After Christmas Fun….

We got a TON of snow the week after Christmas!  I was sure glad Santa brought my kids shovels, because they were put to good USE!!!

We didn’t make it to Temple Square BEFORE Christmas, so we went the day after amongst the SNOW storm.  It’s so magical to walk around with snow pelting DOWN!!!

I took the kids sledding one morning.  We got up, ate breakfast, got ready, & went.  We got there about 9;30 & there was one other lil group there.  It was nice to practically have the WHOLE hill to ourselves.  We sledded for about an hour & just as we were leaving about 6 car loads showed up…. I was glad we were DONE!

We got so much snow I was tired of SHOVELING, but I loved it at the same time!!  Our driveway will not recover from all the SNOW until March when it warms up… we are North facing, so most of our driveway doesn’t get ANY sun, so once snow is encrusted with from cars driving on it, it’s just turns into an icy mess & STAYS that way!!! OH-WELL, it’s WINTER & that’s how it SHOULD be!!! :)

We spent the afternoon after sledding watching 3 movies right in a row…. & taking naps for some…. I know totally LAZY, but TOTALLY fun to snuggle up with my cuties & ENJOY !

Zachary has LOVED playing Stratego!! …. he tries to get EVERY person who walks in & out of our house to play with him…. hehehe

I thought I LOST my beloved hat the night we went downtown to see the lights.  I returned 1 item at City Creek & realized about 2 hours later that I didn’t have it anymore.   :(   I was so SAD cause that hat was AWESOME!!!  I thought for sure it was long GONE, but when Al went to work the next day & checked at Forever 21 it WAS in their lost & found…. YAHOO…. there is still honest people in this world!!

Random picture of Alan helping me with Dinner…. Gosh, I love that man!!!  He helps when asked & is willing to give me BREAKS when I need it.  Sometimes I just need to let go of the lil things & ENJOY all that he does to for our family!!  {isn’t it so SEXY to have your man cook for you!!! or clean-up!!!}

         

Zachary is the funnies kid… he LOVES the “techy” stuff in life!!!  One night he was playing on Daddy’s phone & just couldn’t STOP watching the movie that was on, so he sat right here & got the BEST of both worlds…. SILLY!!!        

We got to go to one of Al’s cousins wedding receptions where there was a photo booth….. my kids were in HEAVEN & wanted to go back & get more pictures done… we settled on just going ONCE, but it was surprisingly FUN!!

Kye is my GO-ER!! He NEVER stops!  I was pleasantly surprised one Sunday morning as I walked outta my room to see why it was so QUIET…. Emma was reading to Zach, which I SHOULDA snapped a picture of….BUMMER, & Emma had set-up this area for Kye to read in.  This lasted for a good HOUR, to my SHOCK & DISBELIEF, but it was so nice to have a quiet Sunday morning!!!  

It’s so fun to be a Mommy & a Wife!! HARD WORK, but something I wouldn’t trade for anything!!  I fee l so blessed to be able to have 3 fantastic children to call my own & one supportive husband to lead & support us!  As with everything you never know what life is gonna deal you, so I just have to ENJOY the stage of life I am in RIGHT now!!! I have found it is important to LIVE in the MOMENT & NOT wish for the next PHASE of life to start.  I am totally ENJOYING no diapers, no strollers…. most of the time, & no naps!  Its fun to just go & do!  I’ve never been this way since we started having kids 6 years ago…. maybe someday we will be blessed with another lil munchkin to add to our clan, but if not, my life is WONDERFUL & I feel like such a LUKCY Mother!!!