Snow Angels

i let the whole month of january pass without a single blog update! oh well...

we finally got some snow to play in! and ralph got a couple of snow days... the snow never sticks around too long, though...so we're already ready for another big storm!

and here are a few of the kids goofing around:

merry christmas!

and a good time was had by all...

busy elves

we've been busy with "pizza with santa" (ralphy would have no part of the lap-sitting this year...maybe next year), christmas parties, birthday parties, a cookie decorating party, shopping and playing at home...we've been counting down the days and trying to be good...we're so excited!

'tis the season...

just like everyone else, we have been rushing to get things in order for the holidays...i realized that i haven't posted any thansgiving pictures, so before i start in with the christmas pictures, here are a few from the last couple of weeks...

elli on stage at her pre-school thanksgiving program

sack races at aunt kate's on thanksgiving

showing off their new flannel pajamas gram made
(headband and gloves are not part of the outfits, but are also courtesy of gram!)

ralphy & gram

having a late-night snack on the couch

We Elfed Ourselves!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

boo!

some pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch:


ralph and his brothers were all coaching football on halloween night, so we did halloween in several "rounds"...



here are "dorothy" and "the lollipop munchkin" dressed for round 1 when ralph's parents & uncle joe visited our house last week:

here is elli dressed up for round 2: her preschool program and dress-up party:


here they are dressed up for round 3: visiting granny's house...
and here we are dressed for round 4: halloween night!

gram and the munchkin:

and here they are by the bonfire after too much candy!

prowlin' around...

a night out prowlin' around with grandma g in the shirts gram made...

fun in the fall

a couple of weekends ago my mom and the kids and i camped out at my parents' house...my dad was out of town and ralph had something going on with some friends, so we set up the tent, had a bonfire, ate hotdogs and s'mores and camped out...we lasted till about 1 am in the tent...at that point ralphy was the only one asleep and mom and i could hear music and "hootin' and hollerin'" from somewhere over the hills and then elli announced that she had to go potty (again)...so we all went in...and then it took ralphy 2 HOURS to go back to sleep....crazy kids...but it was fun...the next morning we stoked up the fire again...the kids bobbed for apples and mom raked up piles of leaves for them to jump in...we all got a turn to be buried in the leaves, too...it was a really good time...

rocks and bridges