Snow much fun!

This last weekend we found a really fun place to go sledding. Chad and I took the girls Saturday afternoon. It's just around the corner so we just put the girls in the big sled and pulled them there with the 4-wheeler. Here they are all ready to go.

Doesn't that look fun?!?!? That little dot on there is Chad.

Me & McKenzie

As always Brooklyn loved riding on the 4-wheeler.

Chad and the girls

We had so much fun that we decided to go again on Sunday and we got Donald & Judy and their family and Clint to go with. It is such a long hill that it would take forever to climb back up it. It is so great to have the 4 wheeler, we all go down and then Chad meets us at the bottom and takes us all back to the top. All aboard....

I could not believe Brookyln. She is such a little thrill seeker. Chad put her on a little saucer sled and sent her down, thinking that she would probably not make it all the way down. Well she did and after that she was hooked. She just could not get enough of it. She must be just the perfect size because she did it over and over and managed to stay on all the way down every time. She would get going so fast that we would have to have someone at the bottom to catch her. You could see her hitting bumps and bouncing around all the way down. When she was within earshot all you would hear was her laughing. Here she is waiting to go...

Here is a video clip of her going down. It's a little hard to see her at first but the hill is so long it's the best I could get.


Kenzie was a little nervous about it and it didn't help that right when we got there she tipped over and got snowrash (like road rash but from the snow :) ) on her face. After that she didn't want to go alone but she had fun riding along with everyone else. Here she is with me and Clint.

Then she and Brooklyn went with Erica.

She also discovered that her snowpants are pretty slippery and had fun just sliding on them.

And when all else fails it's always fun to play in the snow!

Jake went down with me a couple times but I' m not sure he knew what to think of it. He sure looked cute though!

All of "big kids" had just as much fun- if not more - that the little kids. It was fun to do and fun to watch. Here is Judy watching Chad help Levi, Erica and Liz get ready for a trip down.

Here's Ricky getting ready for one of his many trips down.

Don't worry Chad got to do more than just haul us all back up the hill over and over. He watched Ricky go off a jump then had to try it out for himself.

We all came home with red cheeks from the cold. Some of us with bumps and bruises and we were sore the next day but it was so much fun we can't wait to go again. Little red cheeks and all. :)

As a new year begins...

Always busy...

Yet it seems like nothing is ever getting done!
Everyday seems to go by so fast, we've got
A cute-as-can-be 2 year old who's so close to turning 3, and a
Really smart and oh-so-sweet 5 year old who'll be 6 before we know it!

I can't believe my babies are now a kindergartner and a preschooler!
Next year will bring 2 more layoffs, we're

Really lucky to have made it through the last 2, and
Ever so hopeful that we'll make it through the next 2. We're
Very lucky to have each other, our families, our health, our home and our jobs
In these hard times . We're Excited, and a little scared, to see what 2010 will bring.
We're hoping for ourselves, and you too, that it will be a great year!

Merry Christmas!

Here's a wrap up of our holidays. I spent everyday leading up to Christmas doing something fun and holiday-ish with the girls. I had so much fun doing all these fun things with them. Since we knew we'd be busy Christmas Eve we made cookies for Santa they day before. They both loved decorating them!

They woke up Christmas Eve morning excited as ever!

We started out the day going to Grandma and Grandma Liebes. Here they are all dressed up and ready to go!

They got the cutest dolls from Grandma and Grandpa! They are like the old paper dress up dolls but they come in a little tin and all the clothes are magnetic. They've spent hours playing with them!

That night we went to my Mom and Dad's for dinner. We always open one gift there on Christmas Eve, which is always pajamas. My mom and dad have done this since we were kids and it's so fun to have our kids there carrying on the tradition together.

Impatiently waiting...

The girls lounged around in their new pj's and watched some Christmas shows.

Me and my brothers gave everyone a good laugh...

Then it was off to bed so Santa could come! At about 11 that night I went to check that the girls were asleep and Kenzie was still wide awake. I asked her what she was doing awake still and she told me that's she kept getting up to check out the window for Santa.

Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays but I have to admit that it just doesn't get any better than when you have kids to spend Christmas morning with!

For the whole month - probably even before that - if you aksed Brooklyn what she wanted for Christmas all she would say is a Barbie. Does she look happy or what?

Kenzie was excited about everything! Especially her new miniature washing machine so she can wash all the laundry she has for her babies!

Me and my princesses.

Look how cute those tutus turned out!

Christmas day was such a nice day. We spent the day at home. The girls loved being able to enjoy all their new toys.

They loved being able to watch their new Monsters vs. Aliens movie in Kenzie's room on our new portable dvd player!

They looked so adorable in their new Christmas dresses!

Then my family came out for dinner and we exchanged more gifts! I was like Christmas morning all over again!

We even got a family picture!

I'm so lucky to have such a great family that I love to be with and get to be with so much! We are so lucky to have been able to spend so much time with both our familys over the holidays! We hope you all had a great holiday season too!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

We have been having so much fun getting ready for Christmas this year. I can't believe Christmas Eve is only a week from today! Our tree is up and the presents are wrapped. We have just been trying to keep busy until Christmas comes.

Last year after Christmas we got stuff to let the girls have their own little trees in their rooms. This is Kenzie's...

...this is Brooklyns..

The little tiny ones to the side...those are for their babies. Kenzie thought they needed one too. I tried for days to convince her that one tree in her room was enough but she just would not give it up. Finally she asked if she could use her own money to buy them and said she would get one for Brooklyn too. This girl and her babies! They have to be tucked in at night and buckled in when we get in the car. She's just too funny!

Brooklyn had more fun getting into everything than actually helping :)

Kenzie got a bead set for her birthday this summer and she's been making bracelets that she can give away as gifts.

We have read lots of Christmas stories and watched lots of Christmas movies, decorated some Christmas trees (made from sugar cones, frosting and little candies)...

...we cut out lots of paper snowflakes and used them to decorate...

...we made Rice Krispie treats houses and such (instead of gingerbread which just get all the candy picked off them and never eaten)

...and we decorated a new set of ornaments to add to our tree...

We got lots of snow to play in last weekend. They girls had so much fun with Dad pulling them around the yard in the sled.

We also had Grandma come and take some pictures of us in front of our tree. Here's a few of our favorites.

We hope you all are enjoying the holiday season too!