Too much snow

The last month has brought too much snow as far as I'm concerned. The snow plows really have no other places left to put snow and the snow mounds are already REALLY tall as shown in these pictures. Jake has loved playing in it which makes one of us!

Hockey

Jay and Jake went to a minor league hockey game with the scouts. They had a scout special that came with a ticket, hot dog, drink, patch and 3 shots on the ice with the team after the game. Not only did Jake make one of his shots (it was pretty far away) but he also caught a t-shirt that was thrown into the crowd during the game. He and Jay had a great time!

Sledding

I really don't care for the cold weather but there are brief moments that I love the snow and sledding is one of them! Jake had a great time but Olivia didn't really want to slide down the hill. She was just happy standing at the top of the hill telling whoever went down to "come on" so they could do it again. We only stayed for about an hour or so before we were cold and ready for hot chocolate!

Christmas with family

We were able to go to both sets of parents for the holidays. We had a lot of fun visiting brothers, sisters, grandmas, grandpas and cousins. Jake and Olivia loved opening presents on Christmas morning with grandma and papa Gibson. We got them matching jammies and they looked really cute! We baked cookies, played wii, played apples to apples, watched movies, ate and just had a nice relaxing time!

LegoLand

Jason and Jake went to the Legoland Discovery Center today. School was cancelled because of snow so we thought Jake would like this place. I didn't actually go, I stayed home with Olivia. Jake told me all about the fun time he had looking at all the characters built out of Legos. They took a riding tour in a dragon car that showed Lego scenes. He also watched a 4 D castle movie where the Lego mini figures were the main characters. Jake had a great time and said he would go again if I wanted to see how fun it was. What a nice guy!

Family Pictures

It's that time once again to get the family all together at the portrait studio and try to take a decent family picture. Olivia would not sit down or cooperate no matter what any of us said or did. She had her own mind set to what she wanted to do. Jake on the other hand would not stop getting his picture taken when it was time to go. He wanted to sit in front of the camera all evening. Considering the crazy time we had, we did manage to get a few that we liked.

Thanksgiving

We went to grandma's house for Thanksgiving. The kids had fun hanging out with grandma and grandpa. We watched a couple of movies and relaxed most of the time. Jake also helped make the apple crisp that we had for dessert. Overall, it was calm and uneventful, just how we like it!