Winter Storm Albert has Arrived : )

I'm sure many of you have seen on the news that the East coast has had a big winter storm. And sure enough we were one of the areas that got big amounts of snow. We don't have a yard stick, but Ryan and I are guessing it was about 20 inches deep.
Zac was very excited to go and play in the snow. He only lasted about twenty minutes before he was too cold. He has had a cold this week, so that might have added to the short play time. He fell asleep soon after I brought him inside.

Those are our candy cane lights. With Seth behimd the bush.

See, there he is. The snow is deeper than his legs. Seth was so concerned that we couldn't open our back door that he tromped around the house and started digging it and the BBQ out with his hands.

And of course there was a lot of playing with the sled and snowballs too. We didn't go across to the big hill because Daddy had to shovel, and I stayed inside with Zac.

Ryan hard at work, shoveling the snow. He sort of becomes obsessive when it comes to shoveling snow, and it has to be done perfectly or he's not satisfied. It's sort of funny to me. I guess I'm the same way when it come to the dishes.

Pictures with Santa!

On Saturday we went to the Christmas brunch at the church. I made one of the breakfast casseroles and it actually turned out good : ) However the roles I tried making from scratch that night were not so good. I guess I still haven't grasped how to make breads that use yeast. Anyhow, Seth and Zac were able to talk to Santa and tell him how "well behaved" they have been.

And of course they were able to sit on his lap too. I can't believe how big they are both getting.

~ Catching Up Again ~

These are from the 30th of October. Ryan received his yellow belt in kickboxing! Here is him and the boys after testing for it.
Here is Ryan again when we got home.

Here are the boys before they went trick or treating. As you can see Zac is more interested in the candy than getting his picture taken.

Zac turned two last month on the 8th. We had a very small party with Auntie Sally and Zac's friend Jeremiah. Here is the birthday cake.

Zac and Jeremiah eating their cake.

Opening presents. I'm not sure if he was more excited to get a basketball hoop or the big box that it came in.

We all went to Chuckie Cheese's for some more fun and pizza.

Here is Zac in the washer. He loves the washer and plays in it everytime it is empty. He loves to help with laundry so much that he asks to start washing the dirty clothes as soon as we wake up.

I know I've been really slow at posting pictures this year. Sorry about that. I hope that you all are doing well. We are getting ready for Christmas. 97% of our shopping is done! It's so nice not have to worry about whether Ryan will be home or not.