Burrrrr!!

It is seriously freezing cold here!  The first day we woke up it was a big 5 degrees outside!  This cold weather isn't stopping us though.  We have been sledding, getting sled rides behind the quad and playing fun games in the snow.  I can't imagine having to dress my kids for the snow everyday in the winter, it is quite the ordeal!! Hope you are all enjoying some cold weather fun with your families too!!

The kids getting ready for sledding behind the quad.

Hunter 7, Brody 6 1/2, Case 4 1/2, Katlyn 4 1/2, Ledger 2 1/2

And their off! I found this fun game on my friend Sara's blog where you freeze colored water in ice cube trays and then hide the ice cubes in the snow.  The kids loved finding the colorful ice! It was like Easter in the winter!! 

Brody found some colorful ice cubes in the frozen flowers!

Counting the ice cubes.  23 total!

Case had a hard time picking up the ice cubes with his gloves on!  Not only that but the snow is so deep it's hard to walk!!

Ledger can only handle a few minutes of the cold before he is ready to

 head in to the warm cabin!

Jim and Ledger drove the quad while the others slid behind it!

Here they are!  Sled rides behind the quad are the best!!

Bye little snow kids!!

Greetings from Pinetop

The Gang.  

Ledger, Hunter, Jadon, Case, Katlyn, Brody, Berkley, Taylor, Ava, Hunter

Case, Brody, Ledger and Sugar watching Night At The Museum II and eating popcorn.

Case the builder.

Hunter, Katlyn and Case watching a movie on Katlyns new DVD player. About an hour after this picture was taken, Case threw up all over Katlyn.  

So we are all here at the cabin enjoying the 2 plus feet of snow that is surrounding us.  It is freezing cold and snowing as I type.  The kids are having a ball playing and building everything from Legos to forts under the stairs.  We have been sledding twice already which was quite interesting since Jeremy is not here and I took all three boys by myself.  Talk about a workout!  I was sweating and it is 25 degrees outside!!  Is this my sign that it is time to start the workout program again? I think so!  Hope you are all recovering from the Christmas craziness and enjoying time with your families.  Stay tuned for more cabin fun in Pinetop.  

The Felstead's Christmas 2009

What a Christmas season this has been!  We have been out of our minds crazy and I was a little worried that 2 days before Christmas I hadn't even bought a single gift!!  Somehow I managed to get it all done and we had a wonderful Christmas Day.  So let's start with Christmas Eve.

Berkley looked absolutely adorable in her hot pink Santa onesie, white and black polka dot leg warmers and hot pink tutu I made her.

 (yep, I'm a tutu addict!!)

Big Jake, Brody, Ledger, Cole, Case and Connor

We headed over to Pam and Ron's for dinner and gifts.  The boys love hanging out with their cousins since out of the 8 total grand kids, 6 of them are boys.  Actually there will now be 10 grand kids because my sister in law Missy got engaged and she is marrying a man who has 2 older boys himself.  It was a fun evening for the boys!  Enough said!!

New Christmas Jammies, so warm and soft!!

When we got home from Pam and Ron's, Jeremy and I stayed up till about 1:00 am getting things picked up and put together (wink wink).  We were exhausted and ready for bed by time it was over.  One thing I don't like about doing Christmas Eve at the in laws is that we get home really late.  The kids are beyond exhausted and all they want to do is bathe and go to bed.  Because of this, we forgot to leave cookies and milk along with reindeer food out for Santa.  We were actually surprised he came to our house!!  Poor Santa!!  Hopefully next year we can convince Pam to do Christmas Eve on the 23rd instead of the 24th!  That would help so much!!

Santa definitely stopped at our house!

And their off! 

 Since Brody was the first one up, he was more then ready to see what Santa brought!!

On Christmas morning Brody was the first to wake up.  At 7:15 he came into our room asking if he could open presents.  Like the mean parents we are, we made him crawl in bed with us and wait for the others to wake up.  At 8:00 Case came stumbling in and about that time I went and got Ledger out of bed.  We made all 3 boys hang out in our room until we turned on the Christmas tree lights and made sure Santa came.  The boys came barreling down the hall and tore into their presents.  

They all got what they wanted which was a good thing!!  Sugar Claus arrived at about 8:30 with more gifts and Skidder Cars.  Boy was it fun for to ride them around the house. G.G. and G-Pa came for breakfast and craziness around 9:00.  After breakfast, Santa had one more surprise in store for the kids, a TRAMPOLINE! They were super excited and spent the rest of the morning jumping.  We all layed down for a nap in the afternoon which felt awesome! Sugar came over for dinner along with grandma and grandpa which worked out great cause we didn't have to leave our house.  It was a perfect Christmas for us all! 

Case loved all the Legos Santa brought!

Ledger zoomed around the house on his new skidder car.

The boys with the Legos Santa brought them for Christmas.

The trampoline was a hit!  Santa is the best!!

Friends

This is Katlyn.

 She and Case were born one month apart.  They go to preschool together and often play together at Sugars house.  Case notices every new outfit Katlyn gets and is always telling me what she does at preschool. Katlyn says Case is the husband of her baby doll Bella Ryce.

 They are very good friends which is why when Case leaned over the bunk bed last night and threw up Kanks homemade spaghetti and meatballs all over her, she in return, threw up all over herself.  After we got them all cleaned up and realized Case has the stomach flu (yep, all night long!!) Katlyn said, "Case threw up and then I threw up cause I'm his friend and I didn't want him to feel bad."  

Friends...they are the best!!

Arriving December 26th...

...My Christmas cards!

It's never too late right?  I'm mailing mine tomorrow morning which means you won't get them until the day after Christmas.  Now that you already know what they look like, you won't need to rush to your mailbox to get them!! If I forgot to send you one I apologize.  If you want me to send you one next year, let me know.  Reminder to self... START THIS EARLIER NEXT YEAR!!  Good Night...I hope !!