Snow!

As I am actually typing this the following summer, I had no idea at this time that were going to see a LOT of this stuff this winter.  We got together with our neighbors and built this huge snowman and had a snowball fight, followed by hot chocolate of course.  Love it!

Christmas at NaNa and Grandpa's

Another crazy fun year spending the night with the Thies-Niehaus crew.  Some of the grandkids are so big now they are playing games with the adults. Time is marching on!

Christmas Tree 2013

It was an unseasonably warm day, so we got to go pick out a tree with no coats on!  Always hard to get everyone to pose for a picture but I think some of them are pretty funny.  The kids love to help cut it down and also help transport it to the cashier.  One pulled while the other two pushed.  They also did a great job decorating. Looking forward to our first Christmas in our new house.

Christmas Cookie Time!

One of my favorite traditions is to make Christmas cookies with my grandma and mom.  Once the kiddos came we haven't been able to make it work to get together.  This year was the first year my kids got to participate.  They had fun goofing off with Nan.  And eating of course!  Our niece, Dakota, even got to hang with us for a while.  A great afternoon!