Winter 2015: Snow day!

this kid wants to be part of it all--all the time.  about time to move her out of the highchair and get her onto the table... guess she needs to be out with baby coming soon anyways

 watching it snow...

it literally snowed all day long--but the temperature hovered around 33-34 so it didn't really stick until the night

 their "blobes" as Evie calls them--got wet pretty fast

this girl... goofball

you are supposed to notice the "snowman" that they made, its on the table behind them, almost Olaf

the next morning--got a few inches that stuck overnight

pretty much just wanted to eat it...  I don't look like I'm from Wisconsin with how prepared I am for snow.. had to dig for all the hats and mittens I could find

Winter 2015: Griffins visit and sickness returns

the valvestem has returned!  her hair has been trimmed up thanks to Oma and now it is all getting even and a bit longer--long enough for some pony tails and bows again hurry!

Griffin's came for a quick visit--so great to see them, and as you can see the kids enjoyed it so very much--noise level went up thats for sure :)

these 2...  miss them being around!

missing Helena

 Helena before her ear infection hit

goober

we have spent alot of time doing this lately with Evelyn and Helena especially.  Savannah has been quite a sweet one, reading books or playing quietly next to them while they have to do the breathing treatments.  We had 3 for 3 with ear infections this round--here's hoping we're done with that for a few months!  

Winter 2015: Ice Storm destroys our trees

So these aren't the best pictures, but this is when the ice/sleet was coming down during the day.  No big deal at first...

droopy trees and it actually looked quite beautiful

until this happened.... and all the trees started breaking left and right... branches down EVERYWHERE.  

We lost a bunch of our holly bushes/trees and are most concerned about how our favorite tree the oak tree in the backyard will do after losing so much mass

Took Brian several trips with a trailer to get it all cleaned up.