And more snow... yet again

I don't have a solid measurement, since i couldn't get the ruler through the sheet of ice, but we have at least 6 inches of snow on top of over an inch of ice on top of another couple inches of snow. The girls had a wonderful time outside trying to find big pieces of ice and romp around in the snow!

More snow!!

Our snow almost completely melted last night. The girls were quite disappointed, so we were excited to wake up to a fresh blanket of snow to play in!!

Snow Angels

Snow!!!

We thought we'd have to wait until morning, but we looked outside one more time and discovered a winter wonderland!! Yes, I let my kids play in the street, but.... all the other kids were doing it, too!

Santa!

O Christmas Tree!

We went and cut down our Christmas tree - both girls were quite excited once Mikayla got over pity for the tree being cut down. They had lots of fun picking a tree, seeing it baled, having hot chocolate and candy canes, and decorating it at home!

Swimming Lessons

Both the girls are loving their swimming lessons! These pictures aren't the greatest, since they're from my phone, but still cute! Mikayla can swim half the width of the pool underwater. She's making pretty fast progress. Next week she gets to move up to the "big pool." She's pretty excited about that!

Today was safety day where they all got to use life jackets and talk about safety in lakes, on boats, etc.

Lily cast her vote!

Baby Keziah Anne!

Yay, she's here! I've spent an exhausting few days watching a bunch of kiddos while Becky was at the hospital... but mine wasn't nearly as exhausting as hers! Keziah's such a little cutie - we're so glad she's finally here!

Halloween!

My cuties had a pretty fun time going to the church pumpkin party and then trick or treating!

Where's Lily?

I went in to wake Lily up from nap to discover this scene... She had completely trashed her room, wasn't in her bed, and took me a couple seconds to figure out where she had fallen asleep.

Bauman Farms

We went with our home school group to Bauman Farms. We got to see how apple cider is made and got to taste the fresh cider! There was lots of play equipment and a hay ride out to pick out pumpkins, gourds, and corn to take home. The girls had so much fun!!



Our group watching the apple cider demonstration


The cider press


Feeding the goats




Lost in a hay maze!






The kids in our group... this is actually a third of the group. We had over 85 people there, so they split us into 3 groups.


hay ride!!










Both girls were nuts about the hay bale pirate ship!


The rain wasn't that bad. We had boots, nice coats, and umbrellas. :)