Crazy December

December was very busy and very exciting for us.

On the 17th of this month, we got snow! There was about a foot of snow at our house. In the morning, it was not sticking at our house. My mom called and said she had tons at her house. I did not want the kids to miss the snow, so I drove to my mom's house across town. After being at her house a few hours, it poured and Hesperia was covered in snow. So later I had to drive home in the snow. It was scary, But I did okay. Rebecca loved the snow! She threw snowballs, made snow angels, ran around and laughed. Jeremy hated the snow. He just stood outside and cried. We decided that Megan was too little to play in the snow. Maybe next year. When Seth got home from work, he and the kids made a snowman. The snow stayed for about 5 days!!! It was great. On the 18th, Seth made a sledding track in our yard and the kids and I went sledding all day. Jeremy had fun... until he hit the bottom and landed face first in the snow. Rebecca loved sledding! Our neighbor painted his house lime green a few months ago, and I stood out like crazy in the snow. It was really funny! We also took our family pictures in the snow. They came out really cute.

This year, Rebecca decorated our Christmas tree. I was going to do it. I got out all of the ornaments, but had to go to the bathroom. When I got out, Rebecca was putting them on the tree. Jeremy helped by handing Rebecca the ornaments so she can put them on the tree. It looked beautiful!

Christmas was wonderful this year! It was our first Christmas that we stayed home all day. It was so nice and relaxing. We went to our families' houses on other days. I also made my first turkey. I turned out so good! I was really proud of myself. Santa brought us lots of great stuff this year. Seth bought me a laser printer. It is so great. I gave Seth lots of little stuff. He got movies, a new golf club, Game Cube games (Yea, we have an old Game Cube...we also have a Nintendo NES and a Sega Genesis too!), a new board game, and an organizer for the trunk of his car. The kids each got a few toys, but they really needed clothes so that's what they got. Luckily, they are still to young to complain that they got stupid clothes.