Well, it will definitely be a white Christmas this year! We have had 2 storms (with another one to come) that dumped about 16-18 inches of snow on us. And, since Michael is down for the count temporarily, I learned how to use the snow blower and snow rake.
For those of you that didn't know, Michael had knee surgery 2 weeks ago. He tore his miniscus and had to have it repaired by means of arthroscopic surgery. He was on crutches for a few days. He is doing much better and walking around with less of a limp. Then he got bronchitis. He has been on some lame antibiotics that don't seem to be working, poor Michael.
Poor Brad and Holly and kids, too. Last week in the ice storm, they lost power for 6 days. They stayed in their house for 2 nights, then a friend's house for a couple days, and 3 nights with us. It was fun, kind of reminded me of the Northridge Earthquake in '94. Fun for me, not them. :( Actually, I think they had fun. It was a big sleepover for the kids.
Anyway, we are ready for Christmas except for the fact that our tree is DEAD!!!! I hope it stays up for a couple more days because on the 26th, bye bye!!
Cole is very excited for Santa. This year he received the Elf on a Shelf. Oh my gosh, if you haven't heard of this, and you have kids, you must get one for next year. It is the cutest concept. I got it at the Hallmark store. It comes with a little stuffed elf and a book about the Elf on a Shelf. You have to name your elf, ours is Nate. He watches you during the day, then at night, he flys to Santa with his elf magic to report how the child(ren) has been behaving each day, then when he returns, he is in a different location in your house and the child(ren) has to find him. It is so cute!
The twins are clueless about Christmas, but it will be cute to watch them open gifts and then play with the boxes. They are really fun to watch lately. Luke is starting to walk, which is hysterical. He puts his arms straight up over his head and laughs at the fact that he is upright, then after 4 or 5 steps, he falls. Mallory is saying a few words, kitty, mama, dada, uh-oh!
This is the Christmas picture I really wanted to use.
We wish everyone a beautiful Christmas, and a healthy, happy new year!
3 comments:
Merry Christmas! What fun videos, Lanae. Mallory talking and Luke walking. You guys are super busy. Hope Michael's back to normal soon. And Cole with elf, what a fun idea. Darrell, Ann, and Sandy will come over tomorrow, and my grandparents, Greg, Janna, Amy and Steve, and Randy. All in the cozy blue house, for a slushy semi-white Christmas. Love to all of you!
That Christmas picture is hilarious! Isn't it hard to get all 3 doing what you want at once?!
I love the videos! Mallory is speaking so clearly! WOW! Kaden is still speakin' jibberish, but is attaching meaning to his new language that only he knows how to speak :).
Lanae, please please join facebook.com I want to see all your pics ad talk to you on instant messaging it's great. We can see all of our high school friends too - hahah I recently connected with Geoff Latin, remember him? and with Liat Steinbock, and with Traci Van Veltzer, love ya, miss ya, talk to you soon
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