yep, he is laying down in the snow

mounds and mounds of plowed snow in the parking lots around town

as if 8 inches weren't enough, how about another 1-2 inches


view of the lake: light blue=frozen lake, dark blue=what's left of the lake

Monday, January 6, 2014

Christmas 2013

Our December was quite busy this year.  We were actually home only 2 weeks out of the whole month--due to graduation/Christmas in Texas and then Christmas in Tennessee. Hence the minimal Christmas décor and the small tree.  
While in Texas we celebrated not only Spencer's graduation but also Christmas since we missed Thanksgiving.  It was a busy week but was so glad to see family and watch the cousins play together!  Spencer led his first Christmas Eve service as Sr. Pastor (and Dr. Plumlee) at Riverview.  The sanctuary was full!  He also had the kids come down and chat (kids say the funniest things) and talk about the Christmas story.  Seth loved going down front and sitting next to Dad, and he even answered some questions! There was no nursery so I had both boys in the back during the service in case it got ugly...but thankful for my friend Heather who was there to help me (the boys adore her). We also made a Happy Birthday Jesus cake earlier that day that Seth decorated.  That night Spencer and I exchanged our gifts so that we could focus on the boys on Christmas morning.  Seth was pretty excited about Christmas! We started something new this year to help keep the focus on Christ and not the presents.  The first gift the boys open is the baby Jesus from our nativity set symbolizing that Jesus is the best gift of all.  The boys get 4 gifts: 3 to keep and 1 to give away to a friend...and eventually as they get older, a charity.  We quickly packed the car after gifts and headed to Tennessee for more Christmas! It was great to see everyone and play with baby Patrick (as Seth calls him).  Tons and tons of pictures of our Christmas below...
opening the best gift of all--baby Jesus












playing santa at pop and gran's












cooking hot dogs







decorated our banister

early bird playing at papaw and gammie's
















































Riverview Christmas Eve service

talking with the kids

the best pic we could get after the service with 2 restless kiddos

singing happy birthday to Jesus

our happy birthday Jesus cake-decorated by Seth



showing Patrick how to play with Noah's toy