the last day

 so on dec 27, we got a storm, it snowed all day, but was stupid pretty.  around 1ish i took the kids out to discover and find and BOY, did we ever! 

 nate! at base camp

 base camp

 TRACKS!!!!!!

 so. many. tracks

 fresh tracks

 we spent a good 2 hours outside exploring, walking, sliding and laughing...

 more fresh tracks

 and more!

 and a joey bug hiding behind the van

 my cabin! with joey peeking out

 i convinced her (joey) to come with me and off we all went

 to find MORE tracks

 and more

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dec 28

 nana and papa plumps left. so i filled the voild by playing countless HOURS of SKIP BO!  i became the skip bo "champion of the world" haha...o, so my kids taught me how to play this game and i played SO much of it and WON! hahaha

 joey was in the back ground yelling " moma WINS" and other things

 SO much fun.  seriously, it was a lot of fun

 see!

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christmas and boxing day were...

 spent like this, hahaha.  me trying to read the BEST books that my dad gave me and having kids feet in the way..

my goal was to read 2 books, and i DID!!!= AWESOME!!!!!

 this was my view from my bed.  really, can i be anymore blessed?????

i did take a break from reading to make ginger bread houses with the kids

 they all loved it

 see!

 so much messy fun!

 ellies house

 joeys house!

 ready to eat her house

 my 2 oldest

 my little

 joey took these pics on boxing day and it sums up our time. chris napped. he DESERVES IT!!!!

 i read!!!!

 chris napped some more

 and we were all together

 then we played monopoly, and many other games...

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dec 24, pt 2

 after supper, we opened our christmas bags.  we LOVE this tradition

 ignore the scaffolding in the back ground...haha  the cabin is under construction...after we ate and laughed i snapped a few pics of the kids under the tree, at our cabin, on christmas eve

 silly faces

 ha

 then the girls opened their christmas p.j's and we sent them off to bed

 christmas morning! at 9, us adults had coffee and we let the kids open the presents

 joey and ellie wanted to "match" and they did ha

 joey patiently waited 

 SO fun. so blessed!

 nate too!

 all the kids were pleased with their christmas love

 ellie LOVED her skittles candy cane from ursi and jeff

 and the PUG!!!!

 joey was just HAPPY

 ellie was beyond words at her OWN LOL doll. THANK YOU!

 then peppa pig showed up and joey was DONE.  THANK YOU all so much!

 i went to the driveway around 2 to snap this pic. it was SO quiet.... i loved every second of it

 then we spent some more time in the unfinished porch, where we ate, played cards and laughed

 so thankful

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