Winter Wonderland

It's December! It's almost Christmas! It snowed!  Holiday fun is everywhere!

It snowed for my 40th birthday!  It was a great gift because it was a distraction from my birthday (that I especially didn't like this year given how old I am). It was beautiful!  School closed and the kids got to sled on some amazing hills in our neighborhood.

 We ventured out in the snow in Dad's big blue truck and went to see some reindeer and played on a decorated pirate ship.

The kids visited Santa.  Nolan was super excited until he sat in Santa's lap!  All Nolan wants for Christmas is a giant lollipop so I'm sure Santa will get his everything he wants!

Of course Manny got to see Santa too! He's gone every year so I have to keep the tradition going. 

Nolan had a really fun holiday party at his school. I was in charge of the cookie decorating activity....super fun but total chaos.

We've seen a couple of really cool light displays in the area. 

We got the family picture done for our Christmas card.  Now we just need to get them and mail them!  They will probably be late this year since they seem to be lost in the mail.

We are now heading to the Great Wolf Lodge and then down to Portland for a few days and then back for Christmas!  I hope the kids are having LOTS of fun during the holiday's this year!  This is the time of the year that I feel especially lucky for having kids because it makes everything SO much fun and I love to see them have SO much fun!