January's This and That....

I have various single item photos taken during this month:

Keeping entertained by coloring some Scooby-Doo pictures.... Edwin was preparing for his Sunday School lesson, so we were at church 30 min. early.....

Natalia helping me make some strawberry-rhubarb pie!

Making tents out of blankets never gets old.....

Trying out her new hand-me-down outfit! Those bags are like Christmas every time we get one! :)

Selfies!!

Waiting in line on a windy day!

Hanging out at home while Tory is at school!

Edwin and I trying to share a memory from our childhood: drinking a Coke out of a bag, with a straw! :)

Bean Bag Uses

So Tory and Natalia have been having fun with their new bean bags.  There is, of course, the traditional use of a bean bag: a nice, comfy chair to sit in when watching movies.

Then, of course, they make great snail shells, when pretending well. (They came up with the idea from watching the movie Epic)

And, naturally, they make great pillows to land face first into.....

Silly Girls....

Christmas

We thought it would be fun for the girls to wear their special dresses for the Christmas Eve service at church. They sang for us, then were able to pick one present to open.

It was special to fall asleep together by the tree.

The first to stir on Christmas morning!

Wake up, Natalia! Open your stocking! :)

Leavenworth

I have heard of the lights of Leavenworth at Christmastime before, but this time we got to see it for ourselves! :) My parents gave us a huge treat by inviting us to go with them for a night.  It was beautiful! Tory and Natalia wanted to step in the snow piled up on the side of the road, but soon discovered that cold feet are no fun.  It was an excuse to go into one of the many cute stores all over the main street to find a dry pair of fuzzy socks.

Pretzels hanging on a tree! 

Stylin'

Natalia is actually saying, "Yee-haw"

Remembering another outing we had with Auntie Kelly

The next morning we got to see some snow in the daylight! :)

Brrr!! Part 3 - Ice Sliding!

The freezing cold made a nice film of ice on the edge of my parents' river, and Natalia loved the feeling of sliding on the ice!! :)

See video here:

Ice Sliding!

I have no idea how this happened, but it is so weird, I am going to leave it....

And the real one here: More Sliding

Brrr!! Part 2 - Tory and Natalia

Today Tory got to join in the fun!

Um... Smile?

Pretending to be dogs in leases got Chloe's attention . . . a little too close to home.

These are my favorite Christmas trees to date! :)