CHRISTMAS WISHES 2010!

 Christmas Morning....7:00am...yes, I won out this year.  The kids were pushing for a 5:00am wake up time.  But I was feeling tired and WISHING FOR more sleep so I SUGGESTED a 7:00am wake up time and they all lovingly agreed.  So, this is why 3 of the 4 kids are already dressed.  They were up since about 5:00am waiting until 7:00am so they could wake us up...so they got dressed, ready for the day...what sweet, good, kids to wait for us!! And I got my wish of 2 extra hours of sleep!!

Karissa asked for a selection of GAMES and SHE GOT HER WISH!

We've had a lot of fun playing them with her this past week!

Kelsi asked for a SURPRISE..she got an IPOD shuffle,
and Star Wars Books...

...just what she was wishing for!
She reads the Star Wars books to Sam at bedtime...and Sam LOVES it!...so he got an extra wish!

Jacob was wishing for an IPOD TOUCH.  He even contributed $100.00 that he left out for Santa, along with a Christmas pillow he made for Santa.  He got his wish, and is LOVING his present!

Star Wars, yep, that's what Sam wished for....STAR WARS...and 'Dexter', the Dog--Sam's newest friend.

He got a very cool star wars ship, which is 3 times bigger than he pictured it would be----nice surprise for Sam. He also got Mighty Muggs Star Wars General Grievous, 

and a Star Wars Blanket, which just might be his favorite!

Let us not forget, the coolest double light saber for Sam!  

And Bryan got his wish when Sam said:
"I don't want any batteries in it." 

I've been wishing for some sort of jewelry box for some time now.  

I got more than I wished for when Bryan built me
this custom made jewelry organizer
in one of the shelves in my closet.  Loving it!

Bryan was the most SURPRISED when Santa left him
a Blue-ray player...
he's been wishing for that for a while.
He was very happy to get his wish!

We asked the kids to not buy any gifts for us this year, but to either give us homemade gifts or gifts of service.  Karissa made us these cool hats.  Jacob made us gingerbread cookies.  Sam made us a new 'dish job chart', and Kelsi made us coupon books.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF OUR CHRISTMAS WISHES!

BUNNY SNOW CAVE

The snow melted...and the awesome snow fort sunk.  Sam still went outside and played all day in the snow again...sliding down the remains of the fort like a slide.  Then, Kelsi brought our bunny, Angel, out to play in the snow, and Angel, Sam, and Kelsi dug a BUNNY SNOW CAVE FOR ANGEL!

FUN SNOW PICS!

Happy Snow Day!

So we finally got some CHRISTMAS SNOW!  What a fun day.  The kids have been having a lot of fun playing in it.  Bryan took the boys on sleigh rides behind the 4-wheeler...and then snow plowed many a driveways and side walks.  Bryan also helped Kelsi, Jacob and Sam build an AWESOME SNOW FORT! FUN TIMES!