Once there was a snow man

We recently had enough snow to go out and make snow men. KaileeJo was really good at rolling the the ball in the snow!


Taydom found that she like to eat snow.

Here we are with our matching snow men. We had such a great time building them. KaileeJo was really good at helping. You can see her work if you look closely at Taydom's snowmans head.
This is a short video to give you an idea of the fun.

The weekend

Sisters! We all got together this weekend to celebrate Dad's 50th birthday. We didn't know that Rachel was able to make it. It was a great surprise.


One happy Papa with all of his grandkids. From the left its Taydom, Benjamin, and KaileeJo.

They had so much fun playing with eachother. We love cousins!!

Taydom is giving Benjamin a kiss. I think she really enjoyed having someone her age to play with.

Here are the girls ready to go to church on Sunday. I love this picture.

It was really great to have the family together even without Daniel. Can't wait for the next get together!!

Riding the bike!

Bike

It was finally nice enough to go outside and KaileeJo was so excited to go outside and ride her new bike. Grandpa and Grandma Ostler got her this bike for Christmas. She doesn't like to use the pedals yet but she sure gets around. She even gave Taydom a ride on the back with daddy's help.

Gingerbread houses

KaileeJo had her friends Carter, and Kaden over to make gingerbread (grahmcracker) houses. They all turned out really cute. KaileeJo had a hard time not eating a lot of the candy, but was really excited to put some on the house. They did such a good job. The only way I could convince KaileeJo not to eat it was to tell her that she needed to show daddy when he got home.


The side of the house with some snow men.

The back of the house

The other side of the house.

The front of the house with a few missing candy corn.

Snow Angels

More playing outside with daddy!

We pulled a heart shape with the sled in the snow!

Taydom making snow Angels

Going for a ride in the sled.

Today wan't bitter cold so we took the girls out in the snow. Taydom got to come because it got up to 15 today and we found the snowsuit. Taydom had a lot of fun making the snow angels as you can see. She also loved being pulled in the sled with her big sister. I figure it takes just about as long to get ready to go outside as we are outside but it is still fun.

Pics of the House

This is the outside of our house (don't mind the snow).


The front view from the street.


Our cars in our large driveway. Note the basketball hoop.



The back of the house.

Our backyard from our house looking back. We love the 5 1/2 foot fence that fully encloses the yard. It is a little hard to tell but it is about 1/2 an acre with 3 apple trees, 2 apricot trees, 2 plum trees, 2 cherry trees (that don't produce yet) a grape vine, a peach tree (that doesn't produce yet) and a swing set with swings and a slide. The shed in the back is lined with shelves and is great for storage. We love our house and maybe some day we will post pictures of the inside. Inside there are three rooms we uses as bedrooms, an office, a toy room, two bathrooms, kitchen, living room, laundry area, and storage under the stairs. It is plenty big for our family. We feel so blessed to have such a nice place to live.