Christmas 08

our snowman.(yes he has large candy canes for arms)


Tanner got a ipod.. he has been saving for one by doing odd jobs so we decided he earned one without spending his money..





legos legos and more legos.. we must have gotten thousands on Christmas day alone.





opening the stockings...





cookies for Santa


getting PJ's Xmas evethe boys got so many gifts we had to stack them over by the couch.
maybe a little too much this year

my friends


can't get enough of the snow:)



Jake's homemade bird feeder came in handy for the birds. how cool is that?


I am just getting around to posting Christmas. and what a Xmas we had. The single best thing was having 3 weeks of being home bound.. Quite honestly i could of gotten around but i took advantage of our surprise snowstorm and stayed home. all of our Christmas shopping was finished and all i really needed to do was get a ham for the big day. As i type this and reflect on the past 3 weeks i came to realize that i can take this as a sign to slow down. Not just me but the kids as well. i am very fortunate to have great neighbors and spending allot of time with them during the holiday season was like having a 2nd family. With the snow we spent time at each others home eating playing games and just hanging out together. we played so much in the snow, got our exercise and just enjoyed life. I cooked up a storm something i love doing but get to busy to do. it was a very stress free few weeks. i want to take that time with me and try to just live everyday like that. i know now that were all back to the grind it is easy to jump on that good old super busy bandwagon but i think now i may change a few priorities. with all that said it is good that the boys are back in school, i am glad to get the house back in order, put all the Christmas deco away, clean etc. here's some December and Xmas shots. the kids had a great Xmas. they opened there pj's eve night, left out cookies for the big guy, we actually woke up before them Xmas morning, we made oven pancakes and sausage. and as you can see Grandma and Grandpa Loff spoiled them beyond belief. dinner was great and we stayed in sweats all day that is why there is not a official Christmas pictures of us. tee hee..