So, where should I begin? Oh yea, we'll start with EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW!! It started Wednesday night into Thursday morning. This is what we woke up to......
This is what it looked like at my work....
School closed early, and by the time we got home, we had 6 1/2 inches of snow!
Jilian and I took full advantage of it and made a snow man.
The next morning, we woke to 7 1/2 inches. It really snowed ALL DAY LONG!
Front of the house....
The back yard....
And, we made snow ice cream....
We've never seen snow like this! And, yes, northern states, it's okay to make fun of us...we're wusses and we know it.....school closes with just the CHANCE of snow....bring it on!
Well, the snow did NOT keep us from going and getting MY NEW CAMERA. Yup, I got a digital SLR. It's a Nikon D3000. I saved up my bow making money (and Best Buy practically pays you to shop there with a million months of no financing, etc.) and got me my dream camera. It's a starter camera....pretty soon I'll be sporting all the lenses, two cameras and filters to boot! I can't take a picture of it because, well, I can't use it to take a picture of itself, but you get the picture! :)
Then, we had a birthday party to throw. Yup, my "baby" is FOUR (going on 15), and time has flown by. Actually, I just say that because you're supposed to, but actually I feel like it's been years - is that bad?! :)
And, of course, THE cake. The one I practiced 3 times to make? Yea, that one.... (btw, check out the use of the new camera)
We had her party at a place called Smashing Times. It's a place where the kids make mosaic art (and the parents don't have to do any clean up.) It was a hit!
Some pics of the girls playing with the new presents and Grandpa
She desperately wanted make up for her birthday, and guess what? She got some.....now which parent am I going to have to give "paybacks" too? ;)
I have to say that this was one great Valentine's Day! I finally got my Christmas present from 2 years ago. Got my new Cowboy boots. And, I wore them that night to a concert - Roger Creager of course. Great pics of that night to follow! I didn't take them and haven't approved them yet to be distributed. Once I proof, then I will post.....no monkey business Wileys.
And one more thing.....we FINALLY got our new air conditioner/heater installed. 
If you are around me anytime during the summer, then you know how much I HATE how hot it gets in our house. Stupid thing won't get below 81 degrees in the house when it's 105 outside. And, remember when the a/c went out, and Jilian and I had to spend the night at a hotel? This problem better be solved. And, did you know that the heater even went out one night during the winter? We all slept that night in, like, four layers of clothes and under, like, 3 blankets. We didn't sleep with the space heater that we borrowed because we were too afraid of causing a fire (and you know how handy Brad and I are around the house - we'd for sure cause a fire or something!). That was one cold night!
Then, we had a birthday party to throw. Yup, my "baby" is FOUR (going on 15), and time has flown by. Actually, I just say that because you're supposed to, but actually I feel like it's been years - is that bad?! :)And, of course, THE cake. The one I practiced 3 times to make? Yea, that one.... (btw, check out the use of the new camera)We had her party at a place called Smashing Times. It's a place where the kids make mosaic art (and the parents don't have to do any clean up.) It was a hit!Some pics of the girls playing with the new presents and GrandpaShe desperately wanted make up for her birthday, and guess what? She got some.....now which parent am I going to have to give "paybacks" too? ;)I have to say that this was one great Valentine's Day! I finally got my Christmas present from 2 years ago. Got my new Cowboy boots. And, I wore them that night to a concert - Roger Creager of course. Great pics of that night to follow! I didn't take them and haven't approved them yet to be distributed. Once I proof, then I will post.....no monkey business Wileys.And one more thing.....we FINALLY got our new air conditioner/heater installed. If you are around me anytime during the summer, then you know how much I HATE how hot it gets in our house. Stupid thing won't get below 81 degrees in the house when it's 105 outside. And, remember when the a/c went out, and Jilian and I had to spend the night at a hotel? This problem better be solved. And, did you know that the heater even went out one night during the winter? We all slept that night in, like, four layers of clothes and under, like, 3 blankets. We didn't sleep with the space heater that we borrowed because we were too afraid of causing a fire (and you know how handy Brad and I are around the house - we'd for sure cause a fire or something!). That was one cold night!Well, we have one problem....
The techs broke our ladder up to our attic. We didn't even discover it until the following weekend when we were trying to go up. And, they disconnected the ceiling fan in our bathroom somehow. And, once again, you know how Brad and I are not fixer-uppers. If we tried to fix it, we'd probably blow up the house. Oh well, you take the good with the bad....
Oh, they had SO much snow!
We did some more present opening....
We even had a bow emergency....
One of my favorite parts of the day was getting to 'use' KayKay and Grandpa's new SLR camera (of which I'm now saving all my 'bow money' for). Thanks KayKay and Grandpa!
Uncle Tim....
Brad....
So, when we decided to leave, it tooks us about an hour to finally get out of their neighborhood. We kept getting stuck and had to push the car. Oh, it was not fun. But we finally made it home! Thank goodness! We can't wait to go back next year!
So, on Christmas Eve, I had to work from 8am to 1pm, and I have to say that it was a vacation from the madness at my house. Brad, Janie and PopPop took the kids to see the trains at NorthPark Mall.
On Christmas Eve, we went to Prestonwood Baptist Church for Christmas Eve service. We ventured out in the "Christmas Eve Blizzard 2009"! And, boy was it cold. We got to see Miss Sarah, and that was so exciting!
The girls also got a cupcake maker.....yuumm....that was a mess.....
