Guess who got glasses!

Natalya!

She's farsighted.  When I looked through her lenses and realized how bad her eyes are, I felt terrible that she has been looking at the world through blurry eyes all this time.  It was pretty fun walking through the store right after she got them.  She kept looking back and forth and back and forth at all that was around us.  She was seeing a whole new world!  On the way home she said, "I love my new glasses!"

After the snow fall...

Back a few years ago when Robby was looking for a position as at a university, Little Robby prayed that we would move someplace where it snows.  Well, he got his wish.  I can't say that I always enjoy the snow, at least not when I have to drive on icy roadways, but I have to admit that sliding down it is pretty fun.  We got a decent snow fall a few weeks back, and we took advantage of it.  We all piled in the van and Jenna invited her neighbor friend to join us.  All had fun!

In this next picture you can see Natalya sliding down all by herself...

 Little did we know we had her aimed for an obstacle...

 And off she flew!  She took it quite well, and managed to land her little jump without any problems.  I wish I could have seen her face!

Snow angels!

Even Jenna got some air!

Baby was at a visit with his grandparents that day, and Robby was very gracious to save my finger from frostbite and be our photographer for the day.

And here we are in December!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!  Well first I will tell you about the last few weeks of December.  We started our Christmas celebrations with our annual Christmas tree decorating.  We do this on the first Monday night after Thanksgiving every year.  I love the fact that our kids are learning our family traditions, and they keep us on track with them all.

The first full week of December was spent at the University Theater during tech week for our annual Nutcracker production.  This year Jenna was the only member of the family participating.  I really missed it, but being Mom to five little ones keeps me more than busy.  I knew something had to give this year, and Nutcracker was it.  This year I enjoyed sitting in the audience watching my little Jenna dance her heart out.

Here's our little Harlequin!

The following week we had attended our annual Ward Christmas Party and got a chance to sit in Santa's lap.

My favorite part was when Olivia asked for a swimming pool for Christmas!  

Next we had our gingerbread house decorating.  This year I found a kit for a gingerbread house village which meant that each of our kids had their own house to decorate by themselves.  This was quite amusing.  The house that got the prize was Olivia's.  In the middle of decorating houses, we had diaper changes and an impromptu bath leaving the oldest three to work independently.  When we returned we found this creation...

Olivia said the gummy bears were having a party on the roof!

And here's our village.

 And a first for us, we got to see a sundog.  It's like a rainbow only it happens when the sunlight is refracted through ice crystals in the air.  You can't see the full effect in these pictures because I didn't have a wide enough angle to capture the whole view, but these pics show the two halves.

And finally we have Christmas morning which can speak for itself in pictures...

Oh wait, I have to explain... Li'l Robby got an apple with a bite out of  it in his stocking as a hint of a that was under the tree for the family -- an Apple TV unit.

Homemade donuts!

Oh and here's the Apple TV unit.

 

Yes, it was a Merry Christmas!  And now, good night!