Christmas Snow - 25 inches of it!

These pictures show Christmas morning and the snow came down and down here on the west side. We accumulated 25 inches in 2 days. With wind drifts we had 2 feet in front of our garage door and we were homebound all day! It was great. Hans and the boys had to shovel and snow blow 3 times Christmas Day and 3 times the next day. Good thing Hans has a great hat! It was dripping wet when he came in the first time that morning. This was one wet heavy snowfall.

Christmas Fun and Games

We enjoyed the games, the great food, the family gathered around and most of all we enjoyed being home and loving all who could join us for a short time or a long time. For me, Christmas really is about love and we had so much in our home Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It was wonderful to see everyone together again. By the way, that is Korin, Scott's girlfriend. Uncle Ron thought it was our Emily at first and wondered why Scott was so cozy with his big sister! Thank you all for the potluck meal and the giggles~

Newlyweds

Our Carrie was so happy to say she and Kevin were not the most recent newlyweds in the family any longer and she was happy to pass the "newlywed crown" to Glen and Diana. Don't they look happy??? What's up with you two????? Funny huh!?

Christmas Celebrations & Borrowed Grandchildren

Christmas is for families and we enjoyed all who could be with us this year. Here are some photos from our fun Christmas Eve gathering at our house with brothers and families. There are some old newlyweds and newer newlyweds and of course Christmas is not complete without the little ones. Since none of our grandchildren could be with us this year, we borrowed Glen's. We had so much fun watching them and loving them. Thank you Tyler, Sheena, Scott and Val for the little ones.

Pack the iron, fabric, cutting mats, rotary cutters and we will quilt

Many have asked, "what do you do on those quilting retreats you go to?" When Marye and Marianne and I need a get away, we run to the mountains and take our projects and sewing machines and this is what we do! We cook, sew, cut, plan, iron, sew, take trips to the fabric store and every retreat we have an adventure at Walmart fabric section. We love their $2 fabric tables. It is always an adventure and we always come away with finished projects and great ideas for new projects.