Snow

Finally we got a little bit of snow to play in.  Unfortunately for me it came on a weekend so no day off from work . :( 

It snowed overnight Friday so we woke up to a coating Saturday morning.  It was a dreary day with the snow changing over to drizzle as the temperature warmed up but we did manage to get out and enjoy playing in it for a little bit. 

First we had to shovel the driveway and front walk:

We needed their help too because the snow was very heavy due to a coating of ice on top of it.  Zach and Megan didn't shovel for long before the sleds were calling their names.  Time for some fun!

I will be perfectly fine if we don't see anymore snow this winter and if it does snow it better do it during the week and snow enough that I get a day off of work!

Cousins

We were invited to Kelly's house for brunch on Christmas Eve and I just now downloaded the pictures off of my camera.  As I was looking at them I noticed that all of them were of the kids (cousins) so that's how the title of this post came about. 

First here's Alex, Lauren and Ilene posing for the camera.

Ryan is hanging out with his best buddy Megan:

Zachary, Ryan and Lehlan take a break from harassing the cats and stop to color.

Kristin and Megan just enjoying the morning.

Lehlan was pretending to play the guitar:

And lastly Ryan and Zachary doing some more coloring.

It was a nice morning and a wonderful start to the holiday festivities.  

First Job

Lauren has a job!!!!  Paul and I are thrilled!  She had applied everywhere she could think of the past couple of months and finally over Christmas break Domino's called her for an interview.  She went to the interview and was hired and began working this past week.

She's worked 3 nights so far and it seemed like she liked it at first but after working this past Friday night she came home and said she hated it. (It was a very busy night!)  Maybe once she's comfortable there and has a little more experience she'll change her mind.  Her first paycheck will help with that too!  Anyway, we're very proud of her for getting a job.

A New Year

I only have one picture from New Year's Eve/New Year's Day and that's this one...

I had to laugh when I opened her door and saw her like that!  She didn't even wake up when Lauren took her picture, she was out, slept right through the ball dropping.  Who knows how long she had been sleeping like that.  All I know is that she was tired because she had sleepovers the previous 2 nights and the last one she didn't go to sleep until 7:00 am!  Maybe next year she'll be able to ring in the new year.