December 2010

 It kept snowing and snowing and snowing and snowing and ......

 ...snowing and snowing and....we were supposed to go to Denmark the first weekend in December for Erin's baptism but it was just snowing too much. We were so sad we couldn't make it!

 Cute Laney is impossible to get in contact with when she starts reading. It's pretty cute.

 This fuzzy picture was in an attempt to take a picture of Ben and the kids building their snowmen.

 Laney's school put on a cute little Christmas concert.

 Then we decided we needed to send out a Christmas card and desperately tried to take pictures of the kids. Ty got grumpy and cold, Laney smiled like a champ the whole time whilst holding Nyah and Nyah was oblivious to the whole thing.

 This was the winner of all 3 kids together. Where's you Christmas you might wonder. "I never got one in the mail! For rude!" Yes, I know. I haven't gotten in the mail yet either....and it's now January 10th. BUT as soon as I get them, you will get one.

 .....and then it snowed some more....

 Aaaaww my 3 cute kids all looking at.....I don't know....probably Ty playing a game on Ben's iPod.

 I decided that we should be friendly to our neighbors. I made some sugar cookies and then the kids helped decorate them. We then went around to our 6 immediate neighbors and handed them out. The first lady we went to gave the kids a giant chocolate bar each. The next neighbor looked so surprised and thanked us. The third neighbor thanked us and asked if that was what we normally did. The last couple of neighbors weren't home so we just left them on their doorstep. Then we went home. Suddenly all the neighbors came to our house with a ton of treats for us. It was so nice of them but I felt so bad. But man, did we get a TON of chocolate and cookies. WOW!!!

 Here's our little Christmas tree. We went to my parents' house for Christmas and we just ran out of time, so we made do with this little tree.

 Then Laney got glasses.....and she loves them!!

 We did our "Christmas morning" on the 23rd. Ben had to work on the 23rd and then after work we drove to Frankfurt.

 The kids opening their stockings.

 ...and we opened the presents that we had here at home so we didn't have to drag them all up to Frankfurt just to turn around and take them back home.

And look at this beautiful sunrise on the morning of the 23rd.